Gardens and Gardening in Papal Rome

Abstract

Hortus conclusus -- Statuary gardens -- Waterworks: fountains, nymphaea, and grottoes -- The classicizing of the Roman garden: form and association -- The iconography of the Renaissance garden -- Art, nature, and illusion -- Urban gardens -- Garden parks -- French influence -- Garden design and furnishings -- Flora et pomona -- The gardener -- Entertainment -- The public and the Roman garden.