"The Tuileries Garden is a masterpiece of garden design and one of the world's most iconic public art spaces. Designed for Louis XIV by landscape architect André Le Nôtre, it served the now-destroyed Tuileries Palace. It was opened to the public in 1667, becoming one of the first public gardens in Europe. The garden has always been a place for Parisians to convene, celebrate, and promenade, and art has played an important role throughout its history. Monumental sculptures give the garden the air of an outdoor museum, and the garden's beautiful backdrop has inspired artists from Edouard Manet to André Kertész. The Art of the Louvre's Tuileries Garden brings together 100 works of art, including paintings and sculptures, as well as documentary photographs, prints, and models illuminating the garden's rich history. Beautifully illustrated essays by leading scholars of art and garden studies highlight the significance of the Tuileries Garden to works of art from the past 300 years and reaffirm its importance to the history of landscape architecture."--
The art of the Louvre's Tuileries Garden
Jardin des Tuileries (Paris, France)--Exhibitions
Time and Timelessness in the Tuileries Garden / Paula Deitz -- The Tuileries Garden : Art and Power in the Heart of Paris / Guillaume Fonkenell -- Picturing the Tuileries in the Nineteenth Century : The Park, Its Public, and Its Politics / Laura D. Corey -- Lieu de mémoire, lieu de photographie : A Brief History of Photography in the Tuileries Garden / Sarah Kennel -- Interview with Henri Loyrette, Director of the Musée du Louvre (2001-2013) / Bruce Guenther -- Checklist of the Exhibition.