I think it's interesting how the author portrays the different gardens in this chapter. This style of writing really reminds me of Edgar Allen Poe, because of the attention to detail to create imagery. I like the atmosphere that this chapter gives off, it is almost dreamlike. Throughout the text, the author moves from place to place, explaining the individuality of the different gardens, and describes them as if they were cut away from time, like a sanctuary. At different times in reading this, I would wish that the author would be a little less descriptive, but in the end I actually enjoyed it.
My favorite garden out of them all was definitely the garden built by Orsini. I really liked reading about the dark mood it gave off. I can really picture "Orsini's park of monsters". I think I connected with this one the most, because I could really understand Orsini wanting to put his soul into his work. One of the structures described was really fascinating, the author describing an almost beast-like structure in the park. I think it is even more fascinating to imagine the whole garden filled with sculptures like that.
It's wonderful that the reading inspired images, but you can in fact see some of Orsini's work. Did you look up the Gardens of Bomarzo and Orsini's garden sculptures?
ReplyDeleteNo, I wanted my response to be purely based on the reading, so I did not want to look anything up beforehand. Thank's for telling me though! I'll search him up now.
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