Parrc Monceau Theatre Analysis

PARC Monceau was built by Phillippe d 'Orléans, Duke of Chartres in 1778. Being an avid lover of English and French gardens he commissioned painter-essayist Carmontelle to display his skills in the construction of Parc Monceau.
Parc Monceau was also known as the “Garden of Illusions”. 'The Duke of Chartres had set up follies throughout the garden planned to astound and astonish guests: a little Egyptian pyramid, a Roman corridor, old fashioned statues, a water lily lake, a tatar tent, a farmhouse, a Dutch windmill, a sanctuary of Mars, a minaret, an Italian vineyard, a charmed cave, and a medieval ruin. To add life in this environment , servants were made to dress in fascinating outfits, and animals like horses,camels were kept in the park.The main aim was to create various scenes of different times throughout the park and the people coming as visitors acted as actors in these backdrops.Thus, the concept of a theatre was introduced in Parc Monceau. Could the landscape theatre tell a story?
This new form of space design had to engage spectators: create scenes in which will intertwine with the experience of the visitors Source:www.wikipedia.com
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About his work, Carmontelle noted: “It

It was not to be just an ordinary English garden. It was to incorporate gardens of all times and all places in one single park. This is why Monceau became the favorite haunt of landscape painters who portrayed its typical scenes, from the lake arranged for naumachiae to the Egyptian pyramid. These scenes were designed with man-made furnishings that were organized in such a way as to give the impression, at a certain distance, of enlarging every part of the garden.’ According to Carmontelle -] 'If a picturesque garden can be turned into a place of illusion, why not do