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1661–1715

When a Palace Became a Landscape

Versailles

Formal water parterre and gardens at Versailles.
The gardens and water parterres of Versailles.Gary Todd · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source record

The Moment

Palace architecture expanded into gardens, axes, ceremonial routes and an entire landscape.

The Rethink

Architecture could organize buildings, movement and behaviour.