04041nam 2200805 450 991082187930332120211004234608.01-283-89639-70-8122-0380-110.9783/9780812203806(CKB)3240000000064681(OCoLC)794700691(CaPaEBR)ebrary10907738(SSID)ssj0000631099(PQKBManifestationID)11392390(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631099(PQKBWorkID)10590375(PQKB)10449280(MdBmJHUP)muse17912(DE-B1597)449401(OCoLC)979904767(DE-B1597)9780812203806(Au-PeEL)EBL3442401(CaPaEBR)ebr10907738(CaONFJC)MIL420889(MiAaPQ)EBC3442401(EXLCZ)99324000000006468120110118h20112011 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrLa villa /Bartolomeo Taegio ; edited and translated by Thomas E. BeckFirst edition.Philadelphia :University of Pennsylvania Press,[2011]©20111 online resource (310 p.)Penn studies in landscape architectureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8122-4317-X Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-294) and index.Front matter --Contents --Note on this Edition and Translation --Introduction --La Villa --Bibliography --Index --AcknowledgmentsPublished in 1559 and appearing here for the first time in English, La Villa is a rare source of Renaissance landscape theory. Written by Bartolomeo Taegio, a Milanese jurist and man of letters, after his banishment (possibly for murder, Thomas E. Beck speculates), the text takes the form of a dialogue between two gentlemen, one a proponent of the country, the other of the city. While it is not a gardening treatise, La Villa reflects an aesthetic appreciation of the land in the Renaissance, reveals the symbolic and metaphorical significance of sixteenth-century gardens for their owners, and articulates a specific philosophy about the interaction of nature and culture in the garden. This edition of the original Italian text and Beck's English translation is augmented with notes in which Beck identifies numerous references to literary sources in La Villa and more than 280 people and places mentioned in the dialogue. The introduction illuminates Taegio's life and intellectual activity, his obligations to his sources, the cultural context, and the place of La Villa in Renaissance villa literature. It also demonstrates the enduring relevance of La Villa for architecture and landscape architecture. La Villa makes a valuable contribution to the body of literature about place-making, precisely because it treats the villa as an idea and not as a building type.Penn studies in landscape architecture.Landscape architectureItalyEarly works to 1800AgricultureItalyEarly works to 1800Country lifeItalyEarly works to 1800GardensItalyDesignEarly works to 1800Country homesItalyEarly works to 1800Architecture.Fine Art.Garden History.Landscape architectureAgricultureCountry lifeGardensDesignCountry homes712.0945Taegio Bartolomeoactive 1550,293557Taegio Bartolomeoactive 1550.293557Taegio Bartolomeoactive 1550.293557Beck Thomas E(Thomas Edward),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821879303321La villa4121736UNINA