. Italian gardens. tlemodel of clay, he afterwards completed his work in a manner so graceful,that Tribolo, and all those who saw the same, felt persuaded that he wouldeventually prove to be one of those masters who become distinguishedin their art. Unfortunately Piero died when only twenty-three yearsof age, and Vasari laments the death of so promising a young sculptor. As is usual in these Tuscan villas, there is no dividing line betweenthe podere and the garden ; you may wander by grassy walks amongthe ripening grain, or beneath the purple clusters of grape, to some quietcorner of the farm,
. Italian gardens. tlemodel of clay, he afterwards completed his work in a manner so graceful,that Tribolo, and all those who saw the same, felt persuaded that he wouldeventually prove to be one of those masters who become distinguishedin their art. Unfortunately Piero died when only twenty-three yearsof age, and Vasari laments the death of so promising a young sculptor. As is usual in these Tuscan villas, there is no dividing line betweenthe podere and the garden ; you may wander by grassy walks amongthe ripening grain, or beneath the purple clusters of grape, to some quietcorner of the farm, where, within the shade of some wide-spreading pine,mossy seats invite you to pause awhile. Laid upon the ground in the bosco, the writer found a row of somedozen deities, brought, so the gardener said, from the Palazzo Corsini inthe Lungarno where they had formed part of the decorations of theparapet. Doubtless ere this they have been set up in the garden, therebyadding not a little to its gaiety and interest. 98. EratSeldiai^.EfS^:!.^. VILLA AMARI Montaigne, that most naive and cosmopolitan of travellers, writing ofthe Italian villa and its most delightful surroundings, says: Thevigne (a word often used for villa) here assume the form of pleasure-grounds, and are places of singular beauty ; here I first learnt how muchart can do in transforming rugged, hilly and uneven spots into delightfulgardens, which even borrow an infinity of graces, not known among us,from the very irregularity of the surface. This is no less true of themodest villa than of its pretentious neighbour, which lords it over half ahillside. The Villa Amari possesses in perfection all those qualities mostdesirable in a villa, having a southern aspect and being sheltered fromcold northerly winds by the rising ground behind, yet with such elevationabove the plain that there is a pleasant breeze stirring even on thewarmest day. Its gardens, though not on the grand scale to which weare accustomed in the vicinity
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