These gardens incorporated the influence of humanism which was attitudes towards a natural world that highly emphasized Greek and Roman thought. These influences incorporated new ideas into the gardens if the Italian Renaissance. One idea was the planting of trees around the garden to provide some shade for people as they walked through and enjoyed the physical beauty of the gardens. This related to the overall geometry in nature that Alberti saw. This was meant to provide the garden with overall symmetry and proportion leading to more of an overall formal look to the garden. Although the villa was built as a country retreat, the shift to formal olive trees and fieds can be seen in many other Tuscan gardens.
Another feature that was introduced to the gardens during the Humanism time period was idea of the villas. This was meant to be a setting for the intellectual life and demonstration of aesthetic appreciation. The front side of the villa was completely open, demonstrating the architectural taste of this time to illustrate the different elements to the garden. The front was meant to represent openness and the back was meant to represent a secret garden. This idea was known as spatial fusion. Another influence within the villa had to do with sitting back, relaxing and enjoying the painting of Florentine quattrocento. This painting did not abandon the Christian faith, but it did heavily emphasize the importance of human achievement.
Another important feature that was influenced on the Italian renaissance gardens were the knot gardens. These knot gardens represented work of a noble man and a Domincan monk. This art was a wood cut illustration stemmed from architectural influence. The school of Fontainebleau introduced this idea which transferred to the gardens. One book that heavily emphasized this design expressed the passion for architecture and the deep intricacy of gardens. These woodcut illustrations were similar to the grottoes, grove and pergolas. These all become further inspiration for garden designers of several generations and especially throughout the renaissance.
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