. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . View from the Terrace the juxtaposition of art and NATURE Villa Pamfili Doria 25 The Italian Formal Garden design, were and are still so beautiful that they have neverceased to excite the admiration of every visitor. They weredesigned by masters, men of taste and culture, filled with thesense of beauty, who wrought in harmony with their environ-ment and with the beauties of the prospect and atmosphereabout them. However questionable the taste of certain deco-rati\e details, their general decorative ef
. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects .. . View from the Terrace the juxtaposition of art and NATURE Villa Pamfili Doria 25 The Italian Formal Garden design, were and are still so beautiful that they have neverceased to excite the admiration of every visitor. They weredesigned by masters, men of taste and culture, filled with thesense of beauty, who wrought in harmony with their environ-ment and with the beauties of the prospect and atmosphereabout them. However questionable the taste of certain deco-rati\e details, their general decorative effect is almost always. Casino, Villa Borghese THE CENTRAL FEATURE IS THE HOUSE OR CASINO excellent and in harmony with the fanciful and wayward beautyof the gardens. At least this is true of the gardens as they ap-pear to-day, the crumbling stuccoes and the masonry stained byweather, tinged orange and green by lichens and mosses, over-run with ivy and creeping roses, and contrasting richly withthe dark green of the stone pines behind and the ilex andbox in front. Their charm is not wholly of atmosphere andcolor and rampant vegetation, nor merely the romantic half-melancholy of their silent walks, their grass-grown terraces,their whispering pines, and gentle decay. They possess a posi-tive artistic beauty in the proportion and balance which control 26 European and Japanese Gardens
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