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TOPIAIRE [3 records]

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Record 1 1993-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Architectural Styles
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

One skilled in topiary gardening.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Styles en architecture
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

[...] la maîtrise de l'eau autorise l'extension des parcs aux abords des théâtres et des thermes, le développement des jardins impériaux, où s'imbriquent bâtiments et terrasses, qui créent vues et surplombs. Les automates s'y retrouvent; mais les groupes statuaires ne sont plus en marbre; ils sont en huis et en ifs, taillés par le topiaire, ce paysagiste romain.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
DEF

The [art or practice of] clipping and training of shrubs into ornamental but unnatural shapes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
  • Arboriculture fruitière
DEF

Technique décorative par laquelle on taille architecturellement les arbres des jardins.

DEF

Art de tailler des arbres et des haies en formes décoratives.

CONT

La topiaire est de nouveau à la mode.

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horticulture
DEF

of, relating to, or being the practice or art of training, cutting, and trimming trees or shrubs into odd or ornamental shapes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Horticulture
DEF

Se dit de l'art de tailler les arbres et les arbustes, dans les jardins à la française, en forme de charmille, de berceau, de pyramide.

Spanish

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