Introduction
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Gardens and landscapes
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Gardens and landscapes
Among the landscapes and gardens described in the Hypnerotomachia are a boschetto, a palm grove, a chambre verte, a picturesque landscape, three nymphaea, a grotto, an aquatic labyrinth and an immense garden that covers an entire island. (from L. Lefaivre’s Leon Battista Alberti’s Hypnerotomachia Poliphili). Copyright © 1997. The MIT Press. All rights reserved.
Palm grove
Picturesque Garden
Three examples of ars topiaria from the Island of Cythera