Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 135
have been decorated by an archaeologist ratherthan an artist. It is interesting to note that antiquesculpture, when boldly combined with a living art, isone of the most valuable adjuncts of the Italian garden ;whereas, set in an artificial evocation of its own past, itloses all its vitality and… … PARTERRES ON TERRACE, \JI.LA BFILRESPIRO ( PAMPHTI V.ndRl \ . ROM!- ROMAN VILLAS Lodovico Chigi. In many respects it recalls the Sienesetype of villa. At the entrance, the highroad is enlargedinto a semicircle, backed by a wall with busts; and onthe axis of the iron gates one sees first a court…
