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