- Ermenonville
French commune|nomcommune=Ermenonville
région=Picardie
département=Oise
arrondissement=Senlis
canton=Chantilly
insee=60213
cp=60950
maire=Josette Friez
mandat=
intercomm=
longitude=2.69666666667
latitude=49.1266666667
alt moy=92
alt mini=
alt maxi=
hectares=1,650
km²=16.5
sans=838
date-sans=1999
dens=51
date-dens=1999Ermenonville is a town and commune 45 kilometers North-East of
Paris , in theOise "département" ofFrance . Population (1999): 838.Ermenonville is notable for its park named for
Jean-Jacques Rousseau , whose tomb designed by the painterHubert Robert is on the Isle of Poplars in its lake.Park
The
garden at Ermenonville was one of the earliest and finest examples of theEnglish garden ("jardin anglais") in France. The garden at Ermenonville was planned by CountLouis-René Girardin , friend and final patron to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Girardin's master plan drew its inspiration from Rousseau's novels and philosophy of the nobility of Nature. Rousseau's tomb, in fact, is prominently situated on theartificial island in the lake at Ermenonville. Louis-René Girardin was probably assisted in the design by the painterHubert Robert . Created with care and craft, the garden came to resemble a natural environment, almost a wilderness, appearing untouched by any human intervention. Girardin admired the work ofWilliam Shenstone atThe Leasowes and made a "ferme ornee " at Ermenonville. An imitation of Rousseau's Island at Ermenonville was produced inDessau-Wörlitz Garden Realm , Germany.It was much visited and admired during the early nineteenth century. The garden at Ermenonville was described by Louis-René's son in 1811 in an elegant tour-book with
aquatint plates that reveal Girardin's love of diverse vistas that capture painterly landscape effects. Enhancing the elegiac mood of these views were the altars and monuments, the 'Rustic Temple', and other details meant to evoke Rousseau's "Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse ".Nearby is Rousseau's 'cabin' in the secluded désert of Ermenonville.
ee also
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Ermenonville air disaster External links
* [http://www.chateau-ermenonville.com/ Château d'Ermenonville website]
* [http://www.gardenvisit.com/ge/ermenonville.htm Ermenonville, Parc Jean-Jacques Rousseau - a Gardens Guide review]
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