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Built Complexes and Districts
Archaeological sites
Housing developments
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Villas (complexes)

Architectural Components
Arcades
Atriums (Roman halls)
Belvederes
Boundary walls
Caryatids
Belvederes
Courtyards
Cryptoportici
Dining rooms
Entrances
Facades
Galleries (display spaces)
Gates
Loggias
Niches
Peristyles (Roman courtyards)
Pilasters
Portals
Porticoes
Quadriportici
Ramps
Retaining walls
Roman bath spaces
Stairs
Throne rooms
Triclinia

Components
Frontispieces (illustrations)
Title pages

Containers
Urns
Vases

Information Forms
Books

Open Spaces and Site Elements
Allées
Boskets (bosquets)
Bowling greens
Cabinets (gardens by location or context)
Cascades
Deer parks
Fish ponds
Flower gardens
Giardini segreti
Ha-has
Hunting parks
Landscape gardens
Lawns
Limonaias
Mounts
Parks (grounds)
Parks (recreation areas)
Parterres
Paterres des broderie
Pergolas
Piazzas
Pools (artificial)
Quadrangles
Quincunx
Water chains
Water stairs (landscaped-site elements)
Water tricks

Settlements and Landscapes
Bogs
Boscos
Cities
Islands
Towns
Valleys

Systems
Drainage systems

Single Built Works
Administration buildings
Assembly halls
Aviaries
Bridges (built works)
Chapels
Chicken houses
Clock towers
Follies
Fountains
Grottoes
Hippodromes (garden structures)
Houses
Hunting lodges
Museums
Nymphaea
Obelisks
Palaces
Pavilions (garden structures)
Reservoirs (water distribution structures)
Rotundas
Service quarters
Swimming pools
Temples
Theaters
Theaters (garden structures)
Tholos tombs
Villae rusticae
Villae suburbanae
Villae urbanae
Villas
Water theaters
Wineries

Visual Works
Architectural sculpture
Bird’s-eye views
Cross sections
Engravings (prints)
Etchings
Floor plans
Garden sculpture
Herms
Mosaics (visual works)
Plans (drawings)
Reconstructions
Woodcuts

Animals
Animals, imaginary
Architectural Components
Associated Concepts
Built Environment
Celestial Bodies
Components
Containers
Costume
Design Elements
Disciplines
Events
Food
Function
Furnishings
Geographic Places
Iconography
Information Forms
Literary Works
Materials
Measuring Devices
Object Genres
Object Groupings and Systems
Patrons and Families
People
Plants 
Processes and Techniques
Settlements and Landscapes
Sound Devices
Styles and Periods
Tools and Equipment
Transportation Vehicles
Visual Works

Animals
Aquatic animals
Bees
Bulls
Crayfish
Deer
Dogs
Dolphins
Donkeys
Eagles
Elephants
Falcons
Fish
Foxes
Horses
Lions
Livestock
Monkeys
Ostriches
Owls
Peacocks
Pheasants
Pigeons
Scallops
Seahorses
Swans
Working animals

Animals, imaginary
Dragons
Monsters
Unicorns

Architectural Components
Arcades
Atriums (interior spaces)
Balustrades
Banquet halls
Barrel vaults
Battlements
Belvederes
Boundary walls
Capitals
Caryatids
Ceilings
Clock towers
Colonnades
Columns (architectural elements)
Conservatories
Corinthian order
Cornices
Courtyards
Cryptoportici
Cupolas
Dining rooms
Domes
Doorways
Doric order
Entablatures
Entrance halls
Entrances
Exedrae (interior spaces)
Facades
Forecourts
Gates
Ionic order
Loggias
Mosaic floors
Niches
Oculi
Peristyles (colonnades)
Peristyles (Roman courtyards)
Piano nobili
Pilasters
Porches
Porticoes
Private baths
Railings
Ramps
Retaining walls
Shell niches
Spiral ramps
Spiral stairs
Stages
Stairs
Throne rooms
Tile floors
Triclinia (rooms)
Vaults (structural elements)
Vestibules

Associated Concepts
Abundance
Antiquarianism
Circles (plane figures)
Comedy
Fire
Golden age
Grief
Hell
Hexagons
Humanism
Ice
Kissing
Love
Mythology
Paradise
Pentagons
Poetry
Pyramids (geometric figures)
Seasons
Semicircles
Sight lines
Smell
Spring
Squares (geometric figures)
Tragedy
Villeggiatura
Winds

Built Environment 
Administration buildings
Agricultural buildings
Allées
Altars
Apsidal buildings
Aqueducts
Arbors
Archaeological sites
Artificial water channels
Assembly halls
Aviaries
Axes (open spaces)
Bagatelles
Barns
Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano
Basilicas
Bathing pools
Beehives
Berceaux
Birdbaths
Bocage
Boskets (bosquets)
Botanical gardens
Bowling greens
Bridges (built works)
Cabinets (gardens by location or context)
Canals
Carpet beds
Cascades
Casinos (garden structures)
Castles
Chateaux
Chicken houses
Churches
Columbaria
Conduits
Cottages
Country houses
Dovecotes
Driveways
Espalier
Excavations
Exedrae (site elements)
Farms
Fences
Ferme orné
Fishponds (artificial)
Flower beds
Flower gardens
Follies
Footbridges
Footpaths
Formal gardens
Fortifications
Fountains
Garden structures
Gatehouses
Giardini segreti
Granaries
Greenhouses
Grottoes
Ha-has
Haystacks
Hedges
Herb gardens
Herbaceous borders
Hippodromes (Garden structures)
Hôtels (town houses)
Houses
Hunting lodges
Ice houses
Kitchen gardens
Knot gardens
Landscape gardens
Lawns
Limonaias
Locus amoenus
Markers (monuments)
Maze gardens
Menageries
Moats
Museums
Nymphaea
Obelisks
Open-air theaters
Orchards
Palaces
Papal palaces
Papal villas
Parks (grounds)
Parks (recreation areas)
Parterres
Parterres de broderie
Patte d’oies
Pavilions (garden structures)
Pergolas
Piazzas
Planned communities
Pleasure gardens
Pools (artificial)
Propylaea
Public gardens
Quadrangles
Racetracks (horse racing)
Reservoirs
Roads
Rotundas (buildings)
Sculpture gardens
Secret gardens
Stables
Stadiums
Streets
Temples
Temples (garden structures)
Terraces
Tholoi
Tombs
Tombstones
Topiary
Towers
Tree houses
Trellises
Triumphal arches (garden structures)
Trivios
Vegetable gardens
Villa suburbanae
Villae urbanae
Vineyards
Water chains
Water mills
Water theaters
Water tricks
Wattled fences
Wellesley College
Wilderness
Windmills
Wineries

Celestial Bodies
Sun

Components
Balconies
Caveae (audience spaces)
Illuminations
Initials (Layout features)
Lattices
Roman bath spaces
Spouts
Text
Title pages
Turrets (towers)
Wheels
Wings (Building divisions)

Containers
Amphorae
Baskets
Basins
Boxes (containers)
Planters (containers)
Pots
Tripods
Urns
Vases

Costume
Masks (costume)
Wreaths (costume accessories)

Design Elements
Acanthus
Applied decoration
Borders (Ornament areas)
Cartouches
Crests
Festoons
Fleurs-de-lis
Floral patterns
Friezes (ornamental bands)
Grotesques
Hands (Motifs)
Labyrinths
Medallions (Ornament areas)
Rustication
Scrolling foliage
Vine scrolls

Disciplines
Agriculture
Animal husbandry
Archaeology
Architecture
Dance
Heraldry
Horticulture
Mathematics
Mechanical arts
Music
Stratigraphy

Events
Animal sacrifice
Banquets
Communion
Dreams
Harvest festivals
Naumachias
Processions
Rituals (events)
Triumphs
Visions

Food
Fruit
Grapes
Lemons
Olives
Oranges
Pomegranates
Wheat

Function
Grafting
Harvesting
Landscape descriptions
Plowing
Punishment
Sowing
Threshing
Watering
Weeding

Furnishings
Benches
Centerpieces (furnishings)
Outdoor furniture
Stibadia
Tables
Thrones
Torches (lighting devices)
Tripods

Geographic Places
Arno River (Italy)
Aventino (Rome, Italy)
Baltic Sea
Campidogli (Rome, Italy)
Cleveland (Ohio)
Egypt
Florence (Italy)
Frascati (Italy)
Gianicolo (Rome, Italy)
Hudson River (NY and NJ)
Hyde Park (NY)
Kythera Island (Greece)
Livingston Manor (NY)
Lucca (Italy)
Mario, Monte (Rome, Italy)
Marly (Yvelines, France)
Monte Palatino (Rome, Italy)
Monte Pincio (Rome, Italy)
Mount Helicon
Mount Parnassus (mythological)
Newburgh (NY)
Paris (France)
Parnassus, Mount (Greece)
Pompeii (extinct city)
Rome (Italy)
Siena (Italy)
Stockholm
Tarrytown (NY)
Tivoli (Italy)
Tuscany (Italy)
Vecht River (Netherlands and Germany)
Vicenza (Italy)

Iconography 
Adonis (Greek deity)
Aesculapius (Greek deity)
Alecto (one of the Furies)
Aphrodite (Greek deity)
Apollo (Greek deity)
Atlas (Greek mythology)
Burning bush
Centaurs
Cherubs
Cupid (Roman deity)
Death
Diana (Roman deity)
Dionysus (Greek deity)
Europa (Greek mythology)
Fabulous beings with wings
Female allegorical figures
Fertility (allegory)
Flora (Roman deity)
Fortuna (Roman deity)
Giants
Goddesses
Graces, The
Green Man
Hades (Greek deity)
Harpies
Hercules (Greek mythology)
Hermes (Greek deity)
Janus (Roman deity)
Justice (virtue)
Laurence, Saint, of Rome, d. 258
Liberal Arts
Madonna (Mary with Christ-child)
Male allegorical figures
Mars (Roman deity)
Marsyas (Greek deity)
Medusa (Greek mythology)
Mercury (Roman deity)
Muses (Greek deities)
Mythology
Neptune (Roman deity)
Niobids
Nymphs
Orpheus (Greek mythology)
Pan (Greek deity)
Pandora (Greek mythology)
Pegasus (Greek mythology)
Perseus (Greek mythology)
Polyphemus (Greek mythology)
Poseidon (Greek deity)
Priapus (Greek deity)
River gods
Romulus and Remus
Satyrs (Greek mythology)
Sea gods
Sirens (mythology)
Sphinxes (mythology)
Spirits
Spring (allegorical figure)
Tantalus (Greek mythology)
Tiburtine Sibyl
Time
Tree of Life
Tritons
Venus (Roman deity)
Vertumnus and Pomona
Vices
Victory (allegory)
Victory in art
Virtue (allegory)

Information Forms
Architecture texts
Charts
Coats of arms
Dedications
Diagrams
Globes (Cartographic spheres)
Inscriptions
Keys (texts)
Letters (Correspondence)
Manuals
Manuscripts
Maps
Romances
Treatises

Literary Works
Letters of Pliny the Younger (1st CCE)
Ovid, Metamorphoses, 43 B.C.–17 or 18 A.D.

Materials
Glass
Marble
Rockwork (Rocaille)
Shells
Silk (textile)
Stucco
Terracotta
Tile
Water

Measuring Devices
Clocks
Sundials

Object Genres
Fragments
Gems
Trophies (objects)
Wreaths (decoration)

Object Groupings and Systems
Drainage systems
Waterworks

Patrons and Families 
Alessandro Farnese, Duke of Parma, 1545–1592
Arconati family
Barbarini family
Barbiani di Belgioioso
Borghese family
Borghese, Scipione, 1576 – 1633
Borromeo family
Capponi family
Cardinal Alessandro Peretti-Montalto
Cerretani family
Charles XI, King of Sweden
Chiericati family
Conti family
Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76 – 138
Del Monte family
Farnese family
Gambara family
Godi family
Lapi family
Ludovisi, Ludovico, 1595-1632
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638 – 1715
Medici family
Montalto family
Pamphili family
Philippe I [Monsieur], Duc d’Orléans

People
Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404 – 1472
Blacks
Builders
Caesar, Julius, 100 – 44 BCE
Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt, d. 30 B.C.
Dacians
Egyptians
Equestrians
Farmers
Hunters
Laundresses
Lovers
Monks
Native Americans
Noblemen
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D.
Pliny the Younger
Prisoners
Queens
Royalty
Scholars
Servants
Shepherds
Soldiers
Virgins
Women
Women and nature

Physical Activites
Anger
Art viewing
Children playing
Cookery
Eating and drinking
Fishing
Garden viewing
Hugging
Hunting
Outdoor recreation
Planting
Sitting outdoors
Sleeping
Swimming
Viewing nature
Walking

Plants
Bulbs
Canopy trees
Cypresses
Ferns
Flowering trees
Flowers (plants)
Fruit trees
Herbs
Holly (ilex)
Hornbeam
Iris (Plants)
Lilies
Magnolias
Medicinal plants
Mushrooms
Palms
Pines
Poplar
Poppies
Potted plants
Rosemary
Roses
Shrubs
Trees
Vines
Willows
Yew

Processes and Techniques
Construction
Digging
Fresco painting
Restoration (process)
Topography (image-making)
Wine making

Settlements and Landscapes
Agricultural land
Artificial lakes
Bogs
Boschetti
Caves
Cities and towns
Cultural landscapes
Dunes
Erie, Lake
Flat landscapes
Forests
Hameau
Harbors
Hills
Islands
Lakes
Lakes (artificial)
Meadows
Mixed cultivation (coltura promiscua)
Mountains
Natural landscapes
Palladian landscape
Ponds
Reflecting pools
Rivers
Seas
Springs (bodies of water)
Streams
Valleys (Landforms)
Vignas
Waterfalls
Woods

Sound Devices
Musical instruments
Organs (aerophones)

Styles and Periods
Classical revival
Gothic revival
Imperial (Roman)
Rocaille
Rococo
Rustic

Tools and Equipment
Animal traps
Bridles
Cooking utensils
Ladders
Rakes
Tools
Wine presses

Transportation Vehicles 
Boats
Carriages
Chariots (ancient vehicles)
Ships

Visual Works
Architectural drawings
Architectural sculpture
Bare-breasted female figures
Bas-reliefs
Busts
Ceiling paintings
Colossi
Cross sections
Exploded drawings
Female figures
Garden sculpure
Herms
High reliefs
Ideal landscapes
Imaginary landscapes
Landscapes (Representations)
Mosaics
Mural painting and decoration
Panoramic views
Plaster casts
Portraits
Reconstructions
Reliefs
Sound sculpture
Symbols
Trompe l’oeil painting