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Florentine villas

Chapter 4: PHOTOGRAVURES
By Janet Ross
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The author surveys the villas that crown the hills around Florence, combining illustrated architectural and garden descriptions with historical sketches of their owners and artistic decorations. She traces the evolution from fortified medieval strongholds to Renaissance and later country palaces shaped by prominent patrons and master builders, describes fountains, frescoes and garden layouts, and recounts social customs of villegiatura and seasonal festivities. The volume reproduces eighteenth-century etchings alongside contemporary drawings and includes documentary material and notes on portraits and medals, offering a companion guide to the sites’ design, provenance and cultural life.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PHOTOGRAVURES

CAST OF THE FACE OF LORENZO THE MAGNIFICENT, TAKEN AFTER DEATH Frontispiece
VILLA PALMIERI Facing page 1
VILLA DI POGGIO A CAJANO ” 8
CAFAGGIUOLO ” 16
VILLA DI CAREGGI ” 26
MEDALS OF COSIMO PATER PATRIAE, LORENZO DE’ MEDICI AND MARSILIO FICINO ” 37
VILLA DI POGGIO IMPERIALE ” 41
VILLA DI LAPPEGGI ” 48
VILLA DELLA PETRAJA ” 53
MEDALS OF COSIMO II, BIANCA CAPPELLO AND MARIA MADDALENA D’AUSTRIA ” 59
VILLA DI CASTELLO ” 65
VILLA CORSINI AT CASTELLO ” 71
MEDALS OF CATERINA SFORZA, SAVONAROLA AND PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA ” 81
VILLA DELL’ AMBROGIANA ” 88
VILLA DI PRATOLINO ” 91
VILLA SALVIATI ” 97
MEDALS OF COSIMO I, DE’ MEDICI, ALESSANDRO DE’ MEDICI, FERDINANDO I AND CHRISTINE OF LORRAINE ” 108
VILLA DI GAMBERAIA ” 116
VILLA DI MONTE GUFFONE ” 120
VILLA DI CASTEL-PULCI ” 126
MEDALS OF BOCCACCIO, MICHELANGELO AND DUKE FEDERIGO OF URBINO ” 131
VILLA DELLE SELVE ” 139
VILLA I COLLAZZI ” 143
VILLA FERDINANDA A ARTIMINO ” 148

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

VILLA PALMIERI:
THE TERRACE Page 1
THE VILLA AND TERRACE FROM THE LOWER GARDEN ” 7
VILLA DI POGGIO A CAJANO:
THE FACADE ” 8
CAFAGGIUOLO:
THE FACADE ” 16
CASTLE OF TREBBIO ” 25
VILLA DI CAREGGI:
THE GARDEN FRONT WITH LORENZO DE’ MEDICI’S LOGGIA ” 26
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE VILLA ” 35
VILLA DI RUSCIANO:
THE NORTH FACADE ” 37
BRUNELLESCHI’S WINDOW ” 38
VIEW OF FLORENCE FROM THE VILLA facing page 38
VILLA DI POGGIO IMPERIALE:
THE FORMAL GARDEN page 41
THE GREAT ENTRANCE ” 46
VILLA DI LAPPEGGI:
THE TERRACE AND VILLA ” 48
VILLA DELLA PETRAJA:
THE VILLA, WITH VICTOR EMANUEL’S ILEX ” 53
THE FOUNTAIN OF VENUS, BY TRIBOLO AND GIOVANNI DA BOLOGNA ” 58
VILLA DI BELLOSGUARDO:
THE NORTH FACADE AND TOWER ” 59
DISTANT VIEW OF THE VILLA FROM THE PODERE OF THE VILLA DELL’ OMBRELLINO facing page 62
MONTAUTO, WITH THE TOWER OF BELLOSGUARDO IN THE DISTANCE page 64
VILLA DI CASTELLO:
THE GARDEN AND FOUNTAIN OF HERCULES, BY TRIBOLO AND AMMANNATI ” 65
THE “APENNINES” FOUNTAIN ” 70
VILLA CORSINI AT CASTELLO:
THE BOSCO AND FOUNTAIN ” 71
SIR ROBERT DUDLEY’S INSTRUMENT FOR FINDING THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE TIDES
(By Permission of Mr Temple Leader)		 ” 75
THE ROCOCO FACADE ” 80
VILLA MEDICI AT FIESOLE:
DISTANT VIEW OF THE VILLA AND MONASTERY OF SAN FRANCESCO AT FIESOLE, FROM SAN DOMENICO ” 81
GENERAL VIEW OF THE VILLA ” 85
THE TERRACE WITH FIESOLE IN THE BACKGROUND ” 87
VILLA DELL’ AMBROGIANA:
THE VILLA FROM THE COURTYARD ” 88
THE TOWN OF MONTELUPO ” 90
VILLA DI PRATOLINO:
THE SERVITE MONASTERY AT MONTE SENARIO ” 91
L’APPENNINO, GIGANTIC STATUE BY GIOVANNI DA BOLOGNA ” 96
VILLA SALVIATI:
GENERAL VIEW OF THE VILLA ” 97
THE VILLA FROM THE TERRACE ” 107
VILLA DI FONT’ ALL’ ERTA:
BOCCACCIO’S “VALLE DELLE DONNE” WITH VILLA LANDOR IN THE DISTANCE ” 108
AMMANNATI’S LOGGIA ” 111
VIEW OF THE VILLA BY COL. GOFF ” 115
VILLA DI GAMBERAIA:
THE WATER GARDEN ” 116
DISTANT VIEW OF THE VILLA ” 119
VILLA DI MONTE GUFFONE:
GENERAL VIEW OF THE VILLA ” 120
THE VILLA AND TOWER ” 125
VILLA DI CASTEL-PULCI:
DISTANT VIEW OF THE VILLA FROM A PODERE ” 126
THE GATEWAY OF THE BADIA A SETTIMO ” 130
VILLA DI POGGIO GHERARDO:
GENERAL VIEW OF THE VILLA FROM THE PODERE ” 131
DISTANT VIEW OF THE VILLA ” 135
VIEW OF FLORENCE FROM THE CYPRESS TREES OF POGGIO GHERARDO ” 138
VILLA DELLE SELVE:
SIR JOHN HAWKWOOD’S WALLS AT LASTRA A SIGNA ” 139
THE VILLA, WITH GALILEO’S TERRACE ” 142
VILLA I COLLAZZI:
THE LOGGIA ” 143
ON THE TERRACE ” 147
VILLA FERDINANDA A ARTIMINO:
GENERAL VIEW OF THE VILLA ” 148
THE MEDICI SHIELD ” 153
VILLA DI LAPPEGGI:
THE VIEW FROM THE TERRACE ” 162