Art Out-of-Doors 
them inconspicuous, and thus to disturb as 
little as possible the rural effect of the out- 
look from neighboring higher points over 
the distant country. But the existence of 
gateways, and their eminently artificial char- 
acter, cannot be disguised ; and to build 
them wholly of small bowlders and drape 
them as thickly as possible with foliage, is 
to sacrifice art and appropriateness to an 
unattainable end. A comparison of these 
gateways with those recently erected at one 
of the southern entrances to Prospect Park 
would prove, I think, that the more confess- 
edly artistic such works of art are made, the 
better is their effect. 
Under the Propylsea of the Athenians one 
entered, not a park, but a small enclosure 
thickly filled with buildings and statues. 
But through and over it he who stood on 
the Acropolis saw lovely stretches of open 
country and a magnificent panorama of sea 
and island-shores. Would this have looked 
better, do you think — would it have looked 
more beautiful or even more rural — had the 
stately range of chiselled columns been re- 
placed by a picturesque “ rustic ” construc- 
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