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... and with it the modern phase of progress . During all these stages the garden has held its place amongst other forms of art . As the scene changes it assumes different forms of expression . We are 30 III THE LAND OF THE NILE.
... and with it the modern phase of progress . During all these stages the garden has held its place amongst other forms of art . As the scene changes it assumes different forms of expression . We are 30 III THE LAND OF THE NILE.
Page 43
... expression . It can scarcely cause any surprise that Greece , vitalized by a position commanding the Eastern corner of the Mediterranean , should have absorbed a number of foreign influences transmitted by the Phoenicians who plied ...
... expression . It can scarcely cause any surprise that Greece , vitalized by a position commanding the Eastern corner of the Mediterranean , should have absorbed a number of foreign influences transmitted by the Phoenicians who plied ...
Page 142
... expression of Italian individualism , sculpture and architecture were the more tradi- tional among the arts , inspired by the ancient models that were being assiduously recovered from the soil . Painting was the newest and most vivid ...
... expression of Italian individualism , sculpture and architecture were the more tradi- tional among the arts , inspired by the ancient models that were being assiduously recovered from the soil . Painting was the newest and most vivid ...
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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