European and Japanese gardens; papers read before the American Institute of Architects (1902)
Brown, Glenn, 1854-1932, Hamlin, Alfred Dwight Foster, 1855-1926, Sturgis, R. Clipston (Richard Clipston), 1860-1951, Howard, John Galen, 1864-1931, Honda, K · Philadelphia, H. T. Coates · leaf 58
European and Japanese Gardens Boboli at Florence, belonging to the Pitti Palace, and theBorghese at Rome. These were terraced to afford an arenaand open-air seating for athletic sports and mummeries in theolden time, and may not always haxe been covered with grass,but they are very beautiful in… … WHERE THE GROUNDS ARE SUFFICIENTLY EXTENSIVE The Boboli Gardens intended first as the decorative setting for the social as well asprivate life of a very rich, worldly and splendor-loving aris-tocracy ; secondly, as an approach and environment for thepalace, villa or casino of the proprietor, with…
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