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St. Estevan, Acoma Pueblo, 1629-1642, Juan Ramirez
Architecture- made of adobe mud bricks- European style of making bricks in wooden forms and baking them in the sun, built by pueblo women and girls trained by priest, has 2 towers, with a European plan-with a long nave that led to the sanctuary where the altar was located, Fascade has a central portal and large bell towers at each side, virtually windowless walls, projecting beam poles, flat roof constructed of timber beams which brush was laid upon and then more adobe, Religious mission, Minimal Baroque flourishes, side towers try and imitate cathedral in Mexico City but modified by the techniques and the materials of the natives, symmetrical |
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Parlange Plantation. Point Coupee Parish, 1785-95, anon
the form is architecture, the medium is cypress mud, plaster, and moss, brick basement, built by Ternant, The house appears symmetrical but windows and doors fallow interior plan not the exterior plan, the hallways, exterior wrap around porch serves as the hallways, french windows allow for ventilation of the house, Some french Neo classical influences, but mainly influenced by Caribbean designs- hipped roof with the wrap around porch and the high brick basement, Private residence, |
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Bacon's Castle, Surrey County, VA 1665
(Allen house) Architecture- Medium- brick Hall and parlor plan with towers, 2.5 stories, symmetrical design with the gabled porch that creates a central vertical axis, triple chimney, Private residence, |
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Parson Capen House, Topsfield MA, 1683
Anonymous Architecture- medium- wood brick and stone Hall and parlor plan with a winding stair case, 2 stories with an attic, 3 chimneys, almost symmetrical door is slightly of center due to 2 cottage plan, has no nails uses pegs, diamond panned casement better insulation and preservation, utilitarian, not elegant, simplistic and minimal decoration,penndel decorative devices, private residence, medieval style from English country side, steep pitch give Gothic feel, no classical decorations, more middle class |
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Old ship meeting House
Hingham, 1681, Anon Architecture- medium -wood Auditorium style, belfry, boxy structure with no ornamentation, hipped roof with a large steeple pitched gable, wooden beams exposed, public uses for meetings and religion |
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John Freake, anon, 1671-1674
painting-medium oil on canvas lawyer and merchant intricately detailed clothing, hair length, clothing, jewelry denotes status, buttons, reaction to classisim influence of neo-medieval portraits of Elizabethan and Jacobean England, |
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Elizabeth and Mary Freake
1671-1674 jewelry, chair table, lace, clothing denotes wealth, baby added later more colors, attention to same detail neo-medieval style |
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Gravestone of John Foster, 1681
stone sculpture motifs derived from European folklore typical colonial Renaissance shape may have designed own gravestone |
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Wren building 1695, Thomas Hadley, Williamsburg, Va
Architecture- brick William and Mary style symmetry and proportion, classicism details, flanking dependencies Wren may have designed it simple rectangle horizontal block and a low hipped roof symmetrically divide by a central pediment pavilion, red brick, 6 rows of windows, sash windows, geometric grid of rectangular panels |
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Drayton Hall,near Charleston 1735-1742 John Drayton
Residence if of the Drayton family U-plan with double-height, free standing portico, 1st in colonies, influenced by Palladios Villa Pisani, palladan temple portico, portico extends from a facade with a recessed central portion, double pile plan, Palladianism |
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Mrs. Samuel Wragg, Henrietta Johnston, 1708
pastel-active in Charleston, first colonial women artist known by name Rococo delicacy of bust-length portrait Face and neck have great detail not terribly expensive, body proportion off, charm |
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Bermuda group, John Smibert, 1728
painting-oil on canvas Naturalistic group portrait, conversion and demonstrative piece, Baroque style composition interwoven through gestures and glances, color scheme of rich oranges, rich textures, |
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Isaac Royal House, Meford, Ma- 1733-1737, 1747-1750
Anon Architecture-wood and brick large chimneys on each end, symmetrical, panels that links windows, classical decorations, pilasters, fluting and pediment |
