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050	0	0	_aNA7594 _b.W46 1988
082	0	0	_a945 WHA
100	1		_aWharton, Edith _d, 1862-1937
245	1	0	_aItalian villas and their gardens _c/ by Edith Wharton ; illustrated with pictures by Maxfield Parrish and by photographs ; new introductory notes by Arthur Ross, Henry Hope Reed, and Thomas S. Hayes
260			_aNew York, N.Y. _b: Da Capo Press _c, 1988, c1904.
300			_axxii, 270 p., [15] p. of plates _b: ill. (some col.) _c; 26 cm.
440		4	_aThe Classical America series in art and architecture
490	0		_aA Da Capo paperback
500			_aReprint. Originally published: New York : The Century Co., 1904.
500			_a"Classical America, The Arthur Ross Foundation."
504			_aIncludes bibliography (p. 251-252) and index.
520			_aStruck by the magnificence of the Italian countryside from the time of her first sojourn there, Edith Wharton draws on three centuries of knowledge written in four languages and covers some eighty villas and sixty garden architects. She describes the remarkable splendor of the villas for readers who have never seen them, and leads the reader through her discoveries of why the great houses and grounds create an effect of such profound calm and resolution.Their impact is not merely a matter of ancient statues or splashing fountains--impressive as these may be. Rather, the unique harmony stems from the spirit of the architects' and the designers' art: that delicate blending of man's work and the variations of nature to achieve a sense of flawless concord.
650		0	_aArchitecture, Domestic _z--Italy
650		0	_aLandscape architecture _z--Italy
700	1		_aParrish, Maxfield _d, 1870-1966
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