An edition of The Vatican gardens (2009)

The Vatican gardens

an architectural and horticultural history

1st English ed.
The Vatican gardens
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An edition of The Vatican gardens (2009)

The Vatican gardens

an architectural and horticultural history

1st English ed.

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Abbeville Press
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The Vatican gardens: an architectural and horticultural history
2009, Abbeville Press
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Table of Contents

Origins and first inventions: from Nicholas III (1277-80) to Nicholas V (1447-55)
The Belvedere of Innocent VIII (1484-92) and the Courtyard Garden-Theater of Julius II (1503-13) and Donato Bramante
The Secret Garden of Paul III (1534-49) and the intervention of Jacopo Meleghino
La Casina of Pius IV (1559-65) and the Giardino dei Semplici
The first part of 1600: the fountains of Paul V and Johannes Faber, "gardener" extraordinaire
The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: garden practices and botanical innovations
The nineteenth century: French occupation, English taste, and the "gardener" popes
The new image of the state-town: gardens, fountains, buildings, and monuments
Papal holidays and the villa in Castel Gandolfo.

Edition Notes

Translated from Italian.

Published in
New York, NY

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
712.09456/34
Library of Congress
SB466.V3 C36 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24460560M
ISBN 13
9780789210487
LCCN
2009019353

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