The collapse of the notion of imitatio naturae The migrations of the imaginary of the garden

The essay analyses the sinking of the concept of imitatio naturae in literary and visual culture from the 17th century to the 21st. Hence the articulation of the study in its development: "The intellectual-gardener as a tightrope walker", "The intellectual-gardener traveling in the folds of nature", "The literary adventure of vagrancy in the nature”, “The garden as a mise en abyme of the ‘interior’”, “The garden: place of risk and fatal passion”, “The garden-world”.