Italian gardens : a cultural history / Helena Attlee ; special photography by Alex Ramsay.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Attlee, Helena, 1958-

Contributor:

Ramsay, Alex, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardens--Italy--History.

Gardens.

Gardens--Italy--Design--History.

Gardens, Italian.

Design.

History.

Italy.

Physical Description:

240 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm

Edition:

First Frances Lincoln edition.

Place of Publication:

London : F. Lincoln, [2006]

Summary:

In this ravishing new book, illustrated with con- temporary paintings, drawings and prints as well as photographs of the gardens today, Helena Attlee tells their story. She starts with Petrarch - stil looking to medieval chronicles for advice on how and when to plant - and goes on to the Renaissance and those first gardens to emerge from architects'

Contents:

I Cultivated ideas: Early Renaissance 1450-1504 49

II Medici gardeners: Renaissance 1518-1550 25

III Botanical revolution: Botanical gardens and treatises 1536-1600 41

IV Musical statues: High Renaissance 1560-1573 51

V Esoteric jokes: Mannerism 1550-1580 75

VI Formal splendour: Baroque 1598-1786 91

VII Horticultural extremes: Plant collections 1600-1700 117

VIII Watering the guests: Garden entertainments 1530-1850 131

IX Foreign influence: English and French style 1696-1783 155

X International style: European fashions 1800-1867 181

XI An open ending: The modern garden 1902-1968 191

Gardens to visit 229

Picture acknowledgement.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.

ISBN:

0711226474

9780711226470

OCLC:

85771186