Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Catolog Boboli Garden

M1 / Masses
Largest water mass is the Isolotto
Lagest building is the Pitti Palace, then the lemon houses

S1 / Horizontal Surfacesurfaces of and on the earth
At the Pitti Palace a hill descends northwest to the south east
Rock base to cortile
Cypress trees
Isolotto- Lemon Garden, orange trees
Right of the amphitheatre- vineyard, olive orchards
Ivy
Oak trees

S2 / Vertical Surfaces surfaces standing on the earth
Stone
Rock
stucco
Garden del Cavaliere
- Low boundary walls
Isolotto
- Walls of ilex
- Columns
- Two briges

E1 / Vertical Elementsobjects standing on the earth
Pitti Palace
Lemon House
Artichoke fountain
Neptune fountain
Stone theatre
Green amphitheatre
amphitheatre
- Porphyry basin
- Egyptian obelisk
- Fountain
- Six stone benches
East entrance to garden (Bontalenti’s grotto)
- Four unfinished statues by Michael Anglo
- Marble fountain
Garden del Cavaliere
- Fountain
Isolotto
- Borocco fountains
- Sculptures of mermans on swimming horses
Statue of ‘abundance’

E2 / Path Elementsvectors on the earth
Gravel paths
Pitti Palace is centered symmetrically to path
Isolotto- stone pathway
Main vertical pathway centrally located is the Cypress Avenue
Three repeating circular path areas with one horizontal and vertical path
Around amphitheatre has random pathways

M2 / Mass-Less Conditionspointless points v
lemon houses

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