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borrowed scenery [1 record]

Record 1 2004-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

All or part of an adjacent landscape, the features of which figure in the composition of the landscape or garden at hand.

OBS

See also "extensional landscape".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

Le site [...] participe directement à l'agrément de la composition qui se caractérise alors par un élément dominant ouvert sur le paysage extérieur.

CONT

[...] un décor de premier plan laissera le regard s'échapper sur une zone de repos (généralement gazon) pour se terminer sur un décor de fond qui fermera le jardin (composition fermée) ou encadrera une échappée vers le paysage extérieur (composition ouverte).

OBS

Voir aussi "paysage environnant".

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura paisajista
DEF

Conjunto de vistas que se observan desde una unidad de paisaje y que están situadas fuera de ella.

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