Nixon, Mima, illustrator, Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London: A. & C. Black, Ltd. · leaf 253
and the- Renaissance brought areturn to classical habits, princes and prelatesvying with one another in the sumptuousness oftheir villas. It was the second Cardinal Hippolytus of Este,son of the Grand Duke Alfonzo I, and friend ofFrancis I, who decided to build a villa at Tivoliand chose the… … The Villa dEste, Rome 2 G THE VILLA DESTE, ROME all of which had to be levelled before the terracescould be laid. The waters of the Rivellese, whichhad been diverted from its course, were found tobe not nearly enough for the number of fountainsrequired, and Pirro Ligorio, the architect of thevilla,…
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