THE GARDENS OF ITALY. 
V 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
CHAPTER I. 
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Italian Renaissance Landscape of the Early Period, by 
Leonardo Da Vinci i 
Italian Renaissance Landscape of the Middle Period, by 
Rubens 2 
Italian Renaissance Landscape of the Late Period, by 
Titian d 
Garden Picture at the Villa Di Papa Giuhu ... 3 
An Italian Farmyard 4 
A Washing Place 5 
Belvedere b 
Belvedere 7 
Loggia or Camera Alfresca . . , 8 
Wayside Chapel 0. Fountain 8 
Ganymede : Boboli Gardens U 
Sarcophagus as a Water Trough, Villa Borghese, Frascati y 
Palazzo Bevilacqua. Bologna : The Lion of Bramantiro . 10 
The Venus of Gian di Bologna in the Boboli Gardens . 10 
K Wall Fountain in the Villa Doria, Genoa .... 10 
The Garden Front and Belvedere . . . . .11 
Interior of the Loggia 11 
The Water Tower at the Villa Attree, Brighton . . 12 
Detail of Centre Bay of Garden Front li 
Site and Garden Plans u 
Bowood : The Terrace Gardens in front of tl e Diocletian 
Wing 13 
Trentham, Staffordshre . . . . . . . • -13 
The Italian Garden at Trentham 14 
Trentham : The Finish of the Italian Garden at the Shore 
of the Lake 15 
Harewood, Yorkshixe : The Terrace Gardens ... 16 
The Bastion Terrace at Harewood 16 
Shrublands : Looking down the Hundied Steps . - 17 
Shrublands ; The Ivower Garden at the foot of the Great 
Stairway .8 
CHAPTER III. 
CHAPTER IV. 
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Villa Madama, Ponte Molle, Rome 40 
Tne Loggia actually built 40 
Villa Madama, Ponte Molle, Rome 41 
Villa Madama : Restored Plan of Original Scheme . . 41 
Villa Madama 42 
The Farnesian Gardens on the Palatine : Entrance Gate- 
■way by Vignola 43 
Plan of the Farnese Gardens on the Palatine, now destroyed 
for the Excaa'ations of the Palaces of the Cassars . 44 
Section of the Farnesian Gardens on the Palatine . . 45 
Villa Di Papa Giulio, now the Etruscan Museum, at Rome 46 
Detail of the Casino 47 
Villa Di Papa Giulio : Th.e Casino 48 
Villa Di Papa Giulio 48 
Villa Di Papa Giulio : Inside the Courtyard ... 49 
Villa Di Papa Giulio : Amannato’s Portico ... 49 
Fresco Decoration of Semicircular Barrel Vault of Cortile 50 
Sunk Court and Open Pavilion looking into Garden Court 50 
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 35 
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: 5<i 
The I/3ggia 60 
Steps of the Loggia 61 
The Southern Terrace . . 6’ 
The Garden from the Villa 63 
East End of the South Terrace 65 
North Wallc 66 
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 Dei Papa 01 Villa Pia 
Bronze Fir Cone : An Old Roman Fountain in Bramante's 
Heinicycle ending the Belvedere Court 
The East Pa\iliou from North 
East Pavilion 
The Oval Court from the East Pavilion . . . , 
South Porch from the West Pa\alion 
Stairway up to the level of the Oval Court of the ^■llla 
Pia 
The East Porch and St. Peter’s 
Fa9ade of the Villa Pia 
Fountain in Oval Court in front of the Villa Pia or Casino 
Del Papa 
St. Peter’s from the Oval Court of the Villa Pia . 
Vestibule of West Pavilion 
Vestibule of East Pavilion 
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CHAPTER VI. 
In the Ix>wer Avenue . ... . 
. 67 
Plan of Villa Borghese, Rome 
. 68 
.\ Temple in the Gardeiu .... 
- 69 
Fountain in the Crossways .... 
. 70 
Arch of Triumph 
. 71 
Sea-Horses, Central Avenue .... 
I.iOggia of the Lions 
• 74 
Terrace Wall, South Furccouvt 
The Casino in the Villa Borghese, Rome 
Casino of the Vdla Borghese, Rome (Plan) . 
• 77 
Casino of the Villa Borghese, Rome 
. . . 78 
CHAPTER VH. 
Quirinal ; Plan of the Palace, Monte Cavallo, Rome . 79 
The Western Garden 80 
A Feature of the Garden 81 
The Trevi Fountain, Rome ... . . 83 
The Acqua Paula on the Jaruculum . . , 84 
The Quatlro Fontane, Rome 85 
Detail of one of the Angle Fountains, Quattro Fontane, 
Rome 85 
