Small Works and In-Depth Preparation

Identify strengths in The Street, decide to intentionally exploit those in your next work The Garden.  Refer also to the strengths you demonstrated in past units.

·         Good sense of perceptive

·         Good craftsmanship

·         Clean and simple line art style

·         Skilled illustrator

·         Buckminster Fuller--When was he working?

       Fuller began after 1947 with the geodesic dome.

·         Ha-has (recessed walls)--where do you find these?

       A ha-ha is a design that lets a wall keep its function while being able to see over that wall.                  You usually find these in Europe.

·         Parco del Mostri--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

      Bomerzo, Italy; Commissioned in 1552

·         Roman Forum--What function did it have? Where, when, what's your favorite image?

The center place where elections, speeches, trials, and gladiator matches went down.

The city of Rome

·         Boboli Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Florence, Italy; From the 16th through the 18th centuries

·         Jardin du Luxembourg--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

6th arrondissement of Paris; 1612

·         Tivoli Garden (Italy)--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Tivoli, Lazio, central Italy; 16th-century

·         Bernini's Four Rivers--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Piazza Navona in Rome, Italy; 1651

·         Jean Dubuffet's Jardin d'Emaille--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands; 1978

·         Stowe Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Stowe, Buckinghamshire; late 17th century

·         Stourhead Garden--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Mere, Wiltshire, England; Since early 17th century and through-out

·         Washington DC parks (any park space, structure, monument, or public artwork of your choice)--Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Washington, D.C; Designed and built between 1912 and 1940

·         Viscaya Museum--Why is this in Miami?  What is it named after? Who is responsible for it being built?  Where, when, what's your favorite image?

Responsible for it being built: James Deering . Deering chose Miami becausehis father had already had a house in Coconut Grove. He liked the name Vizcaya and thought it was easy to pronounce.

Miami, Florida; Built 1914–23

·         Fairchild Tropical Garden--Why is this in Miami?  Who is it named after?  Where, when, what's your favorite image?

      The garden was made because Robert H. Montgomery loved plants and plant life.

      Miami, Florida; 1936