Pola Negri in her Garden, Beverly Hills, California
Accession number | AR.EP.PC.0599 |
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Beverly Hills (Los Angeles [California (United States)])
Los Angeles (California [United States])
California (United States)
United States
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3.5 x 5.5 inches
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Materials/Techniques |
colorized photograph
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postcard
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Description
TRANSCRIPTION
106896
852 Pola Negri in her Garden, Beverly Hills, California
Western Publishing & Novelty Co., Los Angeles, Calif.
EXHIBITION
Transplanting the Renaissance: Italian Villa Gardens in America, 1900-1940
May-August 2018
As Italian-style gardens spread across the country, they also crossed many social boundaries. Italianate gardens became common in small homes and public parks, and even larger private estates became more accessible to visitors. As their scope grew, so did the variety of stylistic interpretation: native plants and modern aesthetics were often incorporated. A style once reserved for the Renaissance elite became more democratic and at times resembled something much more American than Italian.
Although some of these postcards use the term “Italian” to describe the gardens, they all have their own unique interpretation of what that term means. Each garden is as different to the others as to the Italian sources. A visitor to the Miami garden—which cleverly includes palm trees in its design—refers to it as a “tropical garden” in her note on the back of the postcard. Pola Negri, a famous Hollywood star of the 1920s, establishes a chic and modern context for her own Italianate garden (above).
Collection
Repository
Accession number | AR.EP.PC.0599 |
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Creator | |
Contributor | |
Places |
Beverly Hills (Los Angeles [California (United States)])
Los Angeles (California [United States])
California (United States)
United States
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Measurements |
3.5 x 5.5 inches
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Materials/Techniques |
colorized photograph
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Work types |
postcard
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