Gardens of the Late Renaissance
d'aqua, including automata. While the fountains were very inventive, the design of the garden was not as timelessly classical as the Villa d'Este. This garden no longer exists.
The garden of Villa Aldobrandini at Frascati, which was begun about 1598 by Giacomo della Porta, for Pope Clement VII, was designed to rival or surpass these great Late Renaissance gardens. It certainly rivals them, but it has always been regarded as a classic example of Roman Baroque garden design because of its late date and because it anticipates the large-scale dramatic effects of later Baroque gardens. The main difference between Late Renaissance and Baroque gardens is that, with the exception of the Cortile del Belvedere, Renaissance gardens were designed on a rather modest and human scale, while the great Baroque gardens were designed to be grand displays of power and wealth.
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