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CULTIVATING THE RENAISSANCE
By exploring the evolution of the Medici family’s villas,
Cultivating the Renaissance
charts the shifting politics, philosophy and aesthetics of the age and chronicles
the rise of an extraordinary family from obscure farmers to European royalty.
From the fourteenth to the eighteenth century, the Medici family dominated
European life. While promoting both arts and sciences, the Medici helped create
a new style of architecture, present a new idea of villa life and promote the novel
idea of living in harmony with nature. Used variously for pleasure and sports,
scholarly and amorous liaisons, commercial enterprise and botanical experimen-
tation, their villas both expressed and influenced contemporary ideas on politics,
philosophy, art and design. Each patron’s public interests and private passions,
as well as the architects, artists and philosophers they employed, are examined.
Through a chronological approach, this book reveals how the villas were used,
their reception by contemporary commentators, their legacy and their current
state five centuries after they were first built.
Lavishly illustrated,
Cultivating the Renaissance
is of great interest to students
and scholars of architecture, horticulture, landscape history, philosophy, art and
the history of the Renaissance in Italy.
Katie Campbell
is a writer and garden historian. She leads art and garden tours,
lectures widely and has taught at Birkbeck, Bristol and Buckingham universities.
Her most recent book,
British Gardens in Time,
accompanied the BBC television
series. Earlier books include
Paradise of Exiles, Icons of Twentieth Century Landscape
Design
and
Policies and Pleasances.
CULTIVATING THE
RENAISSANCE
A Social History of the
Medici Tuscan Villas
Katie Campbell
Cover image: Medici Villa of Lapeggi © The Picture Art Collection /
Alamy Stock Photo
First published 2022
by Routledge
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© 2022 Katie Campbell
The right of Katie Campbell to be identified as author of this work has
been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced
or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other
means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and
recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without
permission in writing from the publishers.
Trademark notice:
Product or corporate names may be trademarks
or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and
explanation without intent to infringe.
British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A catalog record for this title has been requested
ISBN: 978-1-032-06210-5 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-032-06212-9 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-003-20121-2 (ebk)
DOI: 10.4324/9781003201212
Paperback Front Cover Image:
Although La Peggio doesn’t figure in
UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites, Utens’ image of the villa shows a
typical late sixteenth century Medici estate and the pleasures it offered. A deer
hunt is taking place in the foreground with a rabbit hunt beside. Two ball games
are in progress, on the front lawn and on the road. Approaching from the left with
an escort of horsemen, is an elegant carriage full of well-dressed courtiers ready to
party. The villa is flanked on one side by extensive stables to house the patron’s
own horses and those of his guests, and, on the other, by a walled orchard/kitchen
garden to supply food and drink for grand house parties. The neatly cultivated
fields surrounding the villa suggest a lucrative income from the wider estate.
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