http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/96923/the-rustic-bridge-ch-teau-de-m-r-ville-france-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: The Rustic Bridge, Château de Méréville, France: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/96923/the-rustic-bridge-ch-teau-de-m-r-ville-france-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/96923/the-rustic-bridge-ch-teau-de-m-r-ville-france-gallery-label-current Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>The Rustic Bridge, Château de Méréville, France: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2012-02-17</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>In addition to painting the gardens at Château de Méréville, Hubert Robert was also one of two artists responsible for the French estate’s landscape design. Planned to combine the naturalism of English landscape design with Chinese and other exotic elements, the gardens were a complete break from the symmetry and geometry of traditional landscape architecture. Over the period of a decade marshes were drained, a mountain was moved, and a river was rerouted into a sinuous, winding course in order to create this idealized romantic ruin. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/96923/the-rustic-bridge-ch-teau-de-m-r-ville-france-gallery-label-current In addition to painting the gardens at Château de Méréville, Hubert Robert was also one of two artists responsible for the French estate’s landscape design. Planned to combine the naturalism of English landscape design with Chinese and other exotic elements, the gardens were a complete break from the symmetry and geometry of traditional landscape architecture. Over the period of a decade marshes were drained, a mountain was moved, and a river was rerouted into a sinuous, winding course in order to create this idealized romantic ruin." type="image/jpeg" />In addition to painting the gardens at Château de Méréville, Hubert Robert was also one of two artists responsible for the French estate’s landscape design. Planned to combine the naturalism of English landscape design with Chinese and other exotic elements, the gardens were a complete break from the symmetry and geometry of traditional landscape architecture. Over the period of a decade marshes were drained, a mountain was moved, and a river was rerouted into a sinuous, winding course in order to create this idealized romantic ruin." type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts