Word: como
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...simple country houses of Pliny and the somewhat more elaborate villas of Cicero would form a not unfitting background to the life of today. In the Italian villa we find brought into subjection the main ideas and features of its Roman predecessor. On the borders of Lake Como we find the best examples of these houses. Here the blue waters of the lake contrast strongly with the pure white country houses with which the lake is bordered. Art and nature seem to have combined to make a paradise. During the Renaissance the art of building was continually changing, largely owing...