Details Title: American Art Description: american art history from the colonial period, federal,and romanitic periods Total Flash Cards: 10 Created: 03/12/2009 08:56:11		New Users: To study from this flashcard set, or to create your own your own study flash cards, REGISTER HERE. Existing Users: CLICK HERE. Additional Art History Flashcards
Cards in this set: Term Jacques le moyne de morgues Definition 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. Term John White Definition 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 Term Castillo de san marcos Definition -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. Term Pueblo tradition Definition • Adobe, puddling. Irregular. Effective as insulation. Bold simplicity. Virtually no winsows. against the heat of the desert. Term Kass Definition a dutch name for a decarative art that looks like a wardrobe Term Gateleg table Definition utilitarian table that would have had multiple functions Term The marriage chest Definition 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 Term the grand chair Definition would be for the patriarch. Said a lot about power and authority. Most of the other people sat in stools or benches. Term Adam Thoroughgood House Definition 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 Term Robert Mills Definition native born architect. designed the treasure building and the washington monument, which i the tallest obelisk in the world.