Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : Century · leaf 164
Italian garden-architects always pro-vided ; and the large sunken flower-garden surroundedby hanging woods is one of the earliest instances of thiseffective treatment of the giardino segreto. In fact, theVatican may have suggested many features of the laterRenaissance garden, with its wide-spread… … VILLA ROMAN VILLAS tural restraint and purity of detail which mark thegeneration of Vignola and Sangallo. The Villa Bor-ghese, built in 1618 by the Flemish architect GiovanniVasanzia (John of Xanten), shows a complete departurefrom the old tradition. Its elevation may indeed betraced to the…
