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    cultural landscapes is the importance that society feels when preserving or creating a unique landscape that gives a memory of what an area looked like in the past. Geoffrey Cubitt in History and Memory defines this idea of memory and cultural landscapes by stating that this relationship is the awareness of the past‚ which is preserved or created by society for their memory (Cubitt‚ 15-16). With this quote‚ Cubitt gives the impression that the relationship between memory and cultural landscapes lies

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    Landscape Architects Play Central Role in Green Design August 6‚ 2009 Need to stop flooding or reduce stormwater runoff and sewer overflows? Looking to ease demand on treatment plants and avoid the cost of expansion? Seeking cleaner air or water? Interested in recharging an aquifer‚ rebuilding a shoreline or remediating a brownfield? Trying to stem highway pollution? Need to rebalance a watershed or ecosystem? f so‚ a landscape architect may be in your future. The design professional—until

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    Manufactured Landscapes The Manufactured Landscapes film had talked about the factories in China. There is huge factory with thousands of workers. All of Chinese workers are very quiet and focused to work on their own jobs. They required to do really fast worker and process to get everything in made on time. Most of them are wearing a yellow uniforms with yoke (green) and (ivory); a different groups in a different department. Ladies are wearing the blue bananas to protect their hair into their

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    Landscape with a Watermill by George Barret is an oil painting of a rural forest scene. The painting features an old‚ although working‚ dilapidated watermill‚ weary travelers on a grassy ledge‚ a rundown shack‚ and alert cows. Up above‚ grey clouds indicate an impending storm. In this painting‚ Barret wanted to depict the uncertainness of the future by emphasizing the central figures. To do this‚ he expertly used the elements of art. In the foreground of the painting‚ there are two people resting

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    for them‚and she says Lazarus would never do anything for himself as long as she’s there.” (page 107). Piquette hates everyone back because that is the way she has been treated‚ “Piquette looked at me with a sudden flash of scorn” (page 109). Margaret Laurence has connected the Tonnerre way of life with the loons at Diamond Lake. Just like the Tonnerres‚ humans have invaded the loons’ native land forcing them to live in a small “reservations” also known as Diamond Lake that they may lose in a

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    than the others that was made between 1450 to 1750 was‚ Nicolas Poussin’s‚ Landscape with St. John on Patmos. Knowing from my past art history research and education‚ Nicolas Poussin is considered to be one of the most influential French artists of his era‚ with this painting being a great example of why he can take that honor. This painting is an example of a new style of thoroughly set and highly idealized classical landscape. The painting is 39(1//2) by 53(5/8) inches‚ using oil paints on canvas

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    Emily Blanzy The Relationship between Postfeminism and Power Politics Margaret Atwood’s‚ Bodily Harm‚ details the descent of a Canadian woman named Rennie from normalcy to physical‚ emotional and psychological disturbance. Rennie undergoes a partial mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer‚ suffers the disintegration of her romantic relationship with Jake and finds herself entrenched in the political upheaval of the Caribbean island St. Antoine. Rennie lives rather apathetically;

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    Consider how important a role description of landscape and setting play in the two novels you have studied. You should make detailed reference to your core text A Room with a View and wider reference to your partner text‚ The Remains of the Day. Forster makes it evident that the roles of landscape and setting play a significant part throughout his novel A Room with a View. They appear to play key stages among the journeys of different characters‚ particularly Lucy‚ who represses her emotions

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    urbanisation has occurred in many places around the globe. The urbanisation is something that people sometimes did not realize the changes. This paper will discuss about the urbanisation that are rapidly happen in our world today and how the roles of landscape architecture professions could also take a major part in the situation. 2. Definition of Urbanisation 1. Definition According to Nsiah-Gyaabah (retrieved on 24 October 2011)‚ urbanisation is the shift from a rural to an

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    KAMPUNG JAWA BRIDGE Bridges and river are historic features. Rivers are a huge natural flow of water crosses land area that links to the ocean. It is one of the most beautiful creation of God. On the other hand‚ bridges are creation of human which hold memories of the historic past. They are known as structures that connect from one point to the other point. For designers point of view‚ it is a problem solving method to design and construct bridges according to the function and human needs. Although

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