Palace of Versailles. View of the Bassin de Latone and the Grand Canal. This is the grand perspective that the master gardener André Le Nôtre (1613-1700) opened up to the infinite, in response to the royal wish that he "should not suffer limited views".

Palace of Versailles. View of the Bassin de Latone and the Grand Canal. This is the grand perspective that the master gardener André Le Nôtre (1613-1700) opened up to the infinite, in response to the royal wish that he "should not suffer limited views".