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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

Villa Castello

Boboli Gardens

Villa D'Este

Villa Lante

Villa Garzoni

Sacro Bosco at Bomarzo