. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects ... Gardens; Gardens. European and Japanese Gardens. ESSENTIAL FEATURES 9F THE VILLA GARDEN Plan of Villa Lante At Bagnaia ancient and glorious estates witli such loveliness of pros- pect and setting. Given the condi- tions which I ha\e tried to sketch, it is easv to understand the results that came about in the domain of landscape gard- ening. Thechurchly patricians who buih the \'illas were no recluses, seeking the solitude of the glens and forests to hold communion only with themselves and nature. The\'
. European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects ... Gardens; Gardens. European and Japanese Gardens. ESSENTIAL FEATURES 9F THE VILLA GARDEN Plan of Villa Lante At Bagnaia ancient and glorious estates witli such loveliness of pros- pect and setting. Given the condi- tions which I ha\e tried to sketch, it is easv to understand the results that came about in the domain of landscape gard- ening. Thechurchly patricians who buih the \'illas were no recluses, seeking the solitude of the glens and forests to hold communion only with themselves and nature. The\' were the powerful, proud and wealthy leaders of a society conspic- uous for its worldli- ness and love of dis- play. Like true Ital- ians they lo\ed the open air, but unlike the lords of Eng- land and France, thev had no taste for the chase, and the necessities of their state precluded their resorting to distant castles embowered in the forests or hid- den in the gorges of the Apennines. It was to the \illa that thev fled for. 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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