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'''Villa Garzoni''' at [[Collodi (Italy)|Collodi]] is a villa just over the border of the [[province of Lucca]], ([[Tuscany]], [[Italy]]). The garden was built shortly before 1652<ref>Francesco Fariello, ''Architettura dei giardini'' (Rome, 1967) pp 81f; no intensive archival study has been made of the villa or its gardens.</ref> by the Garzoni family, relating to the site of the old castle, which stands slightly apart, closely associated with the village that nestles round it, on the edge of a clifflike slope, which had been chosen in earlier times for its defensible approach. The garden of Villa Garzoni, whose layout<ref>[[Georgina Masson]], ''Italian Gardens'' pp. 114-18.</ref> "makes the fullest use of a precipitous hillside site in a manner that is usually associated with Rome", features ''[[Jeux d'eau|giochi d'aqua]]'', or a [[water garden]], constructed at the foot of a series of balustraded terraces and a suite of grand symmetrical staircases connecting the lower water gardens at the base of the hill, with the house, the cascade, the ''teatro di verdura'' and other garden features above. At each [[Terrace (building)|terrace]] level, side walk past fantastically clipped [[taxus|yew]] blend imperceptibly with the wooded slope. Its [[Waterfall|cascade]], which the exigencies of the site prevented from alignment with the main axis, has been called one of two "culminating High Baroque statements" of the trends toward drama and spectacle.<ref>Robert W. Berger, "Garden Cascades in Italy and France, 1565-1665", ''The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians'' '''33'''.4 (December 1974:304-22) p. 316 and fig. 20; Berger notes the lack of alignment.</ref> The garden designers of [[Potsdam]], [[Fontainebleau]], and [[Versailles]] had influences from these gardens and has earned its fame across the European continent.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Haegen|first1=Anne Mueller von der|last2=Strasser|first2=Ruth F.|title=Art & Architecture: Tuscany|date=2013|publisher=H.F.Ullmann Publishing|location=Potsdam|isbn=978-3-8480-0321-1|page=112|chapter=Collodi}}</ref> |
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'''Villa Garzoni''' (or Villa Collodi) is a villa in [[Lucca]] ([[Tuscany]], [[Italy]]). It was built in 1652 by the Garzoni family in the seventeenth century, on the site of the old castle at [[Collodi (Pescia)]]. The building stands on the edge of a cliff, and is notable for its ''giochi d'aqua'', or [[water garden]], constructed around a series of balustraded terraces and a staircase connecting the lower gardens at the base of the hill, with the house. |
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The gardens were originally laid out by 1652,<ref>Date as given by Fariello, ''Architettura dei giardini'' (Rome, 1967:82), followed by Berger 1974:304-22.</ref> and were completed during the course of the century, at the end of which they were already famous.<ref>Masson, p. 116.</ref> When [[Filippo Juvarra]] found himself at Lucca in 1714, he made a rapid bravura pen-and-ink sketch for a scenographic enlargement of the ''Palazzina dell'Orologio'' (the Clock Casino) that remained on paper as one of his many off-the-cuff ''pensieri''.<ref>Tommaso Manfredi, "Designs by Filippo Juvarra for the Convent of S. Maria dell'Umiltà, Rome", ''The Burlington Magazine'' '''142''' No. 1163 (February 2000:101-103) illus. p. 103 fig. 60.</ref> The water garden was added in 1786 by [[Ottavio Diodati]], a local architect. The villa, which was thoroughly rebuilt in the eighteenth century, belonged to the Garzoni family until the beginning of the twentieth century. |
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Latest revision as of 08:53, 21 April 2024
Villa Garzoni at Collodi is a villa just over the border of the province of Lucca, (Tuscany, Italy). The garden was built shortly before 1652[1] by the Garzoni family, relating to the site of the old castle, which stands slightly apart, closely associated with the village that nestles round it, on the edge of a clifflike slope, which had been chosen in earlier times for its defensible approach. The garden of Villa Garzoni, whose layout[2] "makes the fullest use of a precipitous hillside site in a manner that is usually associated with Rome", features giochi d'aqua, or a water garden, constructed at the foot of a series of balustraded terraces and a suite of grand symmetrical staircases connecting the lower water gardens at the base of the hill, with the house, the cascade, the teatro di verdura and other garden features above. At each terrace level, side walk past fantastically clipped yew blend imperceptibly with the wooded slope. Its cascade, which the exigencies of the site prevented from alignment with the main axis, has been called one of two "culminating High Baroque statements" of the trends toward drama and spectacle.[3] The garden designers of Potsdam, Fontainebleau, and Versailles had influences from these gardens and has earned its fame across the European continent.[4]
The gardens were originally laid out by 1652,[5] and were completed during the course of the century, at the end of which they were already famous.[6] When Filippo Juvarra found himself at Lucca in 1714, he made a rapid bravura pen-and-ink sketch for a scenographic enlargement of the Palazzina dell'Orologio (the Clock Casino) that remained on paper as one of his many off-the-cuff pensieri.[7] The water garden was added in 1786 by Ottavio Diodati, a local architect. The villa, which was thoroughly rebuilt in the eighteenth century, belonged to the Garzoni family until the beginning of the twentieth century.
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[edit]- ^ Francesco Fariello, Architettura dei giardini (Rome, 1967) pp 81f; no intensive archival study has been made of the villa or its gardens.
- ^ Georgina Masson, Italian Gardens pp. 114-18.
- ^ Robert W. Berger, "Garden Cascades in Italy and France, 1565-1665", The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 33.4 (December 1974:304-22) p. 316 and fig. 20; Berger notes the lack of alignment.
- ^ Haegen, Anne Mueller von der; Strasser, Ruth F. (2013). "Collodi". Art & Architecture: Tuscany. Potsdam: H.F.Ullmann Publishing. p. 112. ISBN 978-3-8480-0321-1.
- ^ Date as given by Fariello, Architettura dei giardini (Rome, 1967:82), followed by Berger 1974:304-22.
- ^ Masson, p. 116.
- ^ Tommaso Manfredi, "Designs by Filippo Juvarra for the Convent of S. Maria dell'Umiltà, Rome", The Burlington Magazine 142 No. 1163 (February 2000:101-103) illus. p. 103 fig. 60.