Overview East Garden © Alice Joyce
East Garden Fountain © Alice Joyce
Embellishments emerge at every turn. Mosaic work, enlivened by images of birds amid colorful patterning, is likened to wall paintings found inside Roman ruins. It’s easy to get lost in the detailing of the intricate mosaic and shell work.
Fountains act as engaging focal points within the secluded setting.
Below: The heads of bronze civets, catlike creatures spout splashing streams of water into a marble basin, in the East Garden’s central fountain.
Getty Villa Fountain East Garden © Alice Joyce
Marble theatrical masks emerge as another adornment to the wall fountain, prevalent elements in Roman art of the first century A.D.
Getty Villa East Garden – Tragic Hero
Acanthus leaves are depicted again and again in ancient architectural elements, emerging in decorations carved in stone and in wood, in columns and friezes dating back to Greco-Roman times.
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Acanthus – Getty Villa © Alice Joyce
Dear Alice, This garden within the confines of the Getty Villa has shades of the enclosed Persian gardens of the past. For me, it is rather too busy. And, although I love the mosaic fountain head, I should then want the rest of the space to be much quieter and, possibly, greener.
Very American! This part of the garden reminds me of the Columbo TV series. The planting of the “cat fountain” is fascinating!
Well, I certainly appreciate how much effort was involved to build it, and it is beautiful, albeit a bit ostentatious. I agree with Edith though, my personal tastes, at least in a garden I have to live with, lean more toward the green and serene. The mosaic is beautiful though.
This is what Casa Bonita in Denver intended to look like. They have a much smaller budget. Ha ha!
This is a gorgeous fountain….thanks for sharing it. You get to see the most romantic and serene gardens!