| Unit name | Renaissance and Renaissance revivals in Italian Gardens |
|---|---|
| Unit code | ARCHM0115 |
| Credit points | 20 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Emeritus Professor. Mowl |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Co-requisites |
None |
| School/department | Department of Anthropology and Archaeology |
| Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This is an option unit normally offered through a short intensive study visit with accompanying classes. The unit explores the development of ideals of country life associated with Renaissance villas and their gardens from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries, related to aspects of Renaissance interest in landscape, the origins and sources of the villa idea and form in the classical past, and the cultural values attached to gardens as well as their forms and features. Medicean Florence, the Veneto and Tivoli will be the primary sites studied. The early evolution of baroque gardens and the revival of Renaissance styles in Anglo-american circles in Tuscany in the early-twentieth century are also briefly reviewed.
