André Le Nôtre
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André Le Nôtre was a renowned 17th-century French landscape architect best known for designing the gardens of the Palace of Versailles and shaping the grand formal style of French garden design.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French person
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garden designer ⓘ landscape architect ⓘ person ⓘ |
| birthCountry | France ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1613-03-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| citizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| deathCountry | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1700-09-15 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| designed |
Gardens of Chantilly
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Gardens of Fontainebleau (modifications) ⓘ Gardens of Saint-Cloud ⓘ Gardens of Sceaux ⓘ Gardens of Vaux-le-Vicomte ⓘ Gardens of the Palace of Versailles ⓘ Tuileries Garden ⓘ
surface form:
Tuileries Garden (redesign)
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| employer |
French royal court
ⓘ
Louis XIV of France ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Le Nôtre ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
garden design
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landscape architecture ⓘ |
| fullName | André Le Nôtre self-link ⓘ |
| givenName | André ⓘ |
| influenced |
English formal gardens of the 17th century
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European Baroque garden design ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian Renaissance garden design ⓘ |
| knownFor |
designing the gardens of the Palace of Versailles
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developing the French formal garden style ⓘ grand axial garden layouts ⓘ |
| legacy | codification of the jardin à la française ⓘ |
| movement | French formal garden ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect to the king
ⓘ
gardener ⓘ landscape architect ⓘ |
| parent |
Jean Le Nôtre
ⓘ
Marie Jacquelin ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
designer of royal gardens
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principal gardener of Louis XIV ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| style |
axial planning
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formal garden design ⓘ geometric parterres ⓘ use of long perspectives ⓘ |
| trainedAt | Tuileries Garden (family workshop) ⓘ |
| workedFor |
King Louis XIII
ⓘ
surface form:
Louis XIII of France
Nicolas Fouquet ⓘ |
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Église Saint-Roch de Paris