For the 3rd Task of friends with an old book I used my knowledge about “The Villas of the Ancients Illustrated” by Robert Castell from the second task to search for similar topics in the “Alice” search engine. At first, I searched for the two villas Castell describes in his book, so the one at…
Author: Lorenz Möller
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The title “THE VILLAS OF THE ANCIENTS ILLUSTRATED” is a bit misleading cause the author Robert Castell only refers to two ancient buildings, the Laurentium and the Tusculum, described by Pliny the younger. Castell pictures in his book these two Villas also with floor plans and elevations. The book is directed “TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE…
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The Villas of the ancients illustrated by Robert Castell I choose these pages as the author explains the position of the Villa in its surounding area and the location of the adjoining buildings, the different gardens and the topograhy. Furthermore all this information is mentioned in a beautiful siteplan. In this picture you can see…