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WHO
Elements and Principles
100
Usually curved member spanning an opening and serving as support.
arch?
100
Flying buttresses, windows with tracery, and piers composed of colonnettes or shafts bundled around a core are elements that are original to what style?
What is Gothic?
100
What is one of the notable buildings from Ancient Rome?
What is the Pantheon?
100
Finds architecture in nature and has designed Falling Water, Robie house, and the Guggenheim Museum.
Frank Lloyd Wright
100
Art Nouveau structures are not balanced.
What is Asymmetrical?
200
A hemispherical structure that is usually placed over a circular of square space.
a dome?
200
This style is reflected in opulent and dramatic churches with irregular shapes and extravagant ornamentation.
What is Baroque?
200
What is a notable building from Ancient Greece?
the Parthenon
200
Well known artist and architect associated with St. Peter's Cathedral and the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo Buonoroti
200
This style stress the horizontal and the vertical
Art Deco?
300
A vertical element with a support function containong a base, shaft, and a capital.
a column?
300
This style is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls
What is Neo=Classical
300
Revival of the ideals from Greek, Roman and Renaissance
Neo-Classical
300
Monticello was built to resemble this building.
the Pantheon
300
This style is heavy with organic lines and forms
What is Art Nouveau?
400
The front exterior prospect of a building.
the facade?
400
This style is characterized by harmonious form, mathematical proportion, and a unit of measurement based on the human scale.
What is Renaissance?
400
whichmedieval style is known for few windows/small openings
Romanesque
400
Monticello was built by which American President?
Thomas Jefferson
400
What is a gothic cathedral...Notre Dame de Paris
500
the decorative, topmost part of a column. Could be Doric, Ionic, Lotus, a person's head or Corinthian
What is a capital?
500
Characterized by excessive use of gold, intricate curves, ornamentation, and relentless decoration.
Rococo
500
which style is known for flying buttresses
Gothic
500
The Guggenheim Museum by Frank Lloyd Wright
500
Massive and heavy with volume and form
What is Brutalism?