Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Yu Garden
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Accession Number:
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195417
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module EIGHT--6,304 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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Top of the Great Rockery (about 50 feet tall), Ming period with wall in the back (northwest corner of the garden)
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Date of View:
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6/2/2009
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Image description:
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With a height of 14 meters (about 50 feet) at the top of the hill, the Great Rockery is the largest as well as the oldest rockery in the southern region and is a good example of the Ming period.
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module EIGHT
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Culture:
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Chinese
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Subject:
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gardens
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Work Types:
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Landscape Architecture; altered landscapes; gardens
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Work Types:
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buildings; garden structures
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Preferred Title:
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Yu Garden
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Agent Display:
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Pan Yunduan (Chinese landscape architect, 1526-1601)
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Date:
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restored 1956-1961 (restoration)
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Materials:
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plant material, rocks; wood; stucco
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Technique:
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gardening
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Measurement:
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2 ha (area)
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Alternate Title:
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Yu yuan
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Alternate Title:
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Yuyuan Garden
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Alternate Title:
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¿¿
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Locations:
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Shanghai, Shanghai Shi, China
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Ming
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Style/Period:
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Qing
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Classification:
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Landscape Architecture
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Classification:
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Architecture
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