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 <j60 COTTAGii, FARM, AND VILLA ARCHITECTURE. 1686 L will be observed that the effect is produced chiefly by the contiguity of the windows, and the repetition of parts of the very simplest description. Few features in any style are calculated to produce so much effect, at so little expense. An arch is always expres- sive of strength, more particularly when it is semicircular ; and the cooperation of these arches, in this instance, is an idea at once simple and grand. In this as in many other features of Italian Architecture, we see combined the science of the Architect and the knowledge of effect of the painter. Fig. 1687 is a window-head with an architrave, and a moulded sill supported by blocks. Fig. 1688 is a window with a plain facing, supposed to be placed in a projection from a plain wall, and protected by a pent-roof of tiles. 1687 1688 1930. Doors, in all styles of Architecture, are fertile sources of character and orna- ment. In fig. 1 689, h is a doorway constructed with tiks and rubble-work, and displays, 1689