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-The spirit of the place
-Ex) Altar at the Temple of Poseido |
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| =gher (enclose) + eden (pleasure)=Garden |
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Mesa Verde, 15th century
location: San Juan Basin, Colorado
patron: people known as Basket Maker, then later Anasazi
designer: unkown
factoid: testifies to harmony between architecure and nature acheived by Native American builders, built into cliff
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"Temple Tomb of Queen Hatshepsu't"
location: Valley of the Kings
date: 1473-1458
designer: New Kingdon Architect
patron: female Pharaoh Hatshepsut
factoid: Strong processional axis; linked to cycle of Nile, flood brings silt up to surface so vegetation can grow in the area, she aligned herself with the god of earth and vegetation |
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"Casa del Fauno" (circa 1st century AD)
location: Pompeii, Italy
patron: wealthy citizen
designer: unkown
factoids: villa urbana, courtyard typology, axial sequence
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Acome Pueblo, 1200
location: Mexico
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"Villa D'este" (1550-72)
location: Tivoli, Italy
date: 1550-72
designer: Pirro Ligorio
patron: Cardinal Ippolito D'este
factoids: playful water fountains, STEEP SITE, iconography of "virtue or vice", meandering pathway |
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