18th century neoclassicism

Question 1

Origin of neoclassicism

Answer 1

English baroque was short lived

Architectural styles from the reformation with emphasis on symetry became neo classical

Eg. Eldon square

Question 2

Explain the grand tour

Answer 2

Lord burlington

Goes to italy and returns inspired to recreate the renaissance in england

Chiswick house represented a vision of villa rotunda by palladio

Question 3

_____ ______ were heavily influenced by palladio in england

Answer 3

Country estates

Question 4

Who is lancelot brown?

Answer 4

Designed sweeping lawns from houses, put artificial lakes in landscape and carefully positioned trees.

Question 5

Who is richard nash

Answer 5

made bath fashionable for upper class visitors

Question 6

Explain features of georgian housing

Answer 6

Symmetrical

Roof behind pediment

Windows fixed width and decrease in height as they get up the building

Steps from street to front door

bath is good example

Question 7

Name the three conditions for industry

Answer 7

Cheap, unregulated labor

Raw materials

Invention

Question 8

Explain the gothic revival in britain

Answer 8

britain deemed christinan and so had to show its faith.

Art of gothic was created by ancestors of this sceptred isle