San Francisco, Calif. : Architect and Engineer Co · leaf 570
on.Many of the early American painters fostered it; and it has been en-couraged by the fact that the peculiar impressiveness of the generalAmerican landscape as compared with that of Europe, depended upon itswildness and its grandeur—that is upon its general spectacular andpicturesque qualities.… … California Home of Mr. Adolthus Busch. Pasadena This propensity has not had a very happy effect upon American land-scape architecture. The high hill and the sweeping view are all very wellin their way; but they rarely provide a congruous setting for a houseor a favorable opportunity for a…
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