Word: tufts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...varied landscape forms the background. The country is hilly, like that in the environs of Florence; bare rocks alternate with wooded knolls; villas, castles and hamlets nestle in the valleys, and at intervals, cedars, cypresses, palms and orange trees stand out with glossy trunks and no branches but a tuft of leaves crowning their summits. Among the crags of the central hill, topped by a stately castle, a hunting scene is depicted, while greyhounds, falcons and other beasts and winged creatures add to the interest of the composition...