ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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The Fountain of tl 



I'll.- i >ueen's i 



Tlu- Canal,,! Great Pools below the Organ Fountain 

 ,le ol tlir Fountain 01 the < >i ga n 



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Mair\\ay 



Wall Fountain in 1. 



Tin- lower end ol the Main \xis I'loUing tow.uds the 



original 1 



A Stairway in the Villa Hadriana, livoli 



Plan ol tin- Vill.i lladnana 



inrnt ol the Great Ti ei lladnana, Tivoh . 



II,.,,. I be Imperial I 1 the Villa Hadriara. 



Tivoh 



The Long Wan of the Pecile, Villa Hadrians 



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CHAPTER XVIII. 



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Plan oi i In- Farnese Palace al Caprarola a1 the first Hoor 



level -'3 



Plan of tin- Casino an, I I pp.-r Gardens at Caj.rarola behind 



the I felai i- -M 



( >Id P' the Palace, attributed to Vignola 215 



! atrance 1-Voni ol Caprarola 215 



inal figure ilace 216 



The Ascent to the Entrance -"' 



The Circular Coi tile J1 7 



Till- Upper Corridor of the irnlar Corl !<-, showily the 



Frescoed Decoration 217 



I he F.ridge Irom Palace to C.ardi-n acioss tl e Moat . 218 



The Approach , o, Caprarola .... 219 



i ol tic Casino. Caprarola .... 220 



The Fountain below tl e Pa item- ol i 1 ,- Casino at Capiarola 221 



North Front of the Casino, Caprarola 222 



Terrace of the Hermes 223 



The Casino of Caprarola 224 



Souti of the Parterre 225 



West Side of tl e Par, ,-rre of the Casino at Caprarola . 226 

 Hern; - ii Terrace Wall of the Parterre of the 



Casino at C.'aprarola 227 



The Western S'auway from tie Parti rre to the Upper 



Plateau of the Casito at Caprarola .... 229 

 Gateway of tlie Eastern Stairway fioin tie Parterre of the 



inoal * a prarola to the Upper Plateau . . 230 



The E.I-.I Cornel of the Parterre, si owing one of the Four 



Ponds 231 



Tlie Western half of II. e Parterre of tlie Casino at Capraiola 232 



K ist Side of the Parterre of the Casino at Caprarola . 233 

 The end of the Garden : An open Hemicycle of Fountain 



Niches behind tin- Casino at Caprarola . . . 234 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Cardinal Montalto's Fountain at Villa I^ante, Bagnaia . 236 



Villa Lante, liagnaia, near Viterbo 237 



North Gate 238 



The Two Casin, 239 



The Fountain of Pegasus, Villa Lante .... 240 



The Water Garden at the Villa I^ante . . . .241 



The North Walk. Villa Lante 242 



General View of the Garden of the Villa Lante . . 243 



View looking up the Garden from one of the Island Bridges, 



Villa I^ante, Bagnaia J I I 



The Isolotto Garden 245 



The Island Fountain, with the Crest of the Mnnialto, 



Villa Lante, F>agnaia J |<> 



Inner circle of the Fountain on vi.e h.lai.,1, V.ila haute, 



Bagnaia 247 



Two Ways to the Fust Teiiace, Villa Lante, Bagua.a . 248 

 Tl:e Stairway up by the side of the ( asmo, Villa Lanlc. 



Bagnaia 249 



From the Fiist to u.i- Second Terrace .... 250 



The Crescent Fountains between the First and Sciond 



Terraces 251 



The Second Ten ace, With Stairway and Fountain loading up 



to the Third Plateau, Villa I .ante, Bagnaia . . 252 



Fountain of the Rivel Gods, and Stairway to the Third 

 Plateau 



Detail of the Fountain and Stairway 



1 ol t he Stall \\.l\ 



Weslcni Pavilion, I PP'' 1 Court 



Canal Cascade Up 



('anal ( aSI ade Down 



oi the Cascade, Villa I 



The Dolphin Fountain 



The Garden Loggia ol the Villa Lante 



( IIAPTER XX. 

 At Florence : Shelley's View 



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259 



261 



264 



265 

 266 

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( IIAPTER XXI. 



II ,- Fountain above the Grotto in the Cortile of the Pitti 



Palace, Florence 



Plan of the Pitti Palace at Florence, wit n part of tlie Boboli 



i iardens 2 ^ 2 



North-East end of the Amphitheatre ... -263 



Seats of the Amphitheatre and Steps up to the Fountain 



above the Grotto 



Fountain by Gian Bologna in the Lake of Neptune in the 



Upper Gardens 



Looking up the Great Avenue 



Looking down the Great Avenue and acioss me Isolotto . 



Plan of the Isolotto in the Boboli Gardens, Pitti Palace, 



Florence 268 



The West Gate Bridge to the Isolotto and Avenue beyond 269 

 Part of the Circular Lake surrounding the Isolotto . . 270 



Balustrade of the Isolotto 271 



Giorgio Vasari's and Gian Bologna's Fountain on the 



Isolotto 2 7 2 



The Gates of Isolotto, Boboli Gardens, Florei.ci; . .273 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Entrance to the Grotto under the Terrace Plateau of the 



Villa Poggio Cajano 274 



The Great Hall of the V,lla Poggio Cajano . . . 275 



The Villa Poggio Cajano from Inside the Enclosure . . 270 



Castcllo Fountain by Gian Bologna ... . 277 



Cast i Ho Tue Gai cien behind ti e V.il; . 278 



Castello East Terrace 279 



Villa Castello : Vjew over the Garden laid out behind the 



Palace 2 8i 



A Fountain of Colouic-d Marble in Grotto unuer Upper 



Terrace at Castello 282 



V.lla Petraja Distant View 283 



The Wall Decorations of the Salon of the Villa 1'etraja . 283 



IVtiaja Fountain by II Tribolo 284 



V.lla Medicea di Careggi, Florence 2 85 



Loggia of the Villa Meriicea di Careggi .... 285 

 Villa Medicea di Careggi : The Garden . . . .280 



Vdla Medicea di Careggi : Detail of Loggia . 287 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



The Well in the Cortile of the Villa liondi, Florence . . 288 



The Cortile of the Villa Bondi 289 



Entrance, Villa Bondi 21)0 



Orangery of the Villa 292 



Villa Palmieri 293 



The Villa Palmieri from the Garden 294 



The Western Stairway J'*.=> 



Cortile of the Villa Palmieri 2,(> 



Part of Circular Walk J<>7 



Looking on to Florence 298 



Southern Terraces 299 



( IIAPTER XXIV. 



The Drive In ...... 



East Front, Villa Medici, below Fiesole 



The Loggia 



The Drive Out 



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