Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: First terrace

Location: 
Europe--Italy--Lazio--Bagnaia
Period: 
Renaissance
Image No.: 
201089
View: 
"Villa Lante, Bagnaja. View of Residences from Garden." (Plate 8)
Dates: 
1573-1685
View Type: 
photographs
View Date: 
1902
Location Type: 
Current
Culture: 
Italian
Techniques: 
Photogravure
Measurements: 
43.18 x 33.65 cm
Category: 
Villas
Subjects: 
Villa Lante (Bagnaia, Italy); Gambara family; Terraces; Parterres de broderie; First terrace (Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy); Casinos (garden structures); Montalto Family; Second terrace (Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Italy)
Work Notes: 
As can be seen in the plan by Tarquinio Ligustri of 1596, this terrace was originally divided up into a series of square parterres, but was unified into one large parterre de broderie in 1685 by its new owners, the Lante family. (Barth, 2001, 51)
Image Notes: 
In: Forbes, A. Holland, editor, "Architectural gardens of Italy." Published by New York: Forbes & Company, Ltd.
Rights Type: 
fair use
Title: 
First terrace
Work Creator Role: 
patron; architect; architect; architect
Work Creator: 
Gambara, Giovanni Francesco; Maderno, Carlo; Vignola, Jacopo da; Ghinucci, Tomaso
WorkCreatorDisplayDate: 
1533-1587; 1556-1629; 1507-1573; -1587
Work Creator Nationality: 
Italian; Italian; Italian
Work Type: 
Parterres de broderie; Terraces