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“ The villa architecture of modern Italy, 5 ’ 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. 55 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. 951. 
t In this country, owing to the greater number of fires, the effect would be 
improved by an additional number of chimney-tops. 
