Lenotre
andré
[ahn-drey] /ɑ̃ˈdreɪ/ (show ipa), 1613–1700, french architect and landscape designer.
historical examples
the great periwig shrivelled to a pigtail, and petty flourish took the place of lenotre’s grandezza.
the development of the feeling for nature in the middle ages and modern times alfred biese
soon it must be only a garden, “only a garden of lenotre, correct, ridiculous and charming.”
visions and revisions john cowper powys
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