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Château of Gaillon, the Rocher and the Maison Blanche

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Description: Hadrian’s Villa and Its Legacy
The Renaissance revival of the villa as an architectural type was predicated in large part on ancient literary accounts and on substantive remains. The Renaissance conception of the ancient villa, however, was influenced more by literary descriptions than by what little was known of its physical form. The desire of Renaissance patrons to revive the rural otium celebrated by such writers as Cicero and Pliny usually provided the primary stimulus to the architects they employed. In spite of the …
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.266-285
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00061.012