Gardens and gardening in papal Rome / by David R. Coffin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coffin, David R., author.

Contributor:

Princeton University Press, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardens--Italy--Rome--Design--History.

Gardens.

Gardens--Italy--Rome--History.

Landscape architecture--Italy--Rome--History.

Landscape architecture.

Gardens--Design.

Italy--Rome.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 285 pages) : 193 illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991.

Summary:

"From the late Middle Ages, when it embodied spirituality, through the end of the eighteenth century, when it offered pleasurable surroundings for banquets, poetry readings, and amorous pursuits, the garden figured prominently in everyday Roman life. In this fascinating history, David Coffin provides a wealth of information on how Italian gardeners worked with the elements of color, fragrance, sound, shade, architecture, sculpture, and wildlife to achieve a wide variety of sensual effects. In so doing he presents the stages of evolution in classic Italian gardening, which was replaced in the late eighteenth century by the more naturalistic English style. Coffin first considers the role of cloistered gardens in the Middle Ages and shows how they were later incorporated as private spaces within the larger Renaissance gardens. Describing the introduction of sculptural collections and waterworks into gardens during the sixteenth century, he explores some of the rich, often complicated, iconographical programs that emerged. The extension of garden parks in the seventeenth century marks the decline of architecture in landscaping and the advent of landscape design as a dominant factor. Throughout this book Coffin concentrates on the garden as a site for entertainment and on the development of design components that eventually permitted gardens to be freely open to the public"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Hortus conclusus

Statuary gardens

Waterworks: fountains, nymphaea, and grottoes

The classicizing of the Roman garden: form and association

The iconography of the Renaissance garden

Art, nature, and illusion

Urban gardens

Garden parks

French influence

Garden design and furnishings

Flora et pomona

The gardener

Entertainment

The public and the Roman garden.

Notes:

Description based on print record and online resource (A&AePortal, viewed on November 27, 2019).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780300251715

0300251718

OCLC:

1129015578