 Beyond these is a walk planted with the smooth and twining acanthus, where the trees are also cut into a variety of names and shapes. At the upper end is an alcove of white marble, shaded with vines, supported by four small Carystian pillars.  Pompeii [by W. Clarke]. - Seite 242von William Clarke (architect.) - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Mary G. W. Wilson - 1913 - 168 Seiten
...dwarf plane-trees. Beyond there is a walk planted with the smooth and twining Acanthus, where the trees are also cut into a variety of names and shapes. At...the upper end is an alcove of white marble, shaded by vines, supported by four Carystian pillars. From this bench the water, gushing through several little... | |
 | University of Pennsylvania - 1917 - 922 Seiten
...plane-trees. "Beyond these is a walk planted with the smooth and twining Acanthus, where the trees are also cut into a variety of names and shapes. At...the upper end is an alcove of white marble, shaded by vines, supported by four small Carystian pillars. From this bench, the water, gushing through several... | |
 | Liberty Hyde Bailey - 1916 - 684 Seiten
...spot surrounded with a knot of dwarf Plane Trees. Beyond these is a walk . . . where also Trees are cut into a variety of names and shapes. ... At the...marble shaded with Vines, supported by four small Pillars of Corystian Marble. From this bench the water, gushing through several small pipes, falls... | |
 | 1922 - 434 Seiten
...features of the garden, which had great influence in the Renaissance, were described by Pliny as follows: "At the upper end is an alcove of white marble, shaded with vines, and supported by four small Carystian columns. From this semicircular couch, the water, gushing up... | |
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