Period Interiors 2 Midterm Study Guide

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Axial planning as demonstrated at the palace of Versailles divides the path into two different halves; arrival from man’s urban world through an open courtyard; and departure into infinity defined as a gradual passage involving this sequence of spaces:

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Civilized World

"Tamed" Nature

"Natural" Nature

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Name the stylized motif shown at right that appeared as relief on many wall, ceiling, and furniture surfaces in French and Spanish interiors.

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Strapwork

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In America, in the Victorian era when these high and prominent roofs became popular, they came to be known__________as in recognition of their supposed originator,__________.

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Mansard

Francois Mansart

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This final stylistic phase of Spanish Baroque design found its way to Latin America along with the Spanish conquerors and became the basis for the religious architecture and design of those regions:

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Churriqueresco

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The east façade of the Louvre as designed by Perrault (below) indicates a turn away from Baroque ostentation to what sort of expression?

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Neoclassicism

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Name two (2) Mudéjar characteristics that influenced subsequent Spanish design:

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1. Geometric ornament that appears in the wood, plaster work and tile

2. The use of bright colors (red, green & particular blues and whites)

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This contemporary piece by artist Lila Jang is an interpretation of what Regency and Rococo furniture type?

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Canapé

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André-Charles Boulle became known for the use of__________, a technique for gilding bronze ornament that was then attached to the corners and edges of furniture.

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Ormolu

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What innovative design feature shown on this plan of Château d'Ancy-le-Franc was a step forward for the planning of residential interiors?

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Passages that parallel the rows of rooms (permitting circulation)

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At the château of Vaux-le-Vicomte, their collaboration marked the beginning of the "Louis XIV style" combining architecture, interior design and landscape design.

Name the architect, the landscape architect, and the painter-decorator (in this order).

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Architect: Louis Le Vau

Landscape: Andre Le Montré

Painter/Decorator: Charles Le Brun

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During the Régence, curving forms became more commonplace; for example, the gently S-curved leg shape came into use. This leg shape is typically referred to as:

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Cabriole

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Based upon his relationship with Francis I, who was thought to have had an influence on the design of Château de Chambord?

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Leonardo Da Vinci

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Name three (3) design features that give the Renaissance château a typically French silhouette.

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High & Prominent Tiled Roof

Chimneys

Dormers

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What project shown in plan below, on the Ile St. Louis in Paris, was an early but major work of Louis Le Vau, a key figure in the development of French architecture and decoration?

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Hôtel Lambert

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Represented here is the art and craft of applying pieces of veneer to a structure to form decorative patterns, designs or pictures. It is called:

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Marquetry

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As a reaction to the Plateresque, around 1500 a new and more reserved style known as __________ appeared, a style most clearly developed in the Escorial.

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Desornamentado

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The great Baroque innovation was the idea that:

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Space doesn't surround architecture but is created by it

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Architecture of the __________ era moved from Baroque exuberance toward a more restrained classicism, finally deserving the stylistic designation Neoclassical, while rooms within can better be described as Rococo. Régence design became more delicate, light, and florid, with flowing curves.

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Louis XV

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Is the chair shown at right a fauteuil or a bergère? Give the two (2) major reasons why.

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Bergére

1. Enclosed Upholstered Arms

2. Loose Seat Cushion

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What is represented in the illustration below? During which French period do we find it as a recurring motif in the detailing of interiors and furnishings?

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Fasces

The Empire Style

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Name two innovations that contributed to the quantity production of damasks, velvets, and wallpapers:

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1. Jacquard Loom

2. Cylinder Printing Techniques

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This designer formalized his innovative design ideas for an urbanism and an architecture (prototype residence shown below) intended to improve society, of a Cité idéale charged with symbols and meanings. He is considered a precursor to the utopians who would follow, and his name is:

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Claude-Nicolas Le Deux

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From its south German base, the provincial __________ style spread northward, as well as into Austria and Switzerland. Like most styles, it did not have a name while it was being made, but was only given one after it had been and gone.

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Biedermeier

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Name the three (3) varieties of the French Rococo chaise longue:

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1. Duchesse Brisée

2. Récamier

3. Méridienne

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What are two things that distinguish a Fauteuil chair.

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1. An armchair with upholstered seat and back

2. Open padded arms

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The unique character of Dutch Renaissance interiors reflects several circumstances that were special to their time and place; describe three (3):

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1. Palaces and chateuax were not important building types & protestant churches aimed for simplicity rather than elaborate.

2. Prosperous wealthy merchants, officials & professionals of the dominant social class lived in houses that didn't strive for extravagance and display

3. Trade by dutch merchant that brought knowledge and actual projects from remote locations, oriental carpets, textiles & porcelains, chinese lacquer

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Below is an alphabetized list of the periods that cover most of the Renaissance, Baroque, and Neoclassical concepts that defined English design. Put them in correct chronological sequence.

Carolean

Elizabethan

Georgian

Jacobean

Queen Anne

Tudor

William and Mary

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Tudor

Elizabethan

Jacobean

Carolean

William and Mary

Queen Anne

Georgian