brief explanation of italian renaissance gardens

1. ITALIAN
GARDENS
 Italy has humid subtropical to humid continental and oceanic climate,
similar to that of Indian climate.

2.  INTRODUCTION
 HISTORY
 FEATURES OF ITALIAN GARDENS
 ELEMENTS OF ITALIAN GARDENS
 EXAMPLE

3.  Italian gardens are known as Italian renaissance gardens .
 In terms of design italian gardens are the best in Europe, and best residential
gardens in the world.
 It was inspired by classical
ideals of order and beauty ,
and intended for the
pleasure of the view of the
garden .
 Italian gardens are based
upon the :
symmetry
axial geometry
order over nature.
 During renaissance period, change in : political, literature, industries, art and
culture, architecture took place.

4.  Italian renaissance garden was a new style
of garden which emerged in the late 15th
century at villas, in Rome and Florence .
 Innovated the art of gardening as well as
the architecture of water ways.
 Prior to the Italian Renaissance , Italian
Medieval gardens were enclosed by walls
and were devoted to growing vegetables,
fruits and medicinal herbs . Monastery
gardens for silent meditation and prayer.
 Pipes built to create fountains with
continuously flowing of water.
 The Italian Renaissance garden broke
down the wall between the garden, the
house, and the landscape outside.

5.  Geometrical patterned beds , or parterres are a distinct element of Italian
style.
 Traditionally , Italian garden had few flowers.
 Display and backdrop for sculpture.
 Contrast of sun and shades . Water features
 Green being dominant color of the Italian garden.
 no single style in Italian gardens, have been shaped by climate, geography ,
history and Roman Renaissance.
 displays careful design to showcase man’s control over nature.
 A perfect Italian garden brings them with fusion of formal and informal
spaces.
 The geometrical plants take care of formal preview and a natural
presentation suffices for the informal space.
 Separated into compartments that could be named, enclosed, and hidden
to create an unfolding sequence of spaces. The axis organized and unified
the whole composition

6. 1. Staircases
2. Balustrades
3. Sculpture
4. Cascades Pavilion
5. Parterres
6. Hedges
7. Shady Walkways
8. Water Fountains
9. Pavement
10. Grotto
11. Promenade

7.  It is the most outstanding Renaissance fountain garden in the world.
 VILLA D’ESTE is a 16th century villa in TIVOLI, ROME.
 VILLA D’ESTE is famous for its ITALLIAN RENAISSANCE GARDENS , especially for
• its profusion of FOUNTAINS.
 It is now under UNESCO World Heritage site.
 The villa has
51 fountains
368 jets
64 waterfalls
220 basins
 Water are fed by an intricate
network of tunnels , canals and
pipes without a single pump.
 the main source of water is
the river which is flowing nearby.

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10.  The VILLA D’ESTE at TIVOLI is one of the grandest and best preserved of the
Italian Renaissance gardens.
 Its extraordinary systems of fountains fed by 875 meters of canals.
 These all fountains works entirely by the force of gravity , without pumping.
PIRRO LIGORIO who was responsible for the layout of gardens for the villas.
 PLAN: The garden plan is laid out on a central axis with subsidiary cross axes ,
refreshed by some 500 jets in fountains , pools and water troughs.

11. A large terrace,200meters long, called the
VIALONE, lies between the villa and the
gardens .
 It was constructed between 1568-1569.
 It was shaded by two rows of ELM trees.
 The terrace is enclosed at one end by the
Fountain of Europa , and at the other end by an
immense loggia and belvedere in the form of a
triumphal arch called CENACOLO.
 This structure provides shade in summer.
 In the centre of the terrace, attached to the
façade of villa, is made in 1566-1577 of travertine
stone,
 Its two stairways provide access to the
ceremonial salons on the lower floor, while its
upper level created a terrace for the Cardinal’s
apartments, where the Fountain of Leda is located.
 Two ramps lead down to the upper garden from
fountain of tripod, and there are symmetrical
double flights of stairs at either end.

13.  A huge amount of earth was
excavated and used to construct new
terraces ,arcades, grottos, nitches.
 The nearby river Aniene was diverted
to furnish water for the complex
system of pools, water jets, channels,
fountains, cascades and water games.
 The steep slope of garden; more than
45m from top to bottom; posed
special challenges.
 Canals were dug and 200m of
underground pipes were laid to carry
the water from artificial mountain
under the oval fountain to rest of the
garden

14.  The land was acquired and
construction was planned to
begin at the end of 1550.
 Following the aesthetic
principles of the renaissance,
the garden was carefully
divided into regular units or
compartments each thirty
meters across lad out along
longitudinal median axis with
five lateral axes.

15. TOPIC OBSERVATION CONCLUSION
Context Located at an altitude and at
corner of the town Tivoli.
The villa and gardens are designed
at various levels by considering
climate.
Circulation Not in a single direction, diverts
to various spaces of garden.
Entry leads through the villa and
ends at SENSE OF SURPRISE.
Vegetation Elm trees and fruit trees,
parterres and hedges.
This thick traditional form of
vegetation gives pleasure.
Not used according to the climatic
conditions.
Hydrology Natural body- river Aniene and
Tiber
Through gravity instead of pumping.
Water is used wisely for too many
water features.
Built form Built form is the villa ,which is at
the starting of the site.
Can have visual connection with the
garden behind and the whole town
in the front.