Chenonceau

CONTENTS

A CHÂTEAU BORN ON WATER

II. THE BOHIERS’ CHÂTEAU

VII. RETURN TO THE FRENCH RENAISSANCE

TWO CENTURIES OF RESTORATION

contemporary garden,

Thanks

The editor thanks all the team of the Château for their welcoming and their precious help, specially Ladies Caroline Darrasse, Nathalie Renou and Eva Syndic.

Special thanks also to Olivier Foulon (En l’air Productions) for the drone films and pictures and Arno Alyvan for the music that acompanies them. And, finally, thanks to Justine Loisier for her help.

Photo credits

All photographs are by Benjamin Chelly, with the exception of: pp. 16, 20, 58 (below), 114, 119 (to the left), 134, 145, 154, 156, 177 (below), 202, 203 (below), 209, 214, 216, 226, 227 : © Archives de Chenonceau ; pp. 18, 62 : photo © Ministère de la Culture - Médiathèque du Patrimoine, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/ Georges Estève ; pp. 29, 42, 79, 119 (to the right), 181 : BnF/Paris ; pp. 30-31, 36-37, 38, 59 (top), 83, 84-85, 88-89, 93, 96-97, 108-109, 112-113, 123, 170-171, 228-229, back cover : © Olivier Foulon / En l’air Productions ; p. 72 : Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre)/Hervé Lewandowski ; pp. 111, 130, 131 : © The Trustees of the British Museum. All rights reserved ; p. 126 (below, to the left) : © Photo SCALA, Florence ; p. 126 (below, to the right) : © Château royal de Blois/photo : F. Lauginie ; p. 155 : photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre)/Michel Urtado ; p. 215 : photo © RMN-Grand Palais/René-Gabriel Ojéda; p. 240: photo © Benjamin Chelly/Works by François-Xavier Lalanne © Adagp, Paris, 2018. Jean-Pierre Babelon’s text was first published in Chenonceau (photographs by Jean-Pierre Godeaut), Paris: Ed. Adam Biro, 2002.

Editorial Director: Nicolas de Cointet assisted by Mihaela Cojocariu

Translated from the French by Michael Taylor

Artistic Director: Jacques Olanchère

Layout: Coline Chair

Production: Alix Willaert

Photoengraving: IGS-CP, 16340, L’isle d’Espagnac

Printed and binded in Italy by La Lego at Vicenza ISBN: 9782226439680 - Second printing

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