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If separation between "nobles and commoners" in English or French theaters was informal, in Austrian theaters, the parterre formally differentiated between elites and non-elites. [10] For instance; in 1748, Vienna 's Kärntnertor theater partitioned a section of the standing parterre to create a second parterre behind the orchestra where only ...
A report commissioned by the Commune of Paris in 1789 declared Paris to be a centre for the "foremost theatres of Europe" that served as an "exemplar for foreigners." [ 1 ] An audience's response to the play was important to its success—if a play was received poorly ( claques ), rather than favourably ( cabales ), the play would not receive ...
Claude Mollet, from a dynasty of nurserymen-designers that lasted into the 18th century, developed the parterre in France.His inspiration in developing the 16th-century patterned compartimens (i.e., simple interlaces formed of herbs, either open and infilled with sand, or closed and filled with flowers) was the painter Etienne du Pérac, who returned from Italy to the Château d'Anet near ...
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The term knot garden is closely tied to the term parterre. During the 17th century, these terms were used interchangeably as they often are today. [3] [4] A knot garden, however, technically refers to a garden designed with an interweaving pattern whereas "parterre" is a later French term that refers to all formal arrangement of beds. [5]
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Von Sckell was also the creator of the English Garden in Munich. He preserved the main elements of the Baroque garden (such as the "Grand Parterre"). The park is bisected by the long western canal along the principal axis which leads from the palace to the marble cascade (decorated with stone figures of Greek and Roman gods) in the west.