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ABC/227
Title
Italian gardens of the Renaissance.
Date(s)
- 1925 (Creation)
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1 volume
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Name of creator
(8 Oct 1900-17 Jul 1996)
Biographical history
Landscape architect
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/40519
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/40519
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A Volume that offers and extensive study of the Italian Gardens of the Renaissance. It contains Descriptive and Critical Texts on and a series of Illustrations (drawings, photographs, scaled elevations, plans and sections) of the following buildings: Belvedere Court, Vatican; Villa Rasponi; Villa, Valmarana; Orti Farnesiana; Garden of the Colonna Palace, Rome; Palazzo Piccolomini, Pienza; Villa di Papa Giulio; Ca Rezzonico, Bassano; Arcadian Academy, 'Il Paradiso', Rome; Villa Carlotta, Lake Como; Palazzo, Vicolo della Pedarchia, Rome; Plans of Villas Doria Pamfili, Pratolino, Campi, and Albani; Water Steps at Tremezzo, Lake Como; Cascade of Villa Aldobrandini, Frascati; Villa Medici, Fiesole; Villa Madama, Rome; Villa Celsa, near Siena; Villa d'Este, Tivoli; Villa Pia, Vatican Gardens; Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola; Villa Piccolomini, Frascati; Villa Lante, Bagnaia, near Viterbo; Boboli Gardens, Florence; Villa Bombicci, near Florence; Villa Capponi, Arcetri, Florence; Palazzo Podesta, Genoa; Villa Bernardini, Saltocchio, Lucca; Villa Marlia, near Lucca; Villa Torlonia, Frascati; Villa Gamberaia, Settignano, near Florence; Villas Poggio Torselli and La Pietra, near Florence; Villa Corsi-Salviati, Sesto, near Florence; Villa Palmieri, near Florence; Villa Garzoni, Collodi, Pescia, near Lucca; Villa Cetinale, near Siena; Villa Cuzzano, near Verona; Villa Dona Dalle Rose, Valzanzibio, near Padua; Villas Gori and Geggiano, near Siena; Villa Criveli, Inverigo, near Milan; Collegio Rosa, Spello; Villa Mondragone, Frascati; Villa d'Este, Cernobbio, Lake of Como; Fountain in the Park of Villa Lante; Lemon Garden, Villa Vicobello, near Siena; Court of Palazzo Communale, Viterbo; Steps of Villa Artimino, near Florence; Stable Court, Villa Delfini, near Bassano, Venetia; Steps, Palazzo Giovio, Como; Dooway, Ca Rezzonico, Bassano, Venetia; Farm at Castello, Florence; Loggia, Villa Medici, Rome; Loggia in the Borghese Gardens, Rome; Gates, Villa Vescovo, near Lucca; Gates at Bagheria, near Palermo; Gates, Villa Geggiano, near Siena; Villa Falconieri, Frascati; Loggia, Villa Rasponi, near Florence; Villa Giacomelli, Maser, Venetia; Stepped Walls, Lake Como; Well Head at Montepulciano; Farm Garden, Villa Bardi, Fiesole; Steps at Tremezzo, Lake Como; Terraces of Isola Bella, Lake Maggiore; Gates from Cortona; Sunk Garden of the Villa Salviati, Florence; Court of Villa Bombicci, near Florence.
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- English
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Loose spine and pages. Scuffed Covers