Pictures of Villa d'Este

Construct a Taxonomic Catalog

M1 / Masses
a. Shrubs
b. Cypresses
c. Ilexes
d. Grey-stone stairways
e. Balustrade
f. Anio River
g. The Mountain
h. Villa
i. Chapel
j. Model of Pantheon
k. Temple of Vesta
l. Ovato Fountain
m. Sculptures
n. Cascades
o. Fountain of the Dragons
p. Brass and Stucco Trees
q. Girandola, Triumphal Arch
r. Pedestals
s. Ramparts
t. Fountain of the organ
u. Renaissance Fountain
v. Fountains on the Eastern Terrace
w. Fountain of Pandora

S1 / Horizontal Surface surfaces of and on the earth
a. Plateau at the end of the gallery
b. Face created by parterre
c. Face created by balustrades
d. Anio River
e. Pool at base of Fountain of the Organ
f. Great Pools
g. Surface made by groves

S2 / Vertical Surfaces, surfaces of and on the earth
a. Decent in topography next to cascade of the fountain of the organ
b. Decent in topography next to the queens cascade
c. Western scent near fountain of the dragons
d. Decent of the central walk
e. Face created by trees, cypress
f. Stone to make fountains and sculptures
g. Natural slope in the transverse direction of the terraces

E1 / Vertical Elements objects standing on the earth
a. Grey stone stairways
b. Cypress
c. Villa
d. Chapels
e. Model of Pantheon
f. Temple of Vesta
g. Brass trees
h. Statues
i. Triumphal Arch
j. The Fountain of the Dragons
k. Pedestals
l. Ramparts
m. Fountain of the organ
n. Renaissance Fountain
o. Fountains on the Eastern Terrace
p. Fountain of Pandora
q. Shrubs

E2 / Path Elements vectors on the earth
a. Stairs of the western ascent
b. The central walk
c. The eastern stairway
d. Path to house
e. Dead end at fountain of the dragon
f. Di-angle ramps
g. Ramps end at axis located at fountain of Pandora
h. Avenue of a Hundred Fountains transverse axis with oval Fountain
i. then terminated at the fountain of the owl
j. transverse axis formed by the series of fish pounds

M2 / Mass-Less Conditions pointless points
a. porticoes on the edge of garden terraces
b. The space between shrubs of a parterre
c. From down low the villa looks on axis but is not
d. From the balcony the garden looks subordinate