. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects ... Gardens; Gardens. European and Japanese Gardens splendid entertainments to tlie brilliant companies that resorted thither. Passionate collectors of antiquities, and affecting, when they did not cherish it, an enthusiasm for antique life, they made their gardens \eritable museums, even at last, counterfeiting antique ruins when they were not fortunate enough to find them read}' at hand on their estates. The villa was thus no park, no reserved territory left to the beauty of its natural wildness, no mere
. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects ... Gardens; Gardens. European and Japanese Gardens splendid entertainments to tlie brilliant companies that resorted thither. Passionate collectors of antiquities, and affecting, when they did not cherish it, an enthusiasm for antique life, they made their gardens \eritable museums, even at last, counterfeiting antique ruins when they were not fortunate enough to find them read}' at hand on their estates. The villa was thus no park, no reserved territory left to the beauty of its natural wildness, no mere spread of lawn diversified with trees and shrubs. It was designedly an artificial creation, an artistic ensemble, of which the house and the gardens were distinct and complementary parts, the whole treated as a decorative composition, in which each portion and each detail played a definite role. It was formal and artificial, it was refined and classical in style and detail, because that was what the taste of the time demanded, and because no other treatment befitted the antique fragments and sculptures which formed the basis of their adornment. But these villa gardens, with all their formal regularity of. View from the Terrace THE JUXTAPOSITION OF ART AND NATURE" Villa Pamfili Doria 25. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brown, Glenn, 1854-1932; Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926; Sturgis, R. Clipston (Richard Clipston), 1860-1951; Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931; Honda, Kinkichiro?, 1850-1921. Philadelphia, H. T. Coates & Co.
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