Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: Bosco

Collection: 
Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
Image No.: 
201146
Title: 
Bosco
View: 
"Villa D'Este, Tivoli. Upper Terraces." (Plate 144)
Dates: 
1560-1575
View Type: 
photographs
View Date: 
1902
Location: 
Europe--Italy--Lazio--Tivoli
Location Type: 
Current
Culture: 
Italian
Creator: 
patron D'Este, Ippolito II 1509-1572 Italian
Techniques: 
Photogravure
Measurements: 
43.18 x 33.65 cm
Category: 
Villas
Work Type: 
Boscos
Work Description: 
The slope above the alley of the hundred fountains, which is criss-crossed by diagonal paths and ramps.
Subjects: 
Villa d'Este (Tivoli, Italy); Boscos; Hills; Fountains; Water; Stairs; Balustrades; Axes (open spaces); Loggias; Pandora (Greek mythology); Sight lines
Image Notes: 
In: Forbes, A. Holland, editor, "Architectural gardens of Italy." Published by New York: Forbes & Company, Ltd.
Rights Type: 
fair use
Point: 
26