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American Art
american art history from the colonial period, federal,and romanitic periods
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Art History
Undergraduate 4
03/12/2009

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Jacques le moyne de morgues
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accompanied laudonniere to create pictures of the new world.
"chief athore visits ribauts column"- column establishes claim as king of france,inaccuracies with pale blond native americans and displayed fruit that didnt exist in florida.
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John White
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Raleigh sent a compant to Roanoke, john white went to create pictures of the region, people and flora.
-"indian village of secoton"- he used an english elizabethan style where line defines the form
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Castillo de san marcos
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-Was the oldest city in America
-An English colony was only 200 miles up the cost so the Spanish wanted it to be fortified
-Typical of European fortifications
-Made from coquina that doesn’t shatter upon impact.
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Pueblo tradition
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• Adobe, puddling. Irregular. Effective as insulation. Bold simplicity. Virtually no winsows. against the heat of the desert.
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Kass
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a dutch name for a decarative art that looks like a wardrobe
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Gateleg table
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utilitarian table that would have had multiple functions
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The marriage chest
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The father would start it when the girl was born and give it to her when she got married. It was a many times used as a showoff pieces and part of her dowry. Blanket storage usually. Two drawers below for something else
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the grand chair
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would be for the patriarch. Said a lot about power and authority. Most of the other people sat in stools or benches.
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Adam Thoroughgood House
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1636- one of the oldest houses in virgina. The owner of it, came as an indentured servant and rose rapidly to wealth and later served as a judge. You could rise rather quickly. The brick patterns- are Flemish. Casement windows. fire places on either end
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Robert Mills
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native born architect. designed the treasure building and the washington monument, which i the tallest obelisk in the world.
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