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GENOESE GARDENS AND VILLAS.
371
Unfortunately, illustra-
tions, and even photo-
graphs, usually omit the
massive roofs of grey
slates, which are very
effective rising up behind
the balustrades.
The lay-out of the
villas gave scope for
Italian gardening in
direct relation to the
design of the house itself.
Much of this has dis-
appeared, but the effective
entrance to the Villa
Paradiso and the fine
grassway vista leading
up to the Villa Cambiaso
remain as examples. The
exceptional instance of
the Andrea Doria Palace
in Genoa on the flat
below the hill, with its
harbour foreground, illus-
trates the value of great
length well broken and
varied by loggias. There
is also the Villa Dinego
Rosazza, where the hill-
side is still used as a
garden. Here the house
stands moderately ele-
vated above the harbour,
with its garden rising up
behind ; the pointed mass
of the green foliaged hill
serves as a background
to the widespread eleva-
tion of the building. In
the midst of the greenery
is a falling cascade.
Lovers of Italian
gardening ideas must not
overlook the effectiveness
of the cortili in the city.
The possibility of
devoting practically the
whole ground floor to
arcaded entrance halls
carrying the actual living-
rooms over has given rise
to some remarkable
effects of light and shade,
as will be seen in the
371
Unfortunately, illustra-
tions, and even photo-
graphs, usually omit the
massive roofs of grey
slates, which are very
effective rising up behind
the balustrades.
The lay-out of the
villas gave scope for
Italian gardening in
direct relation to the
design of the house itself.
Much of this has dis-
appeared, but the effective
entrance to the Villa
Paradiso and the fine
grassway vista leading
up to the Villa Cambiaso
remain as examples. The
exceptional instance of
the Andrea Doria Palace
in Genoa on the flat
below the hill, with its
harbour foreground, illus-
trates the value of great
length well broken and
varied by loggias. There
is also the Villa Dinego
Rosazza, where the hill-
side is still used as a
garden. Here the house
stands moderately ele-
vated above the harbour,
with its garden rising up
behind ; the pointed mass
of the green foliaged hill
serves as a background
to the widespread eleva-
tion of the building. In
the midst of the greenery
is a falling cascade.
Lovers of Italian
gardening ideas must not
overlook the effectiveness
of the cortili in the city.
The possibility of
devoting practically the
whole ground floor to
arcaded entrance halls
carrying the actual living-
rooms over has given rise
to some remarkable
effects of light and shade,
as will be seen in the