Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : Century · leaf 209
rden-scheme, and not asdominating it, they fall into their proper place, and areseen to be good examples of the severe but pure styleof the early cinque-cento. Specially interesting also isthe treatment of the retaining-wall which faces the en-trance to the grounds; and the great gates of the… … VILLA LANTE, BAGNALA VILLAS NKAR ROME of the inclusion of the woodland in the garden-scheme.All the sixteenth-century villas had small groves ad-jacent to the house, and the shade of the natural wood-land was used, if possible, as a backing to the gardens;but at the Villa Lante it is boldly worked…
