The Influence of the Italian Renaissance on Arts & Crafts Gardens
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Garden of the Villa Gamberaia, near Florence
Italian influence on garden design was profound. Historian Carolyn Smith will discuss the impact of Italian gardens such as those of the Medici near Florence on English garden history. She will trace this through examples, including the 17th century garden at Wotton near Dorking, to the early 20th century Arts and Crafts period.
She will examine how the interest in Italian gardens was revived through works such as Edith Wharton’s Italian Villas and their Gardens of 1904 and look at the Edwardian gardens of Cecil Pinsent in Tuscany as well as many Arts and Crafts gardens closer to home, including those of Gertrude Jekyll.
Carolyn, who is chairman of the Arts and Crafts Movement in Surrey, read history at University College London, specialising in architectural history. She has a particular interest in garden history and was a member of Surrey Gardens Trust’s recording committee for many years.