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Landscape History: Identification
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
05/04/2011

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Term
The Temple Tomb of Hatshepsut:
Location?
Definition
"Valley of the Kings"
- Deir al Bahri, Egypt
Term
The Temple Tomb of Hatshepsut:
Date?
and Designer?
Definition
1473-1458 B.C.

New Kingdom architect
Term
The Temple Tomb of Hatshepsut:
Patron?
Facts?
Definition
Built for the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut

facts:
- A strong processional axis
- linked to cycle of the Nile River
Term
Casa del Fauno (House of the Faun):
Location?
Date?
Definition
Pompeii, Italy

Built in 1st century A.D.
Term
Casa del Fauno (House of the Faun)
Patron?
Facts?
Definition
Wealthy Citizen

Facts:
- axial sequence
- urban villa
- courtyard typology
Term
Hanging Gardens of Babylon:
Location?
Date?
Definition
Iraq (in ancient city of Babylon)

604- 562 B.C.
Term
Hanging Gardens of Babylon:
Patron?
Facts?
Definition
Nebudchadnezzar II

Facts:
- built for homesick wife who missed the Mtns.
- example of Ziggurat
- early idea of paradise garden
- Gravity fed irrigation system
Term
Belvedere Cortile:
Location?
Date?
Designer?
Definition
Vatican City, Italy

1558-1561

designed by Bramante
Term
Belvedere Cortile:
Patron?
Facts?
Definition
Pope Julius II

Facts:
- Pope's bedroom looks out over axial symmetry and is above the courtyard
- ramp douce
- naumachia (re-enactment of naval battles)
Term
Definition of naumachia:
Definition
is the re-enactment of naval battles, or the basin in which the re-enactment is held.
Term
Alhambra:
Location?
Date?
Designer?
Definition
Granada, Spain

13th & 14th centuries A.D.

Designer: unknown
Term
Alhambra:
Patrons?
facts?
Definition
Built for Islamic rulers:
Yusuf I & Muhammad V

facts:
- aqueducts from Sierra Nevada bring water
- courtyard typology
- water used to cool interior spaces
- "the red palace"
- two main courtyards ( Lions & mMyrtles )
Term
Court of lions is located where?

characteristics?
Definition
Location: Alhambra

facts: four-section fountain
Term
Court of Myrtles is located where?

characteristics?
Definition
Location: Alhambra

facts: sequence of pools and light (system of cooling)
Term
Villa d'Este:
location?
date?
designer?
Definition
Location: Tivoli, Italy (near Rome)

date: 1550-1572 A.D.

Designer: Pirro Ligorio
Term
Villa d'Este:
Patron?
Facts?
Definition
Patron: Cardinal Ippolito d'Este

facts:
- playful water fountains
- steep site
- iconography: "virtue or vice" (d'Este's aspirations to Rome & Papacy
Term
Villa Lante:
location?
date?
designer?
Definition
location: Bagnaia, Italy

date: 1568-1579 A.D.

designer: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
Term
Villa Lante:
patron?
facts?
Definition
patron: Cardinal Giovanni Francessco Gambara

facts:
- garden is filled with allusive allegory that blends humanist thought and family glory.
- crayfish
Term
Villa Lante:
name fountains in order...
Definition
Lion Cub
Moors
Lamps
River Gods
Water Chain
Dolphins
Deluge
Term
Taj Mahal:
location?
date?
designer?
Definition
location: Agra, India

date: 1632 AD

designer: Ustand Ahmad Lahauri
Term
Taj Mahal:
patron?
facts?
Definition
patron: Shah Jahan

facts:
- contains the 4-went water way of the Mughal garden
- main building is a mausoleum
- built for shah's wife - Mumtaz
Term
Versailles:
location?
date?
Definition
location: near Paris, France

date: 1664-1713 A.D.
Term
Versailles:
designers?
patron?
Definition
designers:
- Andre le Notre
- Louis le Vau
- Charles le Brun

parton: King Louis XIV (14th)
Term
Versailles:
facts?
Definition
facts:
- Apollo imagery
- strong axis
- cross axis = reflecting pool
- fountains in sequence= choreographed experience through garden
- example of allee
- example of quincunx
Term
University of Virginia:
location?
date?
designers?
Definition
location: Charlottesville, VA

date: 1819- present

designers:
- Thomas Jefferson
- Benjamin Latrobe
Term
University of Virginia:
patron?
facts?
Definition
patron: Jefferson & State of Virginia

facts:
- example of chinoiserie
- conceptual idea of copying the Pantheon
- North-end of lawn is "Rotunda" (1/2 scale version of pantheon)
Term
Chateau d'Anet:
location?
date?
designer?
Definition
location: Dreux, France

date: 1547-1552 A.D.

designer: Philibert de l'Orme
Term
Chateau d'Anet:
patron?
facts?
Definition
patron: Diane de Poitiers (mistress of Henry II)

facts:
- example of courtyard
- example of chateau
- two main fountains
Term
Garden of the Humble Administrator:
location?
date?
designer?
Definition
location: Sozhou, China

date: 1520's

designer: unknown
Term
The Garden of the Humble Administrator:
patron?
facts?
Definition
patron: Wang Xiawchawg

facts:
- element of moongate
- example of pagoda
- use of grille
- maze of connected pools
Term
Villa Madama:
location?
date?
Definition
location: Rome, Italy

date: 1518
Term
Villa Madama:
designer?
facts?
Definition
designer: Rafael

facts:
- suburban villa
- example of courtyard
- example of column
- famous for its use as a casino
- example of terraced garden
- example of loggia (elephant fountain)
Term
Paley Park:
location?
date?
designers?
Definition
location: New York City

date: 1970-present

designers: Zion & Breen (firm)
Term
Paley Park:
facts?
Definition
facts:
- example of urban oasis
- example of courtyard (walls on three sides)
- example of water fall
Term
Xochimilch Eco Park:
location?
date?
designer?
Definition
location: Mexico City, Mexico

date:1993-present

designer: Government
Term
Xochimilch Eco Park:
facts?
Definition
facts:
- example of chinampas
- declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO
Term
Monastery at St. Gall:
location?
date?
Definition
location: St. Gallen, Switzerland

date: 720 A.D.
Term
Monastery at St. Gall:
facts?
Definition
facts:
- example of a cloister
- founded by Saint Othmar
- is declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO
Term
Macchu Picchu:
location?
date?
designer?
Definition
location: Peru

date: 15th century

designer: built by the Inca's
Term
Macchu Picchu:
patron?
facts?
Definition
patron: Inca Emperor Pachacuti
facts:
- example of terrace garden
- built as temple
- example of citadel
Term
Naumkeag Residence:
location?
date?
designer?
Definition
location: Stockbridge, MA

date: 1886

designer: Fletcher Steele
Term
Naumkeag Residence:
patron?
facts?
Definition
patron: Joseph Hodges Choate

facts:
- terraced gardens
- including:
The Rose Garden
The Afternoon Garden
The Chinese Garden
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