THE GARI)I-:\S 01- ITALY. 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Italian Renaissance Landscape ol the Knily Period, by 



Leonardo Da Vinci 



Italian Renaissance Landscape of the Middle Period, by 



Rubens 



Italian Renaissance Landscape ot the hate IVriod, by 



Titian 



Garden Picture at the Villa Di I 'a pa Giiihio 



An Italian Farmyard 



A Washing Place 



Belvedere 



Belvedere 



Loggia or Camera Alfresca 



Wayside Chapel o. Fountain 



Ganymede : Boboli Gardens 



Sarcophagus as a Water Trough, Villa Borghese, Frascati 

 Palazzo Bevilacqua, Bologna : The Lion of Bramantiro . 

 The Venus of Gian di Bologna in the Boboli Gardens 

 A Wall Fountain in the Villa Doria, Genoa .... 



The Garden Front and Belvedere 



Interior of the Loggia 



The Water Tower at the Villa Attree, Brighton 



Detail of Centre Bay of Garden Front 



Site and Garden Plans 



Bowood : The Terrace Gardens in front of tl e Diocletian 



Wing 



Trent ham, Staffordshire 



The Italian Garden at Trentham 



Trent ham : The Finish of the Italian Garden at the Shore 



of the Lake ......... 



Harewood, YorkshL e : The Terrace Gardens 



The Bastion Terrace at Harewood 



Shrublands : Looking down the Hundred Steps 

 Shrublands : The Ixjwer Garden at the foot of the Great 



Stairway . . 



CHAPTER III. 



Plan of the Vatican Gardens 



The Vatican Gardens and St. Peter's 



North Descent in the Vatican Gardens .... 



St. Peter's from the Vatican Gardens .... 

 Oval Court of Villa Pia from the South-West 



The Western Terrace 



The North-West Avenue 



Vatican Gardens : The Casino Del Papa 01 Villa Pia 

 Bronze Fir Cone : An Old Roman Fountain in Bramante's 



Hemicycle ending the Belvedere Court 



The East Pavilion from North 



East Pavilion 



The Oval Court from the East Pavilion . . . . 



South Porch from the West Pavilion 



Stairway up to the level of the Oval Court of the V.lla 



Pia 



The East Porch and St. Peter's 



Facade of the Villa Pia 



Fountain in Oval Court in front of the Villa P^a or Casiro 



Del Papa 



St. Peter's from the Oval Court of the Villa P;a . 

 Vestibule of West Pavilion ..".... 

 Vestibule of East Pavilion 



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CHAPTER IV. 



Villa Madama, 1'onti- Mollr, K.nn.- 



Tne Loggia actually built 



Villa Madam. i, I'n.ili- Mulle, Rome 



Villa Madama : Restored Plan of Original Scheme 



Villa Madam i 



II i Faniesian Gardens on the Palatine : Entrance Gate- 

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Plan ol the harnese Gardens on the Palatine, now destroyed 

 for the Excavations of the Palaces of the Caesars 



Section of the Faniesian Gardens on the Palatine 



Villa Di Papa Giulio, now the Etruscan Museum, at Rome 



Detail of the Casino 



Villa Di Papa Giulio : The Casiro 



Villa Di Papa Giulio 



Villa Di Papa Giulio 



Villa Di Papa Giulio 



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Inside the Courtyard 



Amannato's Portico 



Fresco Decoration of Semicircular Barrel Vault of Cortile 

 Sunk Court and Open Pavilion looking into Garden Court 

 Villa Di Papa Giulio : Bathing Pool in Sunk Court . 



CHAPTER V. 



The Villa Medici 53 



Plan of the Villa Medici 51 



Roman Marble Relief built into the Walls of the Villa 



Medici 55 



Ancient Sculpture in the Garden of the Villa Medici, Rome 56 

 Gates of the Pincio Gardens and Villa Medici, and the 



Famous View over Rome 57 



Villa Medici from the Upper Terrace 58 



Fountain of Venn: 50. 



The Loggia 60 



Steps of the loggia 61 



The Southern Terrace . . 6> 



The Garden from the Villa 63 



East End of the South Terrace 65 



North Walk 66 



( IIAl'TKK VI. 



In the Lower Avenue 67 



Plan of Villa Borghese, Rome .... 68 



A Temple in the Garden. . 6cj 



Fountain in the Crossways 70 



Arch of Triumph 71 



Sea-Horses, Central Avenue 73 



Loggia of the Lions .... ... 74 



Terrace Wall, South ho < </urt 75 



The Casino in the Villa Borgh-.se. Koine . . 76 

 Casino of the Villa Borghese, Rome (Plan) . . -77 



Casino of the Villa Borghese, Rome 78 



( IIAITKK VII. 



Quirina! : Plan of the Palace, Monte Cavallo, Rome . 70 



The Western Garden 80 



A Feature of the Garden .... . . 81 



The Trevi Fountain, Rome ... . . 83 



The Acqua Paula on the Janiculum . 84 



The Quattro Fontane, Rome 85 



Detail of one of the Angle Fountains, Quattro Fontane, 



Rome . . . . 85 



