VILLA D'ESTE

vēˈlä dĕˈstā, name of two famous villas in Italy. One lies near Tivoli, c.20 mi (30 km) E of Rome. Built in 1550 by Pirro Ligorio for Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, it is decorated with paintings and statues and is surrounded by one of the most beautiful Renaissance gardens in Italy. The garden is adorned with many picturesque fountains. The other Villa d'Este, built (16th cent.) on the west shore of Lake Como, 3 mi (4.8 km) N of Como, with an elaborate park, is now one of the celebrated hotels of Europe.

See study by D. R. Coffin (1960).

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Isabella d'Este, Marchioness of Mantua, 1474-1539: A Study of the Renaissance - Vol. 2
Book by Julia Cartwright; John Murray, 1905
Subjects: Isabella D'Este--Consort Of Francesco Ii Gonzaga, Marquis Of Mantua--1474-1539, Italy--History--1492-1559, Renaissance--Italy
...Titians portrait of Isabella dEste, ii . 284 ; of Francias portrait...principality of, i . 37 Sacchetta, villa of, i . 279 ; submerged, ii...controversy with Isabella dEste, i . 76 ; Grand Ecuyer de France...his portrait of Isa bella dEste, i . 92 ; death, 111 Sanuto...
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Isabella d'Este, Marchioness of Mantua, 1474-1539: A Study of the Renaissance - Vol. 2
Book by Julia Cartwright Ady; John Murray, 1903
Subjects: Isabella d'Este--consort of Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua--1474-1539, Italy--History--1492-1559, Renaissance--Italy
...Titians portrait of Isabella dEste, ii. 284 ; of Francias portrait...principality of, i. 37 Sacchetta, villa of, i. 279 ; submerged, ii...controversy with Isabella dEste, i. 76 ; Grand Ecuyer de France...Giovanni, his portrait of Isabella dEste, i. 92 ; death, 111 Sanuto...
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Isabella d'Este: Marchioness of Mantua 1474-1539 a Study of the Renaissance - Vol. 1
Book by Julia Cartwright Ady; E. P. Dutton, 1905
Subjects: Italy--History--1492-1559, Renaissance--Italy
...dined with Cardinal Adriano da Corneto at his villa. The following day Csar wrote a letter to Isabella dEste, gratefully accepting an offer of a couple...the guests who had dined at the Cardinals villa. The old Pope, who was seventy-three...
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Italian Villas and Palaces
Book by Georgina Masson; Harry N. Abrams, 1959
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic--Italy, Palaces--Italy
...whole vast layout. As in the villas of the Renaissance, this house...collections in the world. As in the Villa Medici, the main facade of...museum. Cardinal Ippolito dEste, son of Lucrezia Borgia and Alfonso dEste, was one of the first to build...Zuccari. 171, 172 TIVOLI VILLA DESTE The steep slope of the hill...
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The Villa: From Ancient to Modern
Book by Joseph Rykwert, Roberto Schezen; Abrams Books, 2000
Subjects: Architecture, Domestic--Europe, Architecture, Domestic--United States, Historic Buildings--Europe, Historic Buildings--United States
...L La Muette, 114 Laurentine villa, 9, 212 Le Corbusier Charles...163, 170 , 192 . See also Villa Savoye leisure, 10 , 12 "Less...Ligorio, Pirro, 71, 72 ; Villa dEste, 99 . See also Casino of Pius...Franz: Jeux dEaux a la Villa dEste , 72, 99 Loos, Adolf, 153...
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Istruire E Rappresentare Isabella d'Este: Il Libro De Natura De Amore Di Mario Equicola
Journal article by Kathleen G. Arthur; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Istruire e rappresentare Isabella d'Este: Il Libro de natura de amore di Mario Equicola (Book)--Book reviews
...G. Arthur Alessandra Villa. Istruire e rappresentare Isabella dEste: Il Libro de natura...dedicatee, Isabella dEste, a sampling of writings on love, and Villas primarily literary study...Biblioteca Nazionale, Villa Torino), and investigates...friendship with Sigismondo dEste, Equicola transferred...
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"Concludo Che Non Vidi Mai la Piu Bella Casa in Italia": The Frescoed Decorations in Francesco II Gonzaga's Suburban Villa in the Mantuan Countryside at Gonzaga
Journal article by Clifford M. Brown; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 49, 1996
Subjects: Decoration and ornament--14th century, Mantua, Italy--Buildings, facilities, etc., Mural painting and decoration--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Palaces--Italy
...Gonzagas suburban villa in the Mantuan countryside...associated with Isabella dEste (1474-1539, marchesa...Whereas at the Gonzaga villa the emphasis was...marriage to Isabella dEste. The Wings accompanied...the Tale of Three Villas: Poggio a Caiano, the Villa Tovaglia in Florence...Grotta di Isabella dEste. Mantua, 1985...
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Dance and the Garden: Moving and Static Choreography in Renaissance Europe
Journal article by Jennifer Nevile; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 52, 1999
Subjects: Dancing--Social aspects, Garden walks--Social aspects, Gardens--Design and construction, Renaissance--Social aspects
...the 1530s onwards. The Medici villa at Castello was started in 1537,(7) the villa at Poggio was begun in the fifteenth...additions from 1545.(8) The Villa Lante at Bagnaia was laid out from 1568, the Villa dEste at Tivoli begun in 1560, and...
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Hydraulic Engineering and the Study of Antiquity: Rome, 1557-70
Journal article by Pamela O. Long; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Bacci, Andrea--Works, Floods--History, Floods--Italy, Hydraulic engineering--History, Physicians--Works, Rome (Ancient state)--History, Tiber River--Environmental aspects, Tiber River--History
...property of the present-day Villa Medici in 1564, and made many...archaeologist for Cardinal Ippolito II dEste. During his many years in the...gardens and fountains at the Villa dEste in Tivoli, and then moving on to Ferrara to work for Alfonso II dEste (1533-97). (65) The prodigious...
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Exercise for Mind and Body: Giulio Mancini, Collecting, and the Beholding of Landscape Painting in the Seventeenth Century
Journal article by Frances Gage; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Art, Renaissance, Exercise--History, Exercise--Methods, Mancini, Giulio--Works, Painting (Art)--Health aspects, Painting (Art)--Psychological aspects, Painting--Health aspects, Painting--Psychological aspects, Physicians--Works, Renaissance art, Walking--Health aspects
...Occhipinti, Carmelo, "La villa dEste a Fontainebleau e le sue stufette...Ribouillault, Denis. "Le Salon de la Villa dEste a Tivoli: un theatre des jardins...practices associated with pleasure villas and the representation of landscape...
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Young Patron: America's Storied General Began His Fighting Career in an Old West Shootout with Pancho Villa's Riders
Magazine article by R. Cort Kirkwood; The New American, Vol. 22, September 4, 2006
Subjects: Military leaders--Management, Patton, George S.--Management
...Old West Shootout with Pancho Villas Riders. by R. Cort Kirkwood...which was pursuing Pancho Villa in the Punitive Expedition...Cardenas, leader of the Dorados, Villas bodyguard. Pattons commander...Pattons biographer Carle DEste writes in Patton: A Genius...ashes and dust to dust,/If Villa wont bury you, Uncle Sam must...
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Como, Milano, Roma: Brilliant Sky over Lake, Treasures of Art, History
Magazine article by Corinna Lothar; World and I, Vol. 19, October 2004
Subjects: Italy--Description and travel
...the elegant old hotel Villa dEste, originally a sixteenth...good enough for me, too. The Villa dEste, with its fountains and manicured...villages and imposing Victorian villas dotting the shores. In the...Varenna is famous for two villas--Villa Cipressi, which has lovely...
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Water Water
Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 204, December 1998
Subjects: Architecture--Design and construction, Water in landscape architecture--History
...always included a nymphaeum in his villa: a fountain and basins dedicated...middle of the sixteenth century at the Villa dEste(6) where water jets, sprays...organ (there is an example at the Villa dEste) of which Vitruvius gives...
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From Simple Spouts to Gushing Grandeur
Magazine article by Stephen Bartlett; World and I, Vol. 18, July 2003
Subjects: Fountains--Design and construction, Fountains--History
...the governor of Tivoli, Cardinal Ippolito dEste II, constructed a unique water organ in the Villa dEste. This "musical" fountain was based on...to such Italian and French gardens as the Villa dEste and Versailles. He devised traditional...
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Mussolini Slept Here
Magazine article by Joshua Levine; Chief Executive, November 2002
Subjects: Entrepreneurs, Executives, Hotels & motels, Italy
...says Burns, standing on the villas terrace beside a towering 300...pleased as we stroll past the Villas limonaia-the old stone pillars...ended up buying the sublime Villa DEste hotel on the island of Bellagio...spectacular views from the villas they built on its banks. Its...
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Villa d'Este Offers Savory Taste of Italy: Finding Friendly Spot on a Wintry Night in Old Town
Newspaper article by Jennifer Pinkerton; The Washington Times, January 18, 1996
Villa dEste offers savory taste of Italy...Washingtonians can pretend at Villa dEste. The pretty little restaurant...with a frothy cappuccino. Villa dEste is a comfortable place...dinner during the week, Villa dEste is also available for parties...
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BELLA FONTANA! Seductive Beauty: The Villa d'Este, near Rome, Has Inspired English Gardens for Centuries
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 14, 2008
...FONTANA! Seductive Beauty: The Villa dEste, near Rome, Has Inspired English...that I return to year after year:Villa Lante. Its terraces are carved into...gardens, including VilladEste, but Villa Lante does it better and more charmingly...
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A SHORE THING; Rumour Is Rife That George Clooney May Sell His Lake Como Pad. If He Does, He'll Miss All Those Luxury Villas and Palaces, Says Geordie Greig
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 21, 2010
Subjects: Ancient Roman civilization
...and a myriad of villas, villages and palazzos...most dramatic is Villa dEste, the 16th-century...nights at Villa dEste in a superior courtyard...kuoni.co.uk THE VILLA SJ Villas (www.sjvillas...4010) features Villa Giuseppina from...terrace at Villa dEste, frequented by...
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BEAT THE HEAT; LAKE COMO; the Magical Villa Peduzzi, Awaits Buyers Who Seek an Elegant Apartment High above Calm, Blue Lake Como Says Cathy Hawker
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 22, 2009
Subjects: Apartments, Real estate industry
...sunset can be grand -- at Villa dEste, perhaps, or simple at one...lake views. A four-bedroom villa with good facilities should...completed building their own villa, along with four apartments and two other villas with pools, for sale on a...4108544. From 1.15 million: Villa Peduzzi (right) has been...
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Palladio the Pedant; (1) Homage: Chiswick House in West London, in the Style of Palladio (2) Architects' Architect: Andrea Palladio by El Greco. below Left, a Model of His Villa Rotonda outside Vicenza, a Construction That Was a Man- Made Complement to the Natural Landscape
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), January 30, 2009
Subjects: Architects
...lifetime other architects created villas and gardens such as the Villa dEste in Tivoli and the Villa Giulia...Most people would find the Villa dEste more delightful, so it...recently, one of his most famous villas, I found myself more intrigued...
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encyclopedia articles on: Villa DEste  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Villa D'Este
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VILLA DESTE ve la de sta, name of two famous villas in Italy. One lies near Tivoli...Ligorio for Cardinal Ippolito II dEste, it is decorated with paintings...picturesque fountains. The other Villa dEste, built (16th cent.) on...
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Villa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in N Italy. Many of these villas had hillside locations, which...and the fountains. Baroque villas displayed the most fanciful...example. Among the finest villas are the Farnesina ; the Villa dEste at Tivoli; the Villa Farnese...
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Este , Italian Noble Family
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...as was his brother, Ippolito II, Cardinal dEste, 1509 72, an able diplomat who led the pro...papal court. Ippolito built the celebrated Villa dEste at Tivoli. With Ercole IIs son, Alfonso dEste II, 1533 97, the direct male line of the...
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Fountain
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...square or the least pretentious villa. The development of the great 16th- and 17th-century villas, with their hillside gardens and...ingenuity in water decoration. In the Villa dEste at Tivoli and the villas at Frascati, near Rome, the various...
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Tivoli
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...celebrated for the waterfalls formed there by the Aniene and for the Villa dEste . An old settlement, Tivoli was conquered by Rome in the 4th...resort under the Empire. There are ruins of several Roman villas, notably that of Emperor Hadrian, and the well-preserved...


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