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1. CASE STUDY : THE GARDEN OF VILLA LANTE, BAGNAIA , ITALY
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2. • Villa Lante is one Renaissance garden that clearly utilizes the main elements characteristic to garden
designs of the period. Unlike many other gardens that are designed without the pre-existing land in mind,
Villa Lante makes use of the established terrain to create ideas within the garden.
• The entire space is a mix between a formal garden and a bosco, or planted woods, as it was built during a
time when most gardens were shifting from boscos to parks.
• Villa Lante is an allegory of basic concepts, formal parts, and natural parts.
• The natural elements represent that which is untouched by civilization and already established within the
environment, while the formal parts represent the civilization of mankind.
• The top of the garden is the bosco which is made up of unaltered terrain.
• There are non-axial paths, fountains, fruit trees, and bushes as well as other garden elements scattered
throughout that are unrelated to each other as shown in the plan of the garden.
SOURCE :https://theglobalrenaissance.blog/home/villa-lante/

3. • With mostly square and rectangular elements in this
portion of the garden, the features point to the earth.
• This was also considered to be the public entrance
to the garden, whereas the bottom entrance was
private.
• As the garden progresses down it becomes more
organized. This is depicted in as the grid of the
garden becomes tighter and more structured going
from the top to the bottom.
• The entire lower half of the garden is
designed around a vertical symmetry that
runs through the center as shown in
Figure 4. This directs the entire plan of
the garden, specifically different parterre,
hedge, and fountain arrangements as well
as the placement of built architecture.
SOURCE :https://theglobalrenaissance.blog/home/villa-lante/

4. • This plan shows the symmetrically of the designed natural elements in both the formal and informal spaces
in the garden. It also represents the parts that geometry plays in the make-up of Villa Lante.
• Every organized element either lies on the line of symmetry or has a pair reflected on the other half.
• The entire bottom portion of the garden is made up of square outlined parterres of the same size, some
placed separately along the edges and others with their edges connected to create a larger square.
• The variation in designs of the parterres are symmetrically aligned along the vertical axis as well.
• Most all of the organized spaces in the garden play with squares and rectangles to create different areas.
• However, the lower half of the garden brings in more circular elements pointing to the tranquility of the
heavens.
• The two casinos located in the middle of the garden on either side are also squares, and though they have
different interior plans, look identical from the exterior as shown in plan. They are placed symmetrically on
either side of the garden so they do not take away from the views at the end of the garden.
SOURCE :https://theglobalrenaissance.blog/home/villa-lante/

5. The human figure is largely
represented in the garden
through sculpture. In the
middle of the central fountains
at the bottom half of the
garden there are sculpted
male statues that disperse
water to parts of the fountain .
Another element that sets Villa Lante apart
from other gardens is its use of terracing.
Though this was a common feature in
Renaissance gardens, the terracing at Villa
Lante is uniquely designed into a series of
platforms with alternating slopes. Not only
does the terracing direct visitors to the
bottom portion of the garden, but the
architect made use of water as another
element to express the direction of
movement. SOURCE :https://theglobalrenaissance.blog/home/villa-lante/

6. ELEMENTS AND DETAILS OF THE GARDEN:
VILLA LANTE
IS SET UP INTO
3 MAIN
LEVELS THAT
CONTROLLED
THE FLOW OF
WATER FROM
THE
MOUNTAINSID
E DOWN TO
THE TOWN
BELOW.
DOWN THE MOUNTAIN

7. THE GROTTO SITS AT THE SUMMIT OF THE HILL
FROM WHICH ALL THE WATERS FLOWS DOWN
TPWARDS THE TOWN. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE
FOUNTAIN OF DOLPHINS AS WELL AS
TERRACED STRAIGHT WATER PATH TO THE
FOUNTAIN OF THE GIANTS.
THE GROTTO AND UPPER LEVEL: THE CARDINAL’S TABLE AND CASINI LEVEL:
PAST THE FOUNTAIN OF THE GIANTS IN THE CARDINAL’S
TABLE WHICH FEATURES A CENTER CHANNEL,WHICH INFACT
WAS USED TO CHILL BOTTLES OF WINE. AND BELOW THAT ARE
TWO CASINI WHICH WERE BUILT AS THE CARDINAL’S
DWELLINGS.

8. THE CARDINAL’S TABLE AND CASINI LEVEL:
THE TWO CASINI WERE BUILT SEPARATE FROM EACH OTHER
WITH ABOUT 30 YEARS IN BETWEEN, BUT ARE EXACT
DUPLICATES OF EACH OTHER. THE FORM A VISUAL BARRIER
BETWEEN THE GARDENS AND THE UPPER LEVELS.
THE LOWER GARDEN:
THE GARDENS
AT THE BOTTOM
OF THE VILLA
LANTE STAND
AS A
TESTAMENT TO
GEOMETRIC
LANDSCAPING
AND PROVIDE
AND
ENTRYWAY
FROM THE
TOWN BELOW.
SOURCE :https://theglobalrenaissance.blog/home/villa-lante/

9. THANKYOU
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● https://www.paramountplants.co.uk/blog/
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press.com/2020/09/22/the-exquisite-
fountains-of-villa-deste/