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History and Theory 2 exam 1
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
03/03/2010

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Term
l’architecture parlant
Definition
ledoux’s idea that a building should explain its function
Expressive architecture
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Associationism
Definition
Using one form to elude to something else completely different
Term
Cenotaph
Definition
Tomb or monument for someone who isn’t present
Term
Eclecticism
Definition
Multiple styles pulled from to form something new
Term
Ecole des Beaux-Arts
Definition
Art schools in france
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The Enlightenment
Definition
major developments in science in 18th century
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Neoclassicism
Definition
Classical elements applied in inaccurate ways
Term
Neo-Palladianism
Definition
Palladian inspired architecture
Term
Quoins
Definition
Corner stones of brick walls.
Stand out from rest of wall
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Rococo
Definition
Interior style of the French that follows baroque. elaborate
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Pavilion
Definition
looks like a gazebo.
found in a garden
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Rotunda
Definition
Building with circular plan covered by dome
Term
Rustication
Definition
Roughly cut stone with deep seams
Term
Structural Rationalism
Definition
making it apparent as to what is keeping a building standing
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Vitruvius Britannicus
Definition
Colen Campbell
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roof-top obelisks of Chiswick House
Definition
housed chimney flues
Term
criticisms of Ledoux's toll houses
Definition
Symbols of government taxation and inappropriate interpretations of classical language
Term
Arcadia
Definition
ideal place featured in picturesque paintings and architecture
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Sublime
Definition
beautiful terror
Term
Folly
Definition
Element in garden that is meant to draw the eye
often made to look like a ruin or classical piece of architecture
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Grotto
Definition
small, artificial cave
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Ha-ha
Definition
Ditch that acts a as a barrier to keep sheep in a pasture
Term
romanticism
Definition
counter movement to industrialization in second half of the 18th century
Term
Romantic Classicism
Definition
classical elements romanticized.
often misinterpreted
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1. Romanticism was a complementary movement to Neoclassicism and many architects designed in both modes
Definition
TRUE
Term
Academical village
Definition
educational buildings built around central lawn.
Term
Cabinet of curiosities
Definition
first public museum
Term
Federal style
Definition
Classically inspired architecture in America in late 18th century to early 19th
Term
Nonsectarian
Definition
Not associated with the church
Term
Second Empire
Definition
Term
Serpentine walls
Definition
Wavey walls that surrounded the ranges behing the pavilions
Term
Ranges (as at UVA)
Definition
Ranges (as at UVA)
Term
surveyor general
Definition
architect to the crown
Christopher Wren
Term
piranesi
Definition
associated with romantic classicism
elaborate drawings of rome and its ruins
moved onto more fantastical drawings of impossible spaces
Term
founder of palladian revival in england
Definition
indigo jones
Term
The Primitive Hut
Definition
emphasized the underlying principles of the architectural model: trabeation and a pitched roof.
Term
designer of grand bridge at blenheim
Definition
john vanbrugh
Term
long gallery
Definition
long, narrow room used for exercise and display of artwork.
Term
Blenheim Palace
Definition
1705-1725
Oxfordshire, England
House
architects: John Vanbrugh and Nicholas Hawksmoor
patron: commissioned by Queen Anne for the duke of marlborough
Term
Karlskirche
Definition
1715
Vienna
Architect: John Bernhard and Fischer Von Erlach
Church
Use of eclecticism
Dedicated to st. charles
Term
Chiswick House
Definition
1725-1729
Lord Burlington (architect and Patron)
William Kent (interiors)
Palladian windows and thermal windows
Flues in obelisks
Term
Barriere de la Villette, 1784-1789
Definition
Claude Ledoux
Toll gate in paris
Term
Cenotaph for Sir Isaac Newton, 1784
Definition
Ettienne Louis Boulle
Never actually built
very geometric
Term
Blenheim Gardens, beg. 1764
Definition
Charles Bridgeman: landscape architect
Redid by Capability Brown
John Vanbrugh: architect
Henry Wise: Master gardener
Very symmetrical
Big bridge
Term
Stourhead Gardens, beg. 1740s
Definition
Colen Campbell: Architect
Henry Hoare II: Patron/designer
Allegorical garden (based on story on aneus)
Term
Strawberry Hill, beg. 1748
Definition
Horace Walpole: patron
Twickenham
Term
Altes Museum, 1824- 1828
Definition
Berlin
Karl friedrich Schinkel: architect
Greek on outside roman on inside
made to look like pantheon on inside
Term
Soane House and Museum, 1806-1824
Definition
Sir Johan Soane: architect
Lots of skylights
First public museum
Term
The University of Virginia, 1817-1826
Definition
Thomas Jefferson: architect
10 pavilions with ranges behind each leading to dorms
used as architectural examples for students
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