LARC-1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Caspian Sea, Machu Picchu, Qin Shi Huang
22 Nov 2017
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Ex) moss garden of saino-ji temple: phase 3: maromachi (1333-1573) and momoyama (1573, zen buddhism influences the creation of gardens for transcendent contemplation. Ex) ryoan-ji: traditional tea pavilions and gardens create aristocratic meeting places, phase 4: edo period (1615-1868) Dwarf trees or plants that are aesthetically pleasing. House is asymmetrically geometric and garden is organic in design asymmetry and informal. House is planned and built on a mathematical model based on tatami mat dimensions with movable translucent portions. Ancient india: social history, in 1500 bc the indus valley civilization or harappan was overpowered by the aryan race from the caspian sea area, in 327 bc, the greeks under alexander the great invaded. India: emperor asoka (272-232bc) united india, renounced war, and adopted buddhism, 1175 ad the first major muslim invasion, 1526 the mughul empire, 1757 the british empire, 1947 independence of india, philosophy.
