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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Balboa Park (San Diego, California, United States)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalcompleted 1935 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorRequa, Richard Smithen_US
dc.date1934-1935en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-31T15:09:27Z
dc.date.available2013-12-31T15:09:27Z
dc.date.issued1934-1935en_US
dc.identifier244641en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2934en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/153079
dc.descriptionMoorish star-shaped fountain in polychrome glazed tile; Alcazar Garden, named because its design is patterned after the gardens of the Alcazar in Seville, Spain, lies adjacent (west side) to the Art Institute and Mingei Museum. It is known for its ornate fountains, turquoise blue, yellow, and green Moorish tiles and shady pergola. The formal garden is bordered by boxwood hedges, and planted with 7,000 annuals throughout the year. The garden has been reconstructed to replicate the 1935 design by San Diego architect Richard Requa. Requa was the Master Architect for the California Pacific International Exposition held in Balboa Park in 1935-1936. He improved and extended many of the already existing buildings from the 1915 exposition, as well as creating new facilities including the Old Globe Theater. Source: Balboa Park (San Diego) [website]; http://www.balboapark.org/ (accessed 7/23/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumglazed polychrome ceramic tile; plant materialen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectbotanicalen_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjectCalifornia Pacific International Exposition (1935-1936 : San Diego, Calif.)en_US
dc.subjectGardensen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.subjectMoorish Revivalen_US
dc.titleBalboa Park; Alcazar Gardenen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-US-SD-BP-D04en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniquefabrication attributes: ceramics, gardeningen_US
vra.worktypegardenen_US
vra.worktypefountainen_US
dc.contributor.displayRichard Smith Requa (American architect, 1881-1941)en_US


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