GARDENERS MENTIONED 
BROWN (LANCELOT) 
1715-1783 
Lancelot Brown, known as “ Capability Brown,” a native of North- 
umberland, began his career in a kitchen-garden, but, though without 
artistic training and unable to draw, he became for a time a popular 
designer of landscape-gardens. He was appointed Royal Gardener at 
Hampton Court, and laid out the lake at Blenheim. He was consid- 
ered to excel in water-gardens. 
BUONTALENTI (BERNARDO TIMANTE) 
1536-1608 
Buontalenti, one of the leading Florentine architects of the sixteenth 
century, was also distinguished as a sculptor and painter. He built 
the villa of Pratolino and carried on the planning of the Boboli gar- 
den. His other works in Florence are: the facades of the Palazzi 
Strozzi and Riccardi, the Palazzo Acciajuoli (now Corsini), the corridor 
leading from the Ufhzi to the Pitti Palace, and the casino behind 
San Marco. At Siena, Buontalenti built the Palazzo Reale, and 
at Pisa, the Loggia de’ Banchi. 
CAMPORESI (PIETRO) 
B. — — , d. 1781 
Camporesi, a Roman architect, is mentioned as working with “ Moore 
of Rome” on the grounds of the Villa Borghese. 
CARLONE 
Several brothers of this name lived in Genoa between 1550 and 1650. 
They were known as sculptors, painters and gilders, and workers in 
stucco. The beautiful ceiling of the church of the Santissima An- 
nunziata in Genoa is known to be by one of the Carloni. 
CASTELLI (CARLO) 
XVII Century 
Castelli, who completed the fa£ade of Santa Maria alia Porta, in 
Milan, was an architect of the school of Maderna. With Crivelli he 
laid out the gardens of the Isola Bella, near Como. 
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