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COMPOSITION FORMELLE [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1998-03-31
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Landscape Architecture
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- formal design
1, record 1, English, formal%20design
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- formal layout 2, record 1, English, formal%20layout
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Because we are more accustomed to recognizing and accepting objects with equally distributed parts on a vertical axis, we identify this visual satisfaction as balance. When both sides of an axis are mirror images of each other, they are in symmetry, a landscape formula used for generations in so-called formal garden layouts. Its opposite is asymmetry (or occult balance) and provides us with the design term "informal". 2, record 1, English, - formal%20design
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Architecture paysagère
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- composition régulière
1, record 1, French, composition%20r%C3%A9guli%C3%A8re
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- composition formelle 2, record 1, French, composition%20formelle
correct, feminine noun
- tracé régulier 3, record 1, French, trac%C3%A9%20r%C3%A9gulier
masculine noun
- tracé géométrique 4, record 1, French, trac%C3%A9%20g%C3%A9om%C3%A9trique
correct, see observation, masculine noun, specific
- tracé classique 1, record 1, French, trac%C3%A9%20classique
correct, see observation, masculine noun, specific
- tracé à la française 1, record 1, French, trac%C3%A9%20%C3%A0%20la%20fran%C3%A7aise
correct, see observation, masculine noun, specific
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
On blâme ou on loue sans réserve l'emploi du tracé dit "à la française". Encore faut-il avant toute chose s'entendre sur la signification du terme sous lequel on arrive à englober aussi bien le vrai style classique et ses imitations (qu'il serait plus juste de dénommer jardins réguliers) que les jardins établis sur une trame de lignes géométriques à dominantes rectilignes. Dans un esprit voisin, ce sont trois formes qu'il faut cependant dissocier. 1, record 1, French, - composition%20r%C3%A9guli%C3%A8re
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Dès le point de départ de l'étude on prend le parti d'établir, par exemple, un jardin libre ou un tracé géométrique. 2, record 1, French, - composition%20r%C3%A9guli%C3%A8re
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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