"The Italians who crossed the by invitation brought with them a technical scenic ability, the s being as well equipped as the ers themselves. Of the former, was probably the greatest. He was a native of , made his name in Rome, and attracted the attention of von Liechtenstein, for whom he built . He appears to have carried out little garden design, but his influence on detail was profound. ... Another architect was , who built the Salesian Nunnery and altered the . Both are as well designed as anything in Austria. Of the scenic designers the working in were the most famous. In Vienna designed theatrical scenery, the monument in the , and the Imperial palace of Favorita (now the ). Of architectural draughtsmen the best was . In the train of the Italians came the craftsmen, men who set a standard of technique as high as at any time."
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Geoffrey Jellicoe
(8 October 1900 – 17 July 1996) was an English , , , , landscape and garden historian, author, and lecturer at the . He served from 1939 to 1949 as president of the (LI) and from 1948 to 1954 as president of the (IFLA). Jellicoe was appointed in 1961 (CBE) and in 1979 (KB). He was elected in 1991 a (RA) and was awarded in 1994 the (VMH).
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