Italian Renaissance Garden

イタリア式庭園 / 15th–17th century / Style / Garden Styles

The Renaissance garden of terraced slopes, stairs, channels and fountains. The hundred fountains of the Villa d'Este are the engineering art of water, with gravity as the design material.

Terraced slopes / Water stairs and fountains / Axes and statuary / Designed prospects

Italian Renaissance Garden — ヴィッラ・デステの噴水Italian Renaissance Garden — 百噴水の道（CC BY-SA 4.0）
百噴水の道（CC BY-SA 4.0）

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Best used for
Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
the Villa d'Este / the Boboli Gardens / hydraulic spectacle

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