A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 581
sity of being surrounded by thoseforms of art which may tend in any way to en-hance or bring in relief the beauties of nature.The villa, as we know it, in its typical form,is a product of Italian soil and of Italian art.Each country has its own method of arrangingcountry places, varying with the… … 997 998 VILLA Italians. Some of the finest examples of theRenaissance villa exist in Italy, with hardly achange which attects their main features. Theirtreatment is strictly formal. The grounds arelaid out in architectural relation to the house.The paths, alleys, and roads are en axe with…
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