. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects ... Gardens; Gardens. The Italian Formal Garden design, were and are still so beautiful that they have never ceased to excite the admiration of every visitor. They were designed by masters, men of taste and culture, filled with the sense of beauty, who wrought in harmony with their environ- ment and with the beauties of the prospect and atmosphere about them. However questionable the taste of certain deco- rative details, their general decorative effect is almost always. THE CENTRAL FEATURE IS THE HOUSE OR
. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects ... Gardens; Gardens. The Italian Formal Garden design, were and are still so beautiful that they have never ceased to excite the admiration of every visitor. They were designed by masters, men of taste and culture, filled with the sense of beauty, who wrought in harmony with their environ- ment and with the beauties of the prospect and atmosphere about them. However questionable the taste of certain deco- rative details, their general decorative effect is almost always. THE CENTRAL FEATURE IS THE HOUSE OR CASINO' Casino, Villa Borghese excellent and in harmony with the fanciful and wavvvard beauty of the gardens. At least this is true of the gardens as they ap- pear to-day, the crumbling stuccoes and the masonry stained by weather, tinged orange and green by lichens and mosses, over- run with ivy and creeping roses, and contrasting richlv with the dark green of the stone pines behind and the ilex and box in front. Their charm is not wholly of atmosphere and color 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. 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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