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Gutes Exemplar; der OUmschlag tls. mit kl. L�ren u. berieben. - INHALT : List of Illustrations ----- Acknowledgments ----- Prologue: In Praise of Restitution ----- Introduction: Comum Tuae Meaeque Deliciae ----- 1. Four Cardinal Points of a Villa ----- 2. The Medici and Pliny ----- 3. Ruins and Restitutions ----- 4. From Words to Images ----- 5. Lectures and Exhibitions ----- 6. The Joys of Emulation ----- Conclusion: Amoves Mei ----- APPENDIXES: 1. Pliny's Letter to Gallus ----- 2. Pliny's Letter to Apollinaris ----- 3. Thomas Wright's Description of His Villa ----- 4. Known Laurentine and Tuscan Villa Restitutions ----- List of Abbreviations ----- Notes ----- Bibliography ----- Index. // � Much of what we know of villa life in antiquity comes from the letters of the Roman statesman Pliny the Younger. The compelling imagery of his descriptions has inspired generations of architects and scholars to try their hand at designing the ideal country house where money is no object. Pierre de la Ruffiniere du Prey traces Pliny's influence as a continuous theme throughout the history of architecture. First he looks at what Pliny considered to be the essential qualities of a villa. He then discusses the many buildings Pliny inspired: from the Renaissance estates of the Medici, to papal summer residences near Rome, to Thomas Jefferson's Montieello and the home of former Canadian prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Equally important to du Prey's study are the many designs by architects past and present that remain on paper. These imaginary restitutions of Pliny's villas, each representative of its own epoch, trace in microcosm the evolution of the classical tradition in domestic architecture. In analyzing each project, du Prey illuminates the work of such great masters as Michelozzo, Raphael, Palladio, and Schinkel, in addition to well-known modern architects Leon Krier, Jean-Pierre Adam, and Thomas Gordon Smith. This book will appeal to anyone who has ever dreamed of a place in the country, as well as to classicists, archaeologists, cultural historians, and contemporary architects and landscape designers. (Verlagstext) ISBN 0226173003