LARC 1160- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 42 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Unit 1: housing, larger areas only for residency, small, very close together. Islam and mughul india (1526-1707ad: environment, there is evidence of islam in india since 8th century, mughul. Chabutra is an elevated stone platform on which the emperor sits. Celebration and entertainment taking place in the garden: ram bagh (1528) Chadar scalloped stone ramp that carries water between two levels, creates ripples and sparkle: comes from verse from koran. Fountains are gravity fed: pleasure garden of kashmir. Shalamar bagh: site chosen by jahangir between mountains and lake, built by shah jahan, plan includes three levels, tiered, quadripartite, mirror symmetry, leveld and terraced, enclosed by walls, tomb gardens. Taj mahal: built by shah jahan in 1632 in memory of his wife, mughul tomb garden, tomb not placed in the center but on the side, masterpiece. 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.
