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Preferred Iconography For Development Of New Garden Identity, Mina Kaboudarahangi, Osman Mohd Tahir, Mustafa Kamal M.S Sep 2012

Preferred Iconography For Development Of New Garden Identity, Mina Kaboudarahangi, Osman Mohd Tahir, Mustafa Kamal M.S

Mina Kaboudarahangi

The intention of this study is to highlight the importance of garden in creating national landscape identity. Malaysia with great interest and potential with three main ethnic groups was selected as a case study. It is presumed that people with divers cultural backgrounds would have difference opinions about gardens. With the attention to the visual and artistic quality of gardens, an iconographic method dealing with both art and history was selected in this study. It concluded that garden iconography should be understood as a collection of stimuli that is open to perception, interpretation, and judgment. Consequently, four gardens among well …


Moche Architectural Vessels: Small Structures, Big Implications, Juliet Wiersema Apr 2012

Moche Architectural Vessels: Small Structures, Big Implications, Juliet Wiersema

Andean Past

No abstract provided.


Iconographic Method And The Development Of Emerging Garden’S Identity, Mina Kaboudarahangi, Osman Mohd Tahir, Mustafa Kamal M.S Apr 2012

Iconographic Method And The Development Of Emerging Garden’S Identity, Mina Kaboudarahangi, Osman Mohd Tahir, Mustafa Kamal M.S

Mina Kaboudarahangi

Garden design has been described as a category of fine arts with a long association with landscape painting. Thus, gardens can be considered as a work of art due to their artistic nature and value. Accordingly, like other artistic artefacts, they can be studied and recognized by their specific icons. This is very true for a number of well-known gardens in the world, like Persian, English, Japanese and Chinese gardens, which are recognized through their individual icons. However, emerging gardens still do not possess any icons that people can identify them with. Consequently, there is a need for these gardens …


The Potential Of Iconography As A Method In The Development Of A New Garden Identity, Mina Kaboudarahangi, Osman Mohd Tahir, Mustafa Kamal M.S Dec 2011

The Potential Of Iconography As A Method In The Development Of A New Garden Identity, Mina Kaboudarahangi, Osman Mohd Tahir, Mustafa Kamal M.S

Mina Kaboudarahangi

Garden design has been described as a category of fine arts and, it has a long time interrelationship with the art of painting. Gardens can be defined as works of art due to their artistic values. Therefore, like other artifacts, they can be studied and recognized by their specific icons. Numerous famous historical gardens in the world are recognized through their individual icons. However, newly developing gardens do not yet posses any icons that represent them. Nevertheless, these new gardens should be developed, recognized and identified through their particular icons, to exhibit their exclusive identities. Hence, this paper will discuss …


Preferred Iconography In Developing Garden Identity For Malaysia, Mina Kaboudarahangi Dec 2011

Preferred Iconography In Developing Garden Identity For Malaysia, Mina Kaboudarahangi

Mina Kaboudarahangi

Malaysia has always been proud of her unique natural environment and cultural heritages, but still is searching for an exclusive identity of its own gardens. There is a great potential for development of a garden identity for the country, based on her rich legacy in traditions, cultures and beliefs, through which she could identify herself. The nation has a complex population composed of Malay, Chinese and Indian races. Hence, the icon, form, quality and appearance that are going to be introduced for Malaysian gardens should be appreciated, valued and respected by the Malaysian publics with diverse culture and preferences. This …


Visual Preferences For The Development Of A Malaysian Garden Identity, Mina Kaboudarahangi, Osman Mohd Tahir, Mustafa Kamal M.S, Suhardi Maulan Nov 2011

Visual Preferences For The Development Of A Malaysian Garden Identity, Mina Kaboudarahangi, Osman Mohd Tahir, Mustafa Kamal M.S, Suhardi Maulan

Mina Kaboudarahangi

Malaysia is a developing country that has been experiencing rapid development since its independence in 1957. The country-with its unique natural and cultural heritage-is in need of projecting its own landscape identity through the development of a distinct national garden identity. This paper discusses a study that used Content Identifying Methodology to determine Malaysian public preferences among the iconographies of four selected well-established gardens, with the purpose of determining visual preferences of Malaysians for their own developing gardens. The results of the study found that plants, water, and traditional architectural features imbued with meaning were the preferred elements for a …


Presentation For Viva In Upm, Mina Kaboudarahangi Jan 2011

Presentation For Viva In Upm, Mina Kaboudarahangi

Mina Kaboudarahangi

No abstract provided.


Research Reports Andean Past 6, Tamara L. Bray, Cristobal Landazuri, Cesar Veintimilla, Earl H. Lubensky, Allison Paulsen, Hector Neff, Michael Glascock, Ralph Rowlett, Steven Velasquez, Jessica Coats, Pamela J. Hale, Julia Anne Wagner, Gene Keay, Jessica Aberle, Ronald D. Lippi, Izumi Shimada, Julie Farnum, Jack Rossen, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Daniel Belknap, Stacy H. Schafer Rogers, Jeffrey N. Rogers, Kate Pechenkina, Richard L. Burger, Lucy Salazar Burger, Robert A. Benfer Jr., Neil Duncan, Bernardino Ojeda, Deborah Pearsall, Lawrence Kuznar, Joe Vradenburg, Krzysztof Makowski Hanula, Mercedes Delgado Agurto, Donald A. Proulx, Ana Nieves, Henry Falcon Amado, Miriam Gavilan Roayza, David Johnson, Frances A. Riddell, Richard Brooks, Anna Noah, Alina Aparicio, Sheilagh Brooks, Sandra Asmussen, J. Arthur Freed, Marie Cottrell, Lidio Valdez, William Fowlks, Zasha Trivisonno, Frances Durocher, John Schaller, Nathan Parker, Dwight Wallace, Julio Manrique, Grace Katterman, Oscar Bendezu, Catherine Julien, Margaret Enrile, Juan Segura, Harold W. Borns Jr., Sarah Osgood Brooks, Rolando Paredes, Maria Del Carmen Sandweiss, Heather Mcinnis, Trevor Ott, Osvaldo Chozo, Miguel Cabrera, Arturo Santos, Ted Mcclure, Ben Tanner, Fred Andrus, Julissa Ugarte, David Sanger, Dolores Piperno, Elizabeth Reitz, Howard Melville, Bruce Smith, Richard C. Sutter, Christine A. Hastorf, Matt Bandy, Lee Steadman, Kate Moore, William Whitehead, Jose Luis Paz, Melissa Goodman Elgar, Ian Hodder, Donald Johnson, John Southon, Susan D. De France, David W. Steadman, Deborah Blom, Claudia Rivera, Sonia Alconini, Sigrid Arnott, Emily Dean, David Kojan, Rene Ayon, Franz Choque, Mario Montano Aragon Jan 2000

Research Reports Andean Past 6, Tamara L. Bray, Cristobal Landazuri, Cesar Veintimilla, Earl H. Lubensky, Allison Paulsen, Hector Neff, Michael Glascock, Ralph Rowlett, Steven Velasquez, Jessica Coats, Pamela J. Hale, Julia Anne Wagner, Gene Keay, Jessica Aberle, Ronald D. Lippi, Izumi Shimada, Julie Farnum, Jack Rossen, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Daniel Belknap, Stacy H. Schafer Rogers, Jeffrey N. Rogers, Kate Pechenkina, Richard L. Burger, Lucy Salazar Burger, Robert A. Benfer Jr., Neil Duncan, Bernardino Ojeda, Deborah Pearsall, Lawrence Kuznar, Joe Vradenburg, Krzysztof Makowski Hanula, Mercedes Delgado Agurto, Donald A. Proulx, Ana Nieves, Henry Falcon Amado, Miriam Gavilan Roayza, David Johnson, Frances A. Riddell, Richard Brooks, Anna Noah, Alina Aparicio, Sheilagh Brooks, Sandra Asmussen, J. Arthur Freed, Marie Cottrell, Lidio Valdez, William Fowlks, Zasha Trivisonno, Frances Durocher, John Schaller, Nathan Parker, Dwight Wallace, Julio Manrique, Grace Katterman, Oscar Bendezu, Catherine Julien, Margaret Enrile, Juan Segura, Harold W. Borns Jr., Sarah Osgood Brooks, Rolando Paredes, Maria Del Carmen Sandweiss, Heather Mcinnis, Trevor Ott, Osvaldo Chozo, Miguel Cabrera, Arturo Santos, Ted Mcclure, Ben Tanner, Fred Andrus, Julissa Ugarte, David Sanger, Dolores Piperno, Elizabeth Reitz, Howard Melville, Bruce Smith, Richard C. Sutter, Christine A. Hastorf, Matt Bandy, Lee Steadman, Kate Moore, William Whitehead, Jose Luis Paz, Melissa Goodman Elgar, Ian Hodder, Donald Johnson, John Southon, Susan D. De France, David W. Steadman, Deborah Blom, Claudia Rivera, Sonia Alconini, Sigrid Arnott, Emily Dean, David Kojan, Rene Ayon, Franz Choque, Mario Montano Aragon

Andean Past

No abstract provided.


Perspectives On Andean Prehistory And Protohistory: Papers From The Third Annual Northeast Conference On Andean Archaeology And Ethnohistory, Daniel H. Sandweiss, D. Peter Kvietok, Patricia Netherly, Michael A. Malpass, Dwight T. Wallace, Richard E. Daggett, John R. Topic, Tom D. Dillehay, Lawrence Kaplan, Elizabeth Bonnier, Coreen E. Chiswell, Stuart V. Arnold, Monica Barnes Jan 1986

Perspectives On Andean Prehistory And Protohistory: Papers From The Third Annual Northeast Conference On Andean Archaeology And Ethnohistory, Daniel H. Sandweiss, D. Peter Kvietok, Patricia Netherly, Michael A. Malpass, Dwight T. Wallace, Richard E. Daggett, John R. Topic, Tom D. Dillehay, Lawrence Kaplan, Elizabeth Bonnier, Coreen E. Chiswell, Stuart V. Arnold, Monica Barnes

Andean Past Special Publications

This volume represents eight of the eighteen papers presented at the Third Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory held at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst on October 27 and 28, 1984. It also includes a paper presented at the Second NCAAE held at the American Museum of Natural History on November 19-20, 1983. The papers include: "Wandering Shellfish: New Insights from Southeastern Coastal Ecuador" by Patricia Netherly, "Late Prehistoric Terracing at Chijra in the Collca Valley, Peru: Preliminary Report I" by Michael A. Malpass, "The Topara Tradition: An Overview" by Dwight T. Wallace, "The Peruvian North Central Coast During …


Investigations Of The Andean Past: Papers From The First Annual Northeast Conference On Andean Archaeology And Ethnohistory, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Michael A. Malpass, Thomas C. Patterson, Joan M. Gero, Rebecca R. Stone, Richard E. Daggett, Allison C. Paulsen, Christine C. Brewster-Wray, Lynda E. Spickard, William H. Isbell, Cheryl Daggett, T. Mcgreevy, R. Shaughnessy, Joel Rabinowtiz, Paul Dillon Apr 1983

Investigations Of The Andean Past: Papers From The First Annual Northeast Conference On Andean Archaeology And Ethnohistory, Daniel H. Sandweiss, Michael A. Malpass, Thomas C. Patterson, Joan M. Gero, Rebecca R. Stone, Richard E. Daggett, Allison C. Paulsen, Christine C. Brewster-Wray, Lynda E. Spickard, William H. Isbell, Cheryl Daggett, T. Mcgreevy, R. Shaughnessy, Joel Rabinowtiz, Paul Dillon

Andean Past Special Publications

The papers included in this volume represent fourteen of the twenty-three original papers presented at the First Annual Northeast Conference on Andean Archaeology and Ethnohistory held at Cornell University on November 13th and 14th, 1982. The papers are: "The Preceramic Occupations of the Casma Valley, Peru" by Michael A. Malpass, "The Historical Development of a Coastal Andean Social Formation in Central Peru, 6000 to 500 B.C." by Thomas C. Patterson, "Stone Tools in Ceramic Contexts: Exploring the Unstructured" by Joan M. Gero, "Possible Uses, Roles, and Meanings of Chavin-style Painted Textiles of South Coast Peru" by Rebecca R. Stone, "Megalithic …