Few places in the world have captured visitors' hearts like France's mythic Loire Valley. Here, the shimmering limestone chateaux constructed by the powerful Valois monarchs in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries rise like mirages above Europe's most sublimely beautiful river. Not merely stone and mortar realizations of daring architectural design, these are palaces of the imagination, the grand triumphs of Renaissance Dreams. They include the hunting chateau of Chambord, and the magnificent Chenonceau, resting on graceful arches across the Cher River--and once home to Diane De Poitiers, Catherine DeMedici, and the mysterious Nostradamus. Capturing this singular mixture of natural and manmade beauty in loving brushstrokes, Fabrice Moireau collaborates with writer Jean-Paul Pigeat to bring this magical and enamoring land into the living rooms of American readers.

Loire Valley Sketchbook

Arts & Photography

Pigeat, Jean-Paul

Moireau, Fabrice

Painting

St.Martin's Press

A truly magnificent panorama of garden design for professional and designers and garden travelers alike. Internationally renowned expert Jean-Paul Pigeat sets out to examine both the enduring styles and the bold new trends in garden design. Pigeat juxtaposes traditional and contemporary garden designs, exploring their themes as expressions of a culture’s artistic creativity and social structure. Pigeat retraces his steps through famous and lesser-known gardens around the world. From the ostentatious design of Versailles, where the layout reflects power, to the inspired innovation of the Eden Project in England, which aims to teach visitors about the environment, to the cutting-edge Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington, which reclaimed a former industrial site. Lavishly illustrated, with a lush format and informative text this truly magnificent panorama of garden design will meet the expectations of professional and designers and garden travelers alike.

Gardens of the World: Two Thousand Years of Garden Design

Flammarion

A truly magnificent panorama of garden design for professional and designers and garden travelers alike. Internationally renowned expert Jean-Paul Pigeat sets out to examine both the enduring styles and the bold new trends in garden design. Pigeat juxtaposes traditional and contemporary garden designs, exploring their themes as expressions of a culture’s artistic creativity and social structure. Pigeat retraces his steps through famous and lesser-known gardens around the world. From the ostentatious design of Versailles, where the layout reflects power, to the inspired innovation of the Eden Project in England, which aims to teach visitors about the environment, to the cutting-edge Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington, which reclaimed a former industrial site. Lavishly illustrated, with a lush format and informative text this truly magnificent panorama of garden design will meet the expectations of professional and designers and garden travelers alike.

Photography & Video

Les Plus Beaux Jardins du monde: Deux mille ans de création

« Jardin de la France » est le nom donné à cette partie de la vallée qui s'étire de Gien à Angers. La Loire, « dernier fleuve sauvage d'Europe » ? On a peine à le croire. Il est vrai que le dessin des bancs de sable peut changer plusieurs fois dans l'année, mais les grandes crues ont été domestiquées et c'est un fleuve paisible que contemplent les châteaux et les villes du premier rang: Blois, Chaumont-sur-Loire, Amboise, Langeais, Saumur, Angers... Classée au Patrimoine mondial de l'Unesco, cette région offre un paysage culturel inestimable par la qualité de ses architectures et par la complexité de la vie sociale et économique qui s'y déroule. De l'Anjou à l'Orléanais, en passant par la Touraine et le Blésois, remontons ce fleuve historique sur les traces des rois de France, de Léonard de Vinci, de Rabelais, de Ronsard, de Turner...

Vallée de la Loire Aquarelles

PACIFIQUE

History & Criticism

Didier Millet

Gärten im Japan-Stil

Ulmer Eugen Verlag

Explore the Loire Valley - famous for its splendid architecture and gardens - through the beautiful watercolours and sketches of renowned artist, Fabrice Moireau.

Loire Valley Sketchbook (Sketchbooks)

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Loire Valley Sketchbook

Gardens of the World: Two Thousand Years of Garden Design

Gardens of the World: Two Thousand Years of Garden Design

Les Plus Beaux Jardins du monde: Deux mille ans de création

Vallée de la Loire Aquarelles

Loire Valley Sketchbook

Gärten im Japan-Stil

Loire Valley Sketchbook (Sketchbooks)