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16 Cards in this Set
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Italian Renaissance |
Beginning of 14th Century |
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Florence |
- earliest surviving renaissance gardens - wealthy business center (cloth, banking) |
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The Villa |
- country Residence of the wealthy - a model for the developing Italian Renaissance style of design |
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The Villa Complex |
Combined the relationship of house, garden, and countryside into a single composition |
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Lessons |
- organizing space - manipulating topography - maximizing views |
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16th century Italian Renaissance Gardens |
- statements of power/prestige - bolstering public image - image of wealth, power, artistic sensibilities of patron |
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... Features |
- 3 categories of plantings - hedged pathways (evergreen borders) - defining space/ garden division - rows of trees - parterres - portable containers - Lemonaia (lemon house) - topiary |
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Villa Gamberaia |
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Villa Petraia |
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Villa Medici Fiesole |
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Villa Castello |
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Boboli Gardens |
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Villa D'Este |
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Villa Lante |
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Villa Garzoni |
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Sacro Bosco at Bomarzo |
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