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Page 43
... style ; a style that precluded the possibility of appreciable progress . The genius of Greece was sufficiently fluid to pre- vent such a disaster being repeated . It needed only an impulse such as was to be found in a nation just ...
... style ; a style that precluded the possibility of appreciable progress . The genius of Greece was sufficiently fluid to pre- vent such a disaster being repeated . It needed only an impulse such as was to be found in a nation just ...
Page 231
... style to the new , with certain peculiar phases of thought intervening between them . This was only to be expected considering that it would scarcely be possible for such a radical change of feeling to come about in any way but by a ...
... style to the new , with certain peculiar phases of thought intervening between them . This was only to be expected considering that it would scarcely be possible for such a radical change of feeling to come about in any way but by a ...
Page 275
... style there occurred the interval of Chinoiserie which is chiefly associated with Chippen- dale - that peculiar rococo style alive with broken scrolls and curved lines frequently blended with imitations of rock - work and dripping water ...
... style there occurred the interval of Chinoiserie which is chiefly associated with Chippen- dale - that peculiar rococo style alive with broken scrolls and curved lines frequently blended with imitations of rock - work and dripping water ...
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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