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Author:   Katie Campbell
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781032062105

ISBN 10:   103206210
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   31 December 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Part 1: The Early Renaissance Villa as Humanist Retreat 1. Cafaggiolo: Averardo's Villa Farm 2. Il Trebbio: Giovanni's Villa Fortress 3. Palazzo Medici: Cosimo's Antique-style Urban Villa 4. Carreggi: Cosimo's Humanist Retreat 5. Villa Medici: Giovanni's Gentleman's Villa Part 2: The High Renaissance Villa as Royal Court 6. Poggio a Caiano: Lorenzo's Villa Temple 7. Castello: Cosimo I's Rural Royal Court 8. Pitti Palace/Boboli Gardens: Eleanora's rus in urbe 9. Cerutto Guido and Seravezza: Cosimo I's Villa Outposts Part 3: The Late Renaissance Villa as Pleasure Palace 10. Pratolino: Francesco's Villa of Marvels 11. Poggio Imperiale: Isabella's Arcadian Fantasy 12. Le Petraia: Ferdinando's Domestic Retreat 13. La Magia, Ambrogiana, Artimino: Ferdinando's Hunting Outposts

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Katie Campbell is a writer and garden historian. She leads art and garden tours, lectures widely and has taught at Birkbeck, Bristol and Buckingham universities. Her most recent book, British Gardens in Time, accompanied the BBC television series. Earlier books include Paradise of Exiles, Icons of Twentieth Century Landscape Design and Policies and Pleasances.

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