A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 588
nded 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 ty^iical form,is a product of Italian soil and of Italian art.Each countrj has its own method of arrangingcountry places, varying with the character ofthe… … VILLA Itiilians. Some of tlu- tinest oxamiilcs of thelienaissiiiice villa exist in Italy, with hardly aeliango whioli atfectj* thoir main feat\ires. Theirtreatment is strictly formal. The grounds arelaid out in arehiteetund relation to the house.The paths, alleys, and roads are Ili axe with…
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