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barons, each of ivhom bad his castle, within the walls of wlneh 7 j ' ' F S “ e Z d
his vassals when he was at war with his noighhours. In ‘1“ ® f
of course be no gardens, hut those contained in the quadrangles of
and more neacoM times, when wealthy citizens began to venture to indiUge a taste for
r c o uM T hfe and when monasteries began to he erected, both were frequently ®
I n Z r I m L s of Roman viUas; a n d ,L CasteUan observes, rctamed the ancient distribution
of the parts of the buildings; tho comds sm-rounded with porticoes, which were
walks; the rooms cntermg upon the portico, without communicating with one
ih 1 10 Vai d Z s I Z i r i a f “ f to™®®® ”P°h ai-®a‘m tlic gai d e n s a i l had a stnkmg analogy to the ancient villa. Atl ®asn ; athnec ioernatt ovriiUesa
mth e M T “ r J ®t covered walk of the Romans, pretty
cntiio Meason, m\nsLandscape Architecture ofItabj,hns given several engravings taken
t h Z Pto™es rfth e ancient Italian painters, which show tho different fonns assumed by
these anomffious buildmgs, la fig. 9., from Titian, wo see an Italian baronial castle built
the relt t Z Z F ’ “ ®®YF“ ® ®“ toe}y of round towers, ivith one more elevated than
too rest to serve as a watch tower. These watch towers wore almost indispensable in a
c a m n Z F Z F ® ““ P“ " ’ to-i *®“' =® ®“ > P 'Z v e d L to l
b l f 4 7 4 T ,®ri''®''® f *® “ ota rn Italian villa. Sometimes an anomalous building,
k h d 7 • “ F 7 ‘®U, was erected on the Roman ruins, and an example of this
from too background of a picture of Giotto; and another
t o Z l to .0 "® ®f F® ' “t o t examples of a house of this kind is
Shown m fig . 12. I t was toe residence of Francesco Solimene, a Neapolitan painter, who
died m it m 1747, at the age of 90 ; and it was situated at the foot o f Moimt Vesuvius
ig. 13. is another sketch from Meason’s Landscape Architecture. I t is from one of thé
paintings of Breemberg, who, from his long residence in Italy acouirod much of an
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R l e e Z "'®'-® 7®® ®f l ’®tonzo do’ Medici, a n d L L L a r t h r Z n k r d
uoeUai. They were in the geometric and arcliitectaal taste of those of L n y , and