GEK2001/SSA2202 CHANGING LANDSCAPES OF SINGAPORE (C) “Reading national landscapes of Singapore: Nation-building through heritage‚ history‚ signs‚ and symbols” Tanjong Pagar Railway Station Aw Han Wei (Leader) A0098052A Amanda Tan Wen Ke A0100352A Ang Ming Quan‚ Wesley A0096405A Ang Wan Xia Isabel A0100999W Bjorn Lee Hon Han A0096552X Contents 1 Introduction 1 1.1 History 1 1.2 Research Question 1 2 Pre-Ownership 2 2.1 Meanings Inscribed 2 2.1.1 Globalisation and Economic Development
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Colonial and Post-colonial perspectives Perspectives of people and landscape are shaped majorly by the media and written material. The media influences us to believe who is right and who is wrong in relation to the events in the 1800’s between the natives and the whites and written material like novels and movies give us different views on certain events and help us analyse the events from an objective view. White Man’s Burden‚ Secret River and Rabbit-Proof Fence are three examples in which the
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Week 5 Assignment: Community Landscape Project (page 1/5) Student: Tony Donnelly Student ID Number: 15505693 Risk Analysis: Introduction: Milestones are indicators that are inserted into a programme at points of strategic activity. These milestones enable us to track specific events so we can identify certain conditions through the course of a project. In the case of our landscape project we have five milestones inserted into our Gantt chart. They are at task 2 Design backyard‚ task
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Toyo Sesshu Ama no Hashidate Landscape of Mountain and Sandbar Abstract “Ama no Hashidate‚ Landscape of Mountain and Sandbar” (King & Chilvers‚ 2008‚ p. 188) was the masterpiece of Toyo Sesshu. Painted in 1465‚ this piece was created in the style known as “haboku” or broken ink. At a young age Sesshu was trained in the tradition of Chinese ink painting and later became a Buddhist monk. When his training was completed‚ he left China and returned to his native land. Once there he would
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born in Germany in 1830 and at the age of two his family moved to Massachusetts‚ he soon went back to study in Germany where he developed his art abilities. Many of Albert’s art pieces glorify landscapes vividly on actual places he visited while traveling the American West; his fascination with the landscapes grew and expanded his career. The Sierra Nevada Mountains are a reflection of the American West and Passing Storm over the Sierra Nevadas work of art illustrates a “photographic-like” image of
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friend William Bryant. The landscape was based on Kaaterskill Clove‚ located in New York. Christina’s World takes a less-positive approach. It is a 20th century piece
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rainforests‚ rare landmarks‚ fascinating landscapes and deep‚ blue waters. The island of Biliran is named after a creeping plant called “Buro-Biliran.” This magnificent and extraordinary island is found in the Eastern Visayas region here in the Philippines. Biliran Island‚ historically‚ is a part of the Leyte Province but somehow‚ it is turned to a small but united province. Biliran is filled with prestigious landscapes and extraordinary landscapes. With its eight simple and cultural towns
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Roberto Burle Marx was a landscape architect born in São Paulo on 4th of august 1909 to a Brazilian mother and a German father. Burle Marx first developed an interest in the landscape while in Germany studying painting‚ where he visited the Berlin botanical gardens and from there took an interest in Brazil’s native flora. Burle Marx returned to brazil in 1930 where he went to school at the National School of Fine Arts in Rio. Burle Marx started collecting plants and flowers around his home in Sao
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environment-The part of the physical landscape that represents material culture‚ including buildings‚ roads‚ bridges‚ etc. Core-Domain-Sphere Model-The place where concentration of culture traits that characterizes a region is greatest. Cultural Convergence-The tendency for cultures to become more alike as they increasingly share technology and organizational structures in a modern world united by improved transportation and communication. Cultural Landscape-Modification to an environment by
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In Thomas Cole’s The Oxbow he depicts a landscape in the aftermath of a storm. Contrasting darkness into light a clear view is given of the remnants of the storm shown by dark clouds and gnarled trees and metamorphoses into the bright and sunny New England countryside. In comparison Hokusai’s Ejira in Suruga Province‚ also a landscape but shown in a different perspective. Where The Oxbow is seemingly calm and contained‚ Ejira In Suruga Province is a flurry of motion its’ inhabitants scurrying
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