Furor Hortensis

L’époque du paysage au tournant des Lumières

By (author) Jean-Rémi Mantion Series edited by Michel Delon Series edited by Jacques Berchtold Series edited by Christophe Martin

Book cover: Furor Hortensis

Extent: 334 pages

Publisher: Classiques Garnier

Subjects: Literary Studies

Series: L'Europe des Lumieres

Series volume number: 100

Language: French

Paperback (Published)

(September 2026)

ISBN: 9782406202707

5.94 x 8.66 inches

Price: $54.00

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Hardback (Published)

(September 2026)

ISBN: 9782406202684

5.94 x 8.66 inches

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This work takes as its starting point Charles Batteux’s interpretation of Aristotelian mimesis as an imitation of belle nature. It establishes an intrinsic connection between belle nature and what may be called the epochal moment—that is, a historical moment characterized by a certain suspension or transition—while deliberately moving away from traditional “histories of garden art.” Under the influence of so-called “garden art,” landscape comes to oppose the very idea of a garden in favor of a generalized, limitless landscape.

Jean-Rémi Mantion, professeur émérite de l’université Bordeaux Montaigne, est ancien élève de l’École normale supérieure (ENS) de Paris. Il a édité Les beaux-arts réduits à un même principe (Paris, 1989) de Charles Batteux et a participé à l’édition du Tableau de Paris et du Nouveau Paris (Paris, 1994) sous la direction de Jean-Claude Bonnet. Il a abondamment publié sur l’art des jardins au XVIIIe siècle, sur Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Jacques-Louis David et la question du musée révolutionnaire.

  • By (author) Jean-Rémi Mantion
  • Series edited by Michel Delon
  • Series edited by Jacques Berchtold
  • Series edited by Christophe Martin