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... temple . The plant symbolism in Solomon's Temple points also to the close association with the cultivated open spaces . The borders ' of walls and pillars were engraved with figures of cherubims , lions and palm trees - the features we ...
... temple . The plant symbolism in Solomon's Temple points also to the close association with the cultivated open spaces . The borders ' of walls and pillars were engraved with figures of cherubims , lions and palm trees - the features we ...
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... temple precincts , an outer wall containing a series of smaller enclosures . The temple was designed with a forecourt to which the populace was admitted and an inner hall was reserved for the service of the priests . Beyond that again ...
... temple precincts , an outer wall containing a series of smaller enclosures . The temple was designed with a forecourt to which the populace was admitted and an inner hall was reserved for the service of the priests . Beyond that again ...
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... Temple on this point , especially considering the time when it was written , is informing . It was written as the ... temples , banqueting halls , ball rooms , cabinets and saloons . The streets and squares are well manned with statues ...
... Temple on this point , especially considering the time when it was written , is informing . It was written as the ... temples , banqueting halls , ball rooms , cabinets and saloons . The streets and squares are well manned with statues ...
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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