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By: Seema & Pratibha
20218014 & 20218011
Roman Garden
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Roman Garden

The Garden was place of Peace and tranquility - a refuge from

urban life - and a place filled with religious and symbolic
meanings.
As Roman Culture Developed and Became increasingly influenced
by foreign civilizations through trade, the use of gardens expanded
and gardens ultimately thrived in Ancient Rome.
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▪ Gardens in ancient Rome originally started as ways to grow herbs and vegetables.
▪ As time went on, gardens for ornamental purposes became more popular.
▪ It were located on hillsides which required the use of terraces. The gardens were made very
decorative by the use of steps, ramps and balustrades.
▪ The garden had scented plants, such as rosemary, rue, sage, lavender etc.
▪ Plants like fig apple, pear, olive, plum, cypress trees, vineyards etc.
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XYSTUS AMBULATION
The Ambulation consisted of
The Xystus, was a terrace
a variety of flowers, trees,
that served as an open
and other foliage and
air drawing room and
served as an ideal milieu
connected to the home
for a leisurely stroll after a
via a covered portico.
meal, some mild
conversation, or other
Roman recreation activities.
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GESTATION
The Gestation was a
shaded avenue where the
master of a home could
ride horseback or be
carried by his slaves. It
generally encircled the
ambulation, or was
constructed as a separate
oval shaped space.
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A formal garden whose paintings, paths, fountains etc. follow a definite plan.
A focal point is very essential in this garden , which can be a fountain or a pool.
Elements are:
• Geometry
• Viewpoint
• Linkage pattern
• Balance
• Symmetry
• Vista
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▪ Mosaics were symbols of
wealth and status.

▪ Vertical Mosaics were used

in fountain and in Garden.
Belvedere Garden Court At Vatican
▪ Rome, Comparatively late in
developing in ornamenting
Gardens with statues. Pope Julius
II, Who collected, Statues and
later transferred to the Vatican
and Placed them in The court of
Belvedere. And thereby laid the

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foundation of what is probably

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the most important sculpture

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collection in the world.

The Belvedere Court was at that

time for practical purposes
greater than it is now.
For the corridors and corner room
where the statues are had not then
been made.
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▪ It has a Garden Structure within the Colossal semicircular niche, with a
loggia on the top, giving the finest possible view over the landscape and
town. On both side of the garden there were colonnades, open on the
inside, but walled in outside so as to give that feeling of seclusion which the
garden needed, with an antique shell fountain in the middle.
Romans
combined the
beauty of
architecture with
that of plants.

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quilt, its gardens

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would only be a
patch: although
small, it helped
Rome become
the glorious
empire , giving
us the
horticulture we
have today.
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