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THE ART OF GARDEN DESIGN IN ITALY 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT 



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Pliny's Laurentine Villa. As restored by Bouchet , 4 



Ancient Marble Tazza, Naples . , . - 9 



Fountain from Pompeii, Naples Museum - . 15 



PoMrEiAN Garden Fresco i6 



Treillage Design in Ancient Garden. From a 



Fresco ai Pompeii 1 6 



Triclinium, House of Sallust, PoMrsii ... 17 



Well Head from Murano. Tenth Century . . 18 

 Design for a Town Garden. From a sketch m the 



Uffizi Collection said to be by Pinturicchio . . .23 



Treillage Design from 'Poliphili Hypneroto- 



MACHIA' . . . 23 



Scene from 'Poliphili Hvpnerotomachia ' . . 23 



The Villa Madama. A restoration of San Gallds design 28 



Palazzo del Te, Mantua . ... . . .29 



The Small Casino at the Palace of Caprarola 30 



Caprarola. The Villa Farnese . . . .31 



Caprarola. Detail of Balustrade. . . .31 



The Villa Papa Giulio, Rome 32 



Cortile of a Genoese Palace . . . .34 



Palazzo Bevilacqua, Bologna. Fountain in the 



Cortile 35 



Palazzo Borghese. Plan showing arrangement 



of Palace and Garden 16 



Palazzo Borghese. Wall Fountain . • ' . 37 



Balustrade on the Lower Terrace, Isola Bella 43 



Balustrade at the Villa Carlotta, Cadenabbia 48 



Plan and Elevation of Water Stairway at 



Tremezzo ., 49 



A Fountain in the Labyrinth, Castellazzo dei 



Arconati 52 



Palazzo Doria, Genoa. Plan of the Fountain of 



Neptune and of Fountain on Upper Terrace 54 



Palazzo Doria. Fountain on Upper Terrace . 54 



Palazzo Doria. Wall Fountain ■ • . . 55 



Certosa di Pavia. Garden of the Small Cloister 60 



Certosa di Pavia. Monks' Garden .... 60 



Palace of Stra, ClairvoyEe 64 



Venetian Wellhead -. " . 65 



Boboli Garden. Fountain in the Amphitheatre 70 



The Fountain of Venus, by Gian Bologna . . 71 



Boboli Garden. Il Cavaliere 72 



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Boboli Garden. A Plan of the Isolotto . . 73 



Boboli Garden. Detail of Balustrade to the 



Isolotto . . . . - 73 



Fountain formerly in the Boboli Garden, now 



IN PiTTi Palace .74 



Terracotta Giardiniera, Villa Palmieri . . 75 



Villa Palmieri. Terrace Balustrade . , . jt 



Villa Palmieri. Plan of Forecourt . . . ^^ 



Terracotta Giardiniere, Villa di Castello . 80 



Villa Corsini. Plan of Fountain and Stairway 



in the bosco . 81 



Villa Gori, Siena. Plan of the Garden Theatre 90 



Villa Sergardi, near Siena. Plan showing the 



Garden Theatre 90 



Villa Sergardi, near Siena. The Garden 



Theatre 91 



Belcaro, near Siena 92 



Siena. Entrance to Villa Bargagli ... 92 



The Quirinal Palace. Terrace Balustrade . 94 



Vatican. Entrance to Parterre .... 96 



Villa Pia. Fountain in Court .... 97 



Entrance to the Villa Borghese, Rome . . 100 



Gateway. Villa Porta, Rome . . ... 105 



Villa Corsini. Upper Part of Cascade . . 107 



Villa Medici, Rome. Garden Stairway and 

 . Fountain . ... . ' . . . .111 



Entrance to the Villa Albani . . . . 1 14 



Palazzo Colonna. Plan of the Cascade . .116 



Villa Aldobrandini. Fountain on Upper Ter- 

 race 119 



Villa Borghese. Semicircular Court connect- 

 ing Casino and Garden 120 



The Reservoir, Villa Torlonia . . . .121 



Villa Mondragone, Frascati. Fountain on 



Upper Terrace 122 



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Villa Mondragone. Termination of the Par- 

 terre 122 



Belpoggio, Frascati. Sketched fro^n an old Print . 123 



Villa Falconierl Entrance Gateway . .124 



Sketch showing Treatment of Stairways . .126 



Villa d' Este, Tivoli. The Water Organ . . 127 



Villa Lante. The Central Fountain . . .130 



