Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Jardin du Luxembourg
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Accession Number:
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147681
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Order Title:
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Archivision Base Collection--16,370 images
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Type of View:
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generalView
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View Title:
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Fontaine des Quatre-Parties-du-Monde, by Carpeaux (1874)
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Date of View:
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00/00/00
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Image description:
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L'Avenue de l'Observatoire, (laid out by Davioud, 1873) view looking north with the Palais du Luxembourg in the distance. Fontaine de l'Observatoire, also known as the Carpeaux Fountain, south of the Jardin du Luxembourg. Partly complete at his death, Carpeaux finished the terrestrial globe with the cardinal points represented by the four figures of Asia (East), Europe (North), America (West) and Africa (South).
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Culture:
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French
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Subject:
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gardens
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Subject:
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Marie de Me¿dicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642
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Work Types:
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Architecture; public works; waterworks; fountains
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Work Types:
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Landscape Architecture; altered landscapes; gardens
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Preferred Title:
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Jardin du Luxembourg
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Agent Display:
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Jacques Boyceau (French landscape architecture firm, ca. 1562-ca. 1634); Salomon de Brosse (French landscape architect, ca. 1571-1626); Tommaso Francini (Italian hydraulic engineer, 1571-1651)
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Date:
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begun 1612 (creation)
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Materials:
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stone; plant material
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Technique:
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gardening
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Measurement:
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22.5 ha (area)
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Alternate Title:
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Luxembourg Gardens
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Locations:
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Luxembourg, Jardin du (park), Paris, ¿le-de-France, France
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Baroque
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Classification:
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Landscape Architecture
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