Giuseppe Penone
dal 10/6/2013 al 29/10/2013
Segnalato da
10/6/2013
Giuseppe Penone
Chateau de Versailles, Versailles
To mark the 400th anniversary of Andre' Le Notre's birth, the Palace of Versailles will be paying tribute to him throughout the year 2013. Penone will punctuate Le Notre's gardens with his sculptures of trees, in which vegetable and mineral come together to reveal their essence.
To mark the 400th anniversary of André Le Nôtre's birth, the Palace of Versailles will be paying tribute to him throughout the year 2013. Four exhibitions will reveal or shed new light on the art and work of Louis XIV's gardener. Giuseppe Penone will punctuate Le Nôtre's gardens with his sculptures of trees, in which vegetable and mineral come together to reveal their essence.
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The Labyrinth grove
Exhibition
Designed by André Le Nôtre and Charles Perrault to educate the Dauphin, the grove of the Labyrinth was one of the most imposing spaces at Versailles. Almost forty fountains decorated with 333 painted lead animals depicted Aesop's fables in the heart of a maze of trellises and rockeries.
Destroyed in the eighteenth century, this magical place will be brought back to life by an exhibition at the Versailles municipal library housed in Louis XV's former Foreign Ministry.
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Image: © Archivio Penone
Press information:
Aurélie Gevrey, Hélène Dalifard: presse@chateauversailles.fr
Chateau de Versailles
Place d'Armes - Versailles
9 - 18,30, closed monday