European axd Japanese Gardens 



FOUR SUPPORTING FIGURES BEARING THE INSIGNIA OF THE FARNESE FAMILY " 

 The Central Fountain Villa Lante, Bagnaia 



Vignola's work, the amount of water used is infinitesimal, and 

 all the fountains are treated with great refinement of detail 

 and smallness of scale, while in the flower-garden the fountain 

 is chiefly sculptural, with four supporting figures bearing the 

 insignia of the Farnese Family, for whom it was built. 



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