A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 586
ity of being surrounded liy 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 metliod of arrangingcountry jilaces, varying with the… … 997 VILLA Italians. Some of the finest examples of theRenaissance villa exist in Italy, with hardly achange which affects 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 theprincipal…
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