Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937, Parrish, Maxfield, 1870-1966 · New York : The Century Co. · leaf 202
e familiar to students than any other example ofGenoese suburban architecture. Almost alone amongGenoese villas, it stands at the foot of a hill, with gar-dens rising behind it instead of descending below it tothe sea. Herr Gurlitt thinks these grounds are amongthe earliest in Italy in which the… … r..--^ GENOESE VILLAS in the Scassi gardens, has shown to the full his charac-teristic gift for preserving unity of conception in multi-plicity of form. There could be no better definition of the garden-science of the Italian Renaissance; and if, as it seemsprobable, the Scassi gardens are earlier…
