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Grand tombs, lotus columns, and hieroglyphics on walls.
What is Egyptian design?
This style was known for the “whiplash curve” and nature-inspired motifs.
What is Art Nouveau?
Excavations at Pompeii and Herculaneum in the 1700s sparked this design revival across Europe.
What is Neoclassicism?
This Renaissance architect engineered the dome of Florence Cathedral.
Who is Filippo Brunelleschi?
Turrets, stained glass, and ornate woodwork in spooky movies recall this 19th-century style.
This type of column capital is decorated with acanthus leaves.
What is Corinthian?
The Baroque era loved this illusionistic ceiling painting technique, literally meaning “to fool the eye.”
What is trompe l’oeil?
This building, made of iron and glass for the 1851 World’s Fair, stunned the world with its lightness.
What is the Crystal Palace?
This English designer was central to the Arts & Crafts movement.
Who is William Morris?
Massive stone columns in bank lobbies and courthouses today echo this ancient culture’s temples.
What is Egyptian?
Arches, concrete, and aqueducts define this civilization.
What is Roman design?
Restrained ornament, moral seriousness, inspired by Greek & Roman democracy.
What is Neoclassicism?
This civilization developed the arch, using fired bricks for vaults and possibly domes.
What is Mesopotamia?
This Brussels architect designed the Hôtel Tassel, one of the first Art Nouveau houses.
Who is Victor Horta?
Stained glass is still widely used in modern buildings inspired by which era?
What is Gothic?
Heavy stone walls, small windows, rounded arches, fortress-like feel.
What is Romanesque design?
Symmetry, order, columns, domes — revival of classical antiquity.
What is Renaissance?
At Versailles, Marie Antoinette had a private retreat built for her to escape court life.
What is the Petit Trianon?
This U.S. president designed Monticello and the University of Virginia, both inspired by classical ideals.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This iconic American house form, often ordered from Sears, embodied Craftsman ideals of affordability and simplicity.
What is the bungalow?
Pointed arches, ribbed vaults, stained glass, flying buttresses.
What is Gothic design?
Light pastels, asymmetry, delicate shells, and playful ornament.
What is Rococo?
In New England, this asymmetrical house type evolved with a lean-to roofline to survive cold winters.
What is a saltbox house?
This American glassmaker became famous for lamps with floral stained-glass shades.
Who is Louis Comfort Tiffany?
This mythical hybrid creature with a lion’s body and eagle’s head and wings appeared often in Mesopotamian motifs.
What is a griffin?