Gardens of Enlightenment – 1750–1800

Bringing together nearly 160 works —paintings, drawings, furniture, architectural projects and costumes— the exhibition reveals the originality and diversity of landscaped gardens designed in the second half of the eighteenth century. This new style freeds itself from the rules of the French formal garden, breaking with symmetry and geometric layouts in favour of irregularity, the picturesque and a poetic evocation of nature. 

The exhibition route will engage in close dialogue with the historic gardens of the Trianon estate, offering a new perspective on the elements of its English garden: the Belvedere, the Temple of Love and the Queen’s Hamlet.