# Temple of Love [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MIQUE, Richard]() - Date: 1851-1900 - Technique: Photo ## Commentary At around 1770, new attitude toward gardens emerged. Gone were lines of tall trees framing fine horizontal perspectives of trimmed box hedges and embroidery-like flowerbeds. In 1775, Richard Mique erected a circular temple in the landscape garden at the Petit Trianon. Featuring twenty-two fluted Corinthian columns, fine decoration, and a copy of Bouchardon's <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/bouchard/cupid.html'\)" href="/html/b/bouchard/cupid.html">Cupid Making his Bow out of the Club of Hercules,</a> Mique's creation became known as the Temple of Love. This jewel heralded a new setting; the Hameau and its pseudo-rustic setting that Mique composed for Marie-Antoinette in 1782-85 represents the end of one cycle and the beginning of a new era. ## Related artworks - [Exterior view]() - [Exterior view]() - [Temple of Love]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()