Periods Ii: Quiz 1

Front 1

Axial planning 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:

a)______

b)______

c)______

Back 1

a) the still civilized world

b) the "tamed" nature

c) the "natural" nature

Front 2

Name this style motif

Back 2

strapwork

Front 3

In America, in the Victorian era when these high and prominent roofs became popular, they came to be known as a)_____ in recognition of their supposed originator, b) _____ .

Back 3

a) mansard

b) Mansart

Front 4

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

Back 4

Neoclassism

Front 5

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

Back 5

canapé

Front 6

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.

Back 6

ormolu

Front 7

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

Back 7

The introduction of passages that parallel the rows of rooms, permitting circulation to and from the four corner stairways and around parts of the square without passing through some of the rooms.

Front 8

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 (a) the architect, (b) the landscape architect, and (c) the painter-decorator.

Back 8

a) Le Vau

b) André le Nôtre

c) Charles Le Brun

Front 9

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

Back 9

Leonardo da Vinci

Front 10

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

Back 10

-high and prominent tiled roof with chimneys

-dormers

-contrasting color masonry

Front 11

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?

Back 11

Hôtel Lambert

Front 12

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:

Back 12

marquetry

Front 13

The great Baroque innovation was the idea that:

Back 13

The idea that space does not surround architecture but is created by it.

Front 14

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.

Back 14

Louis XV

Front 15

What is ormolu? What designer is it most commonly attributed to?

Back 15

A technique for gilding bronze ornament that was then attached to the corners and edges of furniture; Boulle

Front 16

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

Back 16

Bergère; 1) enclosed and upholstered arms, 2) loose seat cushion

Front 17

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?

Back 17

Fasces; The Empire Style

Front 18

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

Back 18

The Jacquard loom; cylinder printing technique

Front 19

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:

Back 19

Claude-Nicolas Ledoux

Front 20

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.

Back 20

Biedermeier

Front 21

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

Back 21

1) duchesse brisée

2) Récamier

3) Méridienne