Author Question: According to Leone, which of the following aspects of Annapolis does not reflect an upper-class ... (Read 18 times)

rayancarla1 · **on:** Jul 20, 2018

According to Leone, which of the following aspects of Annapolis does not reflect an upper-class Anglo-American show of power?

a. The layout of the city itself.
b. The formal gardens of wealthy households.
c. Use of optical illusions in landscape architecture to manipulate view and control perspective.
d. No need to demonstrate a knowledge of and control of nature
e. Creation of the illusion of retaining power over one's own wealth

Question 2

How does Leone explain the appearance and popularity of formal Georgian gardens in wealthy Annapolis homes during the mid 18th century?

a. The wildness and lack of order in the gardens represented the Georgian idea that humans could ultimately never triumph over nature, and that natural beauty would always surpass cultural attempts to beautify the natural world.
b. The gardens expressed the Enlightenment idea of the power of reason over nature, and that nature controlled by culture was more desirable and attractive than nature alone.
c. Georgian gardens, like any other stylistic choice, came into favor and went out of favor randomly; the gardens had nothing to do with the rest of Georgian culture.
d. The gardens expressed the ideal of social and economic equality among all people which was popular at the time.
e. The gardens were the work of slaves who brought the ideas of grandeur from their own cultural backgrounds.