Expanding antiquity
Subtitle: Andrea Navagero and villa culture in the Cinquecento Veneto
By: Christopher J. Pastore
Published: 2003
Language: eng
Subjects: Islamic Gardens; Journeys; Domestic Architecture; Renaissance Architecture; Travelers; History; Gardens; Agriculture; Country life; Civilization; Islamic gardens
Other titles: Andrea Navagero and villa culture in the Cinquecento Veneto
Notes: Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (leaves 485-527).
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. The cultural context and the idea of the antique. What is a Venetian garden? Irrigation science, agricultural treatises and refined nature. The expanded antique; title: Chapter 2. Expanding horizons in Cinquecento Venice: viaggiatori, Andrea Navagero and the Islamic landscape. Searching for sources. Andrea Navagero's viaggio. Navagero's activity in Spain. Navagero's gardens. Navagero, beauty and garden theory; title: Chapter 3. The villas of Navagero's amici. Pietro Bembo and the villa all'antica. The Villa Ramusa: the changing face of terraferma investment. The Villa Fracastoro at Incaffi: in the orbit of Venice. Villa Della Torre a Fumane: from ideal to reality; title: Chapter 4. Villeggiatura and learned farming in the Veronese. The Villa Malaspina: from natural philosophy to learned farming. The Villa Nichesola a Ponton. The Villa del Bene a Volargne. Rethinking villa architecture: Sansovino, Sanmicheli and Roman style; title: Chapter 5. Sacred villeggiatura: the bishops of Verona and a new vision of the villa. Supporting a bishop: agricultural income in Counter-Reformation Verona.; title: Pastoral visits and villeggiatura. The vita attiva: images of country life from the Nazaret and the Episcopal villa.