 Adieu to canals, circular basons, and cascades tumbling down marble steps, that last absurd magnificence of Italian and French villas. The forced elevation of cataracts was no more. The gentle stream was taught to...  (Selections From) Observations on Modern Gardeningמאת Thomas Whately - 1801 - 35 דפיםתצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Walter Howe - 1890 - 332 דפים
...compasses. We owe the restoration of Greece and the diffusion of architecture to his skill in landscape. But of all the beauties he added to the face of this beautiful country none surpassed his management of water. Adieu to canals, circular basins, and cascades... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1898 - 496 דפים
...happy ornament. . . The great principles on which he worked were perspective and light and shade. . . But of all the beauties he added to the face of this beautiful country, none surpassed his management of water. Adieu to canals, circular basins, and cascades... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 488 דפים
...compasses. We owe the restoration of Greece and the diffusion of architecture to his skill in landscape. But of all the beauties he added to the face of this beautiful country, none surpassed his management of water. Adieu to canals, circular basons, and cascades... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 480 דפים
...compasses. We owe the restoration of Greece and the diffusion of architecture to his skill in landscape. But of all the beauties he added to the face of this beautiful country, none surpassed his management of water. Adieu to canals, circular basons, and cascades... | |
 | Albert Forbes Sieveking - 1899 - 478 דפים
...compasses. We owe the restoration of Greece and the diffusion of architecture to his skill in landscape. But of all the beauties he added to the face of this beautiful country, none surpassed his management of water. Adieu to canals, circular basons, and cascades... | |
 | Osbert Sitwell - 1928 - 202 דפים
...compasses. We owe the restoration of Greece and the diffusion of architecture to his skill in landscape. " But of all the beauties he added to the face of this beautiful country, none surpasses his management of water. Adieu to canals, circular basins, and cascades... | |
 | Paul Hyland, Olga Gomez, Francesca Greensides - 2003 - 496 דפים
...compasses. We owe the restoration of Greece and the diffusion of architecture to his skill in landscape. But of all the beauties he added to the face of this beautiful country, none surpassed his management of water. Adieu to canals, circular basins, and cascades... | |
 | Jeremy Black - 2007 - 314 דפים
...compasses. We owe the restoration of Greece and the diffusion of architecture to his skill in landscape. But of all the beauties he added to the face of this beautiful country, none surpassed his management of water. Adieu to canals, circular basons, and cascades... | |
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