AMERICAN MASTERPIECES 



represent the principles of the "art noveau" 

 as applied to landscape architecture. Many 

 of the architectural constructions and em- 

 bellishments certainly adopt this color. 

 Mr. Jensen himself says that he has re- 

 ceived his chief inspiration from the Zuni 

 Indians and from the flat, level prairies 

 with their wide, straight horizon lines. 

 This work of Mr. Jensen certainly stands 

 as the most fresh and modern thing in 

 American landscape architecture. 



Number Ten. One of the most char- 

 acteristic developments of landscape archi- 

 tecture in America during the last decade 

 has been that of city building. Suddenly 

 it has come to be recognized that a city is 

 not a fortuitous aggregation of ugly objects, 

 noisome smells and unpleasant noises. It 

 may just as well be an orderly arrangement 

 of things which are beautiful in themselves, 

 and capable of still greater beauty when 

 harmoniously arranged. Many enterprises 

 in city improvement are now under way, 

 and one or two of these should be men- 

 tioned amongst American masterpieces, 

 in spite of the fact that no one of them has 

 yet reached completion. 



Unquestionably, Washington stands as 



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