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The nature of authority : villa culture, landscape, and representation in eighteenth-century Lombardy
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The nature of authority : villa culture, landscape, and representation in eighteenth-century Lombardy

Author: Dianne Suzette Harris
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2003.
Series: Buildings, landscapes, and societies, 1
Edition/Format: Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Dianne Suzette Harris
ISBN: 0271022167 9780271022161
OCLC Number: 49844685
Notes: Series statement from jacket.
Description: xxi, 239 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents: Landscape and enlightened absolutism -- Landscape and representation -- The printed view and Marc' Antonio Dal Re's Ville di delizie -- Mapping the landscape of reform -- Displaying the social landscape -- Villas of delight? -- The architecture of production and display -- Environmental absolutism: The villas Clerici -- Gardens in eighteenth-century Lombardy -- Gardens and social distinction.
Series Title: Buildings, landscapes, and societies, 1
Responsibility: Dianne Harris.

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