334 LANDSCAPE GAKDENINC. 



"The villa architecture of modern Italy," says Mr. 

 Lamb, an able architect,* "is characterized, when on 

 a moderate scale, by scattered irregular masses, great 

 contrasts of light and shade, broken and plain surfaces, and 

 great variety of outline against the sky. The blank wall 

 on which the eye sometimes reposes.; the towering cam- 

 panile, boldly contrasted with the horizontal line of roof 

 only broken by a few straggling chimney-tops : the row ol 

 equal sized, closely placed windows, contrasting with the 

 plain space and single window of the projecting balcony ; 

 the prominent portico, the continued arcade, the terraces, 

 and the variously formed and disposed out-buildings, all 

 combine to form that picturesque whole, which distinguishes 

 the modern Italian villa from every other."f 



A building in the Italian style may readily be known at 

 first sight, by the peculiar appearance of its roofs. These 

 are always projecting at the eaves, and deeply furrowed or 



[Fig 42. A Villa in the Italian style.] 



ridged, being formed abroad of semi-cylindrical tiles, which 

 give a distinct and highly marked expression to this 



• Loudon's Ency. of Arch. p. 95] . 



t In this country, owing to the greater number of fires, the effect would fac 

 improTed by an additional number of chimney-topa. 



