Late Renaissance

Villa D’Este at Tivoli

*countryside views

*villa and garden brought together in one axial design

*Villa Urbana

Design Characteristics of High Renaissance

*axial and symmetrical design

*ordere and geometrical form

*elaborate box parterres

*axial open views

*terraces

*water jokes

Villa Lante

*strong mirror symmetry , hosue divded into 2 parts

*gardens were terraced

*water and box parterres gardens

*connection to paitning of “Christ giving the key to St. Peter”

what structure had water chains?

Villa Lante

water chain

*moved water from high to low

*decorative element

*influence from Moorish gardens of Spain

*origianted from the Water Steps in the Generalife

Villa Rotonda

*square symmetrical plan with 4 loggias and a circualr hall

*placed assymmetrically in the landscape

*focused on the architecutre not the landscape

Fountain of Neptune

*in the Boboli Gardens

*aka “ Fork Foutnain”

Isolotto

*in the Boboli Gardens

*artificial isladn with scultpures and fountains

*Oceanus by Giambologna

-symbolized dominion over the seas

Buontalenti Grotto

*in the Boboli Gardens

*artificial cave

*sculptures and frscoes

*combines theems of nature with artisitc illusion

*Mannerist style

Vittolone and Cypress Lane

*sloping avenue lined with cypress tress, statues, and fountains

*lead to Isolotto

The Lemon House

*in the Boboli Gardens

*protected cirtus trees in the winter