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Random Questions
100
This is a short or long tunic that is pinned at the shoulders and double belted.
What is a chiton?
100
This is an architectural element in classical architecture used to give the appearance of a supporting column and to articulate an extent of wall, with only an ornamental function.
What is a pilaster?
100
This is a pad or framework expanding and supporting the fullness and drapery of the back of a woman's skirt or dress.
What is a bustle?
100
This social and economic change influenced everything from fashion to architecture during the Victorian Period.
What is the industrial revolution?
100
Parquetry and Marquetry are two types of this:
What is intarsia?
200
This was the most common metal used by the Ancient Greeks.
What is bronze?
200
This city was the undisputed center of the Renaissance artistic movement, sometimes referred to as "The New Athens."
What is Florence?
200
This building could be described as the culmination of King Louis XIV's style and is one of the most famous complexes of the Western world.
What is Versailles?
200
This element of gothic restoration is a masonry structure that typically consists of a straight inclined bar carried on an arch that acts as a support for the vertical piece of architecture.
What is a flying buttress?
200
This fashion element shows different colors or tints; especially having a predominant color broken by patches of one or more other colors
What is parti-color?
300
These are the three periods of Greek Art.
What are Archaic, High Classical, and Hellenistic?
300
This garment was the predecessor to the doublet, and was traditionally an undergarment.
What is a pourpoint?
300
This is a pattern of bows that diminish in size as they move down toward the stomach.
What is an eschelle?
300
This was a decorative but key part of men's fashion during the Victorian period that was worn under the coat, but over the undershirt.
What is a waistcoat?
300
These are the three types of blades used in fencing.
What are the foil, epee, and sabre?
400
These were platform shoes used in ancient Greek tragedy.
What are kothornai?
400
This is a terra cotta relief sculpture that the Dell Robbia family is famous for due to the tin-glazed technique they invited.
What is a rondel?
400
By the end of the 1600's, these thigh-length coats replaced the doublet.
What is a cassock?
400
The three primary historical architectural styles that were revived during the Victorian era was Romanesque, Renaissance, and this.
What is Egyptian?
400
This is a high headdress popular during the turn of the late 17th and early 18th centuries in Europe.
What is a fontange?
500
This was a pin or brooch that held pieces of fabric together as well as providing decoration.
What are fibulae?
500
These are a major element of Commedia del Arte which show bits of stock comic business that has considerable physical contact with others.
What are lazzi?
500
This is a padded and upholstered armchair with open arms.
What is a fauteuil?
500
Many governmental buildings are designed in the Greek style to represent this.
What is the spirit of democracy?
500
An unmarried woman be likely to wear her hair this way in Ancient Greece.
What is long, unsupported ringlets?