Main entry:

Attlee, Helena, 1958-

Title & Author:

Italian gardens : a cultural history / Helena Attlee ; special photography by Alex Ramsay.

Publication:

London : F. Lincoln, ©2006.

Description:

240 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.
Cultivated ideas: Early Renaissance 1450-1505 -- Medici garderners: Renaissance 1518-1550 -- Botanical revolution: botanical gardens and treatises 1536-1600 -- Musical statues: High Renaissance 1560-1573 -- Esoteric jokes: Mannerism 1550-1580 -- Formal splendour: Baroque 1598-1786 -- Horticultural extremes: plant collections 1600-1700 -- Watering the guests: garden entertainment 1530-1850 -- Foreign influence: English and French style 1696-1783 -- International style: European fashions 1800-1867 -- An open ending: the modern garden 1902-1968.

Summary:

To many of us, the great gardens of Italy seem like paradise on Earth. This work describes the great gardens of the Medici, as well looking at the first botanic gardens, the weird mannerist gardens and their grottoes, and the baroque splendour of Isola Bella and the Villa Aldobrandini.

ISBN:

0711226474 (hbk.)
9780711226470

Subject:

Gardens Italy History.
Gardens Italy Design History.
Gardens, Italian.
Jardins Italie Histoire.
Jardins italiens.
Gardens.
Gardens Design.
Jardins Design Histoire.
Italy.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Ramsay, Alex, 1950-

Holdings:

Location: Library main 250513
Call No.: BIB 180011
Status: Available