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 952 COTTAGE, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. tered irregular masses, great contrasts of light and shade, broken and plain sur- faces, and great variety of outline against the sky. The blank wall on which the eye reposes ; the towering campanile, boldly contrasted with the horizontal line of roof only broken by a few straggling' chimney tops ; the row of 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. « 1 920. As an Example of a Villa of the regular Kind of Italian Villa Architecture, we may refer to that lately built from the designs of the Italian Architect, Salucci, in the park of Rosenstein, near Stuttgardt, of which fig. 1664 is a general view ; fig. 1 663 the entrance front elevation ; and fig. 1662 a ground plan. The general effect of this palace is simple and grand ; and it is as admirably fitted for the country where there is abundance of space, and no occasion for piling one story over another, as the Tuscan palace of Munich is for the confined space of a city, where the repe- tition of one story over another becomes a necessary part of the design, and con- sequently a characteristic feature. The Rosenstein villa or palace affords a very good example of the internal arrange- ment of the principal apartments, com- mon to Italy and the Continent generally One room communicates with anothei throughout every floor ; differing only in size, and in the number of windows. There are no fireplaces shown, but stoves are placed in one or more of the angles of the rooms, according to their size. As these stoves are heated only once or twice a day, mornings and evenings, and as wood is the fuel used, little or no smoke is pro- duced ; and, therefore, there is the less occasion for conspicuous chimney tops, which could not have the same character of use as in a coal country, where the rooms are heated by open fires, and smoke is issuing from the chimneys during the whole ot the day. In the ground plan, fig. 1 662, a is the entrance hall ; h, a grand hall for dining in on extraordinary occasions, lighted from the sides and from the roof, with galleries at each end for music ; c is the principal saloon ; d d, ascent for carriages to drive under the entrance portico ; e, a flight of steps to the main entrance portico ; /, steps to five other porticoes ; and ^r, flights of steps to loggias or recesses, each with two columns and antfe. 1921. The irregular Italian Villa mav 1660