The gardens at Versailles are a revival of which culture’s ideals?

a. Olmec
b. ancient Greeks and Romans
c. medieval France
d. modern American
e. Lambayeque

b. ancient Greeks and Romans

a. Incorrect. The landscape designers were not influenced by this ancient culture in what is now Mexico.
b. Correct. The landscape designers were heavily influenced by a revival of ancient Greek and Roman ideals, also known as classicism.
c. Incorrect. While Versailles is in France, and the achievements of the medieval French culture were well known to the landscape designers, they did not incorporate these elements into their design.
d. Incorrect. The gardens of Versailles were designed in the seventeenth century, long before modern American society.
e. Incorrect. The landscape designers were not influenced by this pre-Columbian Peruvian culture.