Francesco Ignazio Lazzari's Discrizione della villa pliniana : visions of antiquity in the landscape of Umbria / Anatole Tchikine and Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tchikine, Anatole, author.

Du Prey, Pierre de la Ruffinière, author.

Series:

Ex Horto: Dumbarton Oaks texts in garden and landscape studies

Ex horto: Dumbarton Oaks texts in garden and landscape studies

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Lazzari, Francesco Ignazio, 1634-1717.

Lazzari, Francesco Ignazio.

Pliny, the Younger--Homes and haunts--Italy--San Giustino.

Pliny.

Pliny, the Younger.

Villa of Pliny the Younger (San Giustino, Italy)--Early works to 1800.

Villa of Pliny the Younger (San Giustino, Italy).

Architecture, Domestic--Italy--San Giustino--Early works to 1800.

Architecture, Domestic.

Architecture, Domestic--Italy--Città di Castello--Early works to 1800.

Architecture, Roman--Italy--San Giustino--Early works to 1800.

Architecture, Roman.

Architecture, Roman--Italy--Città di Castello--Early works to 1800.

Gardens--Italy--San Giustino--Early works to 1800.

Gardens.

Gardens--Italy--Città di Castello--Early works to 1800.

Buildings--Italy--San Giustino--Early works to 1800.

Buildings.

Italy--San Giustino.

Buildings--Italy--Città di Castello--Early works to 1800.

Italy--Città di Castello.

Homes.

Genre:

Early works.

Physical Description:

xxii, 241 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 26 x 21 cm.

Other Title:

Discrizione della villa pliniana

Visions of antiquity in the landscape of Umbria

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, [2021]

Language Note:

English translation, with original Latin text.

Summary:

"A cultivated patrician, a prolific playwright, and a passionate student of local antiquity, Francesco Ignazio Lazzari (1634-1717) was a mainstay of the artistic and intellectual life of Città di Castello, an Umbrian city that maintained a remarkable degree of cultural autonomy during the early modern period. He was also the first author to identify the correct location of the lost villa "in Tuscis" owned by the Roman writer and statesman Pliny the Younger and known through his celebrated description. Lazzari's reconstruction of this ancient estate, in the form of a large-scale drawing and a textual commentary, adds a unique document to the history of Italian gardens while offering a fascinating perspective on the role of landscape in shaping his native region's identity. Published with an English translation for the first time since its creation, this manuscript is framed by the scholarly contributions of Anatole Tchikine and Pierre de la Ruffinière du Prey. At the core of their discussion is the interplay of two distinct ideas of antiquity-one embedded in the regional landscape and garden culture of Umbria and the other conveyed by the international tradition of Plinian architectural reconstructions-that provide the essential context for understanding Lazzari's work"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Lazzari And His Reconstruction / Pierre De La Ruffiniere Du Prey

Lazzari's Two Antiquities / Anatole Tchikine

Visions Of Pliny's Villas By Lazzari, His Predecessors, And His Contemporaries / Anatole Tchikine

Local Memory And National Myth / Pierre De La Ruffiniere Du Prey

Description Of Pliny's Villa / Anatole Tchikine

Translated With Notes From Italian And Latin / Francesco Ignazio Lazzari

Discrizione Della Villa Pliniana / Taylor Ellis Johnson / Anatole Tchikine

Transcription / Francesco Ignazio Lazzari

(Appendix To The Citta Di Castello Manuscript) / Taylor Ellis Johnson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Container of: Lazzari, Francesco Ignazio, 1634-1717. Discrizione della villa pliniana.

Container of: Lazzari, Francesco Ignazio, 1634-1717. Discrizione della villa pliniana. English.

ISBN:

9780884024873

0884024873

OCLC:

1240773677