LARC 1950 Study Guide - Final Guide: Multiple Choice, Great Salt Lake, Ralph Waldo Emerson

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Landscape Architecture
• Course: LARC 1950
• Professor: Ben O' Hara

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Fountain: the rometta was a miniature composition of the important temples and structures of ancient rome, grid plan offered a choice of paths and a variety of experiences. Subtle allusions were suggested by the placement of statuary. Villa lante: superb expression of renaissance design principles, axial composition juxtaposed against an untamed woodland, central axis of water, control of nature man has control. Chenonceaux: diane de poitiers - created a large garden terrace on the north bank of the river, to the east of the fo(cid:396)e(cid:272)ou(cid:396)t, (cid:449)ith (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:396)t(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts of o(cid:449)e(cid:396)s, (cid:448)egeta(cid:271)les, a(cid:374)d f(cid:396)uit t(cid:396)ees. Cathe(cid:396)i(cid:374)e de(cid:859) medi(cid:272)i - garden terrace on the west side of the forecourt: garden as a venue for spectacles and theatrical entertainments, garden as theatre was expanded upon by the court aristocracy in the 17th century. Idea of allegorical circuit: true realization of the idea of genius loci, envokes a mood/feeling of moving through landscape.