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... became their own particular garden , or separate enclosure , not necessarily beau- tified , but of serious and momentous importance . Later they became associated with decorative ideas , but originally the motive was elemental . The ...
... became their own particular garden , or separate enclosure , not necessarily beau- tified , but of serious and momentous importance . Later they became associated with decorative ideas , but originally the motive was elemental . The ...
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... became formal , and it still remained formal when the scene shifted to the inland sea , the Mediter- ranean , which became the cradle of the civilization of Europe . This second stage of development — that around the inland sea ...
... became formal , and it still remained formal when the scene shifted to the inland sea , the Mediter- ranean , which became the cradle of the civilization of Europe . This second stage of development — that around the inland sea ...
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... became somewhat staled by repeti- tion and familiarity was it discovered that less vehement harmonies might be preferable as a lesser strain on the optic nerve . It must be remembered in this connexion that the great classic painters ...
... became somewhat staled by repeti- tion and familiarity was it discovered that less vehement harmonies might be preferable as a lesser strain on the optic nerve . It must be remembered in this connexion that the great classic painters ...
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amongst ancient appeared architecture arrangement artificial artistic avenues beauty became beds birds built canals Capability Brown centre century charm Chinese Chinese gardens cloister colour court cultivation Cut-work cypress decorative delight Dutch effect Egypt England English gardening fact fashion flowering plants flowers fountain French fruit grass Greece Greek green grotto ground groves Hampton Court hedges Helen Allingham herbs hills history of gardening horticulture idea Italian Italy land landscape later lawns lines manner marble medieval ment modern motive nature never ornament painting palace paradise park parterres period Persia Persian garden phase picture plants pleasure Pliny Pope Reginald Blomfield religious Renaissance Roman Rome roses scene scheme scientific seats shade side space spirit style surroundings symbolism taste temple terraces tion topiary tradition trees Tudor period variety VAUX-LE-VICOMTE Versailles villas violets walks walls wild Younger Pliny