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THE GARDENS OF ITALY.
197.-—OLD ROMAN TOMB IN THE PLAIN BELOW TIVOLI.
198.—OLIVE TREE AND DISTANT VIEW OF TIVOLI.
with which we are too
familiar. Most of it is now
perished or wholly gone,
and it is difficult to form
an idea of the original
appearance of this colossal
toy. The great water
organ (Fig. 209) is a great
fantasy rather than a
serious piece of architec-
ture. It shows still signs
of colouring, a chocolate
brown being particularly
evident. Very probably
it was rather crude in
all its original freshness.
The figures have back-
grounds of coarse
mosaic. There is a fine
view from this high
balustraded level over the
pools below. To the left
is the great flat mass of
the villa, with its un-
finished but impressive
facade, behind which the
campanile of the church
raises itself as though
placed there as an inten-
tional central feature. The
great cypresses of the main
axis form a supporting
base to the facade, coun-
teracting by their verti-
cality the long, horizontal
lines of its architecture.
The central projecting
loggia of golden-columned
masonry is finely detailed,
and the staircase on either
side of it is well worked
out. 'fhe character of this
feature suggests that the
facade as a whole would
have been completed in a
good style. Rubble
masonry, for which the
locality supplies a
quantity of bluish rock,
is used for the main
walling as well as the
brown material of the
true tufa formation.
Below this central feature
THE GARDENS OF ITALY.
197.-—OLD ROMAN TOMB IN THE PLAIN BELOW TIVOLI.
198.—OLIVE TREE AND DISTANT VIEW OF TIVOLI.
with which we are too
familiar. Most of it is now
perished or wholly gone,
and it is difficult to form
an idea of the original
appearance of this colossal
toy. The great water
organ (Fig. 209) is a great
fantasy rather than a
serious piece of architec-
ture. It shows still signs
of colouring, a chocolate
brown being particularly
evident. Very probably
it was rather crude in
all its original freshness.
The figures have back-
grounds of coarse
mosaic. There is a fine
view from this high
balustraded level over the
pools below. To the left
is the great flat mass of
the villa, with its un-
finished but impressive
facade, behind which the
campanile of the church
raises itself as though
placed there as an inten-
tional central feature. The
great cypresses of the main
axis form a supporting
base to the facade, coun-
teracting by their verti-
cality the long, horizontal
lines of its architecture.
The central projecting
loggia of golden-columned
masonry is finely detailed,
and the staircase on either
side of it is well worked
out. 'fhe character of this
feature suggests that the
facade as a whole would
have been completed in a
good style. Rubble
masonry, for which the
locality supplies a
quantity of bluish rock,
is used for the main
walling as well as the
brown material of the
true tufa formation.
Below this central feature