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What formed the Carnac Manhirs in France?

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Retreating glacier erosion.

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Early civilizations believed that the cave was a sanctuary, and that specific sites had a specific sacred connotation, feel, or ‘spirit of place’. What was the term for this concept?

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Genus loci

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The Nazca Lines are designs inscribed on the ground, what are these lines called?

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Geocliffs

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Term for structures that imitate natural land forms, such as the Ziggurat of Ur?

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Mimetic architecture.

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Who designed the funerary complex of Queen Hatshepsut?

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Senmut

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Where are the casa grande ruins located?

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Arizona

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4 values of classical design

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  1. Simplicity of form
  2. Harmonious proportion
  3. Ornament draw attention to important parts of structures.
  4. Symmetry
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What did Hippodamus invent?

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City planning

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What did the Romans build to transept water to supply water for public baths, pools, fountains, etc?

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Aqueducts

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Which country did the Romans build Hadrian’s wall?

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Scotland border

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In which country is Alhambra located?

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Spain

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How many lion sculptures are in the fountain at court of lions?

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12

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What is a cordonata?

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A gradual sloping road or pathway with cross stripes of brick or stone.

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What is a bosco (Italian) or bosquet (French)?

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A wooded area

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What is a belvedere?

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A high place in a garden for people to admire the beautiful view.

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Methods Michelangelo used to design a cohesive space and create order from chaos on Capitoline Hill?

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  1. Facades to unify - pilasters.
  2. Oval pavement design to break space.
  3. Statue in center - focal point.
  4. Entryway - arched gate from appian way.
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2 elements found in formal gardens that were also used in city squares.

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  1. Center fountains.

2. Obelisks

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Who was appointed by Napoleon III in 1853 to “modernize” Paris?

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Hosmen

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What is the French word that means town/city square?

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Place

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When city governments began to improve their urban spaces, which garden feature was adapted for use to increase the usability and drama of the cityscape?

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Allée

20
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The Nevsky is located in what city?

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St. Petersburg

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What is a parterre de broderie

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Garden bed with an embroidery like design of curlicues and swirls.

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The term for a fruit tree that is trained and and trimmed to spread out in a flat plane against a wall?

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Pollarding

23
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What gardens did André Le Nôtre design?

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  1. Versailles
  2. Les Jardin De Tuileries
  3. Chantilly
  4. Vaux-le-Vicomte
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Design principles of André Le Nôtre

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  1. Garden visible as a while composition.
  2. House and gardens blended to be part of the while composition.
  3. Long avenues and expanses of water created a unified design.
  4. Fountains created rhythm, movement, and focal points.
  5. Used 3D geometry - flat planes of tapia vert, vertical planes of hedges, and overhead planes of trees.
  6. NOT picturesque.
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In what country did capability brown design park-like landscapes?

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England

26
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What’s a folly?

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Classical style buildings in English gardens meant only to be focal points. Not for use.

27
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What estates did capability brown design?

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  1. Blenheim palace
  2. Stourhead
  3. Nuneham
  4. Chatsworth
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2 characteristics of capability brown’s design landscapes

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  1. S-curves
  2. Free form lakes
  3. Grass all way up to the building.
  4. More natural than nature itself.
  5. Smooth topographic transitions.
  6. Gardenless form.
  7. Lots of grading.
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Design characteristics of English garden

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  • grand scale.
  • gently rolling hills.
  • free-form lakes.
  • groves of trees.
  • a unified site plan.
  • use of s-curve.
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Design characteristics of Humphry Repton

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  • Browns successor.
  • writer/artist.
  • came up with “landscape designer”.
  • blended garden to surrounding nature.
  • made “red books” for before/after views.
  • reintroduced more plan gardens.
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What’s “borrowed” landscape?

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Using landscape outside of the garden to make it look bigger.

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Which wall has remained constant to the landscape of china since the 3rd c. BCE?

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The Great Wall of china

33
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What were Yin and Yang in a Chinese garden?

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Yin - tranquilizing female force: “water”

Yang - strong male force: “rock”

34
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What’s a scholar garden?

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A place for study and contemplation.

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Chinese views of nature

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  • life was to be lived in spiritual harmony of nature.
  • believed that there was a unity in nature, with all rings connected.
  • gardens were places of retreat for meditation as it was felt that there was spiritual fulfillment in nature.
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Characteristics of William Kent

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  • use s-curves
  • saw gardens as “scenes”
  • started in stage painting.
  • did groupings of trees and follies
  • viniets were meant to be discovered.

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