Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : Century · leaf 58
ct, from the garden, is very successful,though the well-like court makes an unfortunate gapbetween the house and its grounds. Behind the fountain, and in a line with it, a horseshoe-shaped amphitheatre has been cut out of the hillside,surrounded by tiers of stone seats adorned with statuesin niches… … FLORKNTINK VILLAS garden-architecture. In general design and detail itbelongs to the pure Renaissance, without trace of theheavy and fantastic barrochismo which, half a centurylater, began to disfigure such compositions in the villasnear Rome. Indeed, comparison with the…
