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Enfalade

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series of rooms with doorways aligned eg. Vaux-le-Vicomte

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Appartement

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Suite of rooms in French residence eg. Vaux-le-Vicomte

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Hôtel

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townhouse

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Entwurff einer historischen Architectur

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A Plan of Civil and Historical Architecture, first architecture history book by Fisher von Erlach (1721)

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Gesamtkunstwerk

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Total work of art

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Mansart/Mansard Roof

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Has sloping sides, each gets steeper halfway down

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Salon

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type of oval room, le Vau imported from Italy

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Rococo

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Mainly an interior style symbolic by light, pastels, elites are pictured, not serious Eg. Salon de la princess: paintings of love, mythology

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Trajan’s column

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Roman triumphal column in Rome, Italy
minerte like

eg. Karlskirche, vienna

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Imperial plan

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double return stairway. modeled after Romans. Place to hang as much as access. Residence Klurzburg

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Spire/ Steeple

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Very popular in England. Tall tower in building topped with a spire. Often a landmark.

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Anglo-Palladianism

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architectural movement in England in reaction to Baroque style. rediscovery of Palladio by Indigo Jones

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Palladio’s four books of architecture

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book by Palladio describing tenents of architecture. Based on Vitruvius.

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Feng Shui

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“wind & water” form of geomancy or design philosophy based on harmony in nature. Chinese idea- sensitive to the site

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Pagoda

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form of stupa found in Japan and China comprised of multi-stories.

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Ying zao Fashi

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building manual written in 1103 by Li Jie.

Became architecture standard in China

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torii

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ceremonial entry gate to shrine. Most often shinto shrines

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tatami

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dimensional mats. Japanese architecture. Helped to define a grid within the space

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Japanese Gardens - 2 types

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  1. Zen sand gardens (minimalistic) - meant to be viewed from fixed point eg. Ryogn- ji temple
  2. Landscape gardens (representation of the world in miniature) -katsura palace
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Domed Mosque vs. Hypostyle Mosque

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Hypostyle- lots of columns

Domed- lots of open space, easy to expand

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Pendentives

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allows for circular dome in a square room

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Cami/Jami: Friday

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Jami Masjid = congregational Friday mosque

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Quibla wall

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wall that faces Mecca. Muslims pray at this wall

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*Mihrab

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Niche in quibla wall

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Minbar

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Pulpit or seat installed to the right of the mihrab in mosques

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Iwan/Eyvan

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a vaulted or domed recess open on one side of courtyard in mosque

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Madresa/Madrasa

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College for students of religion or religious law

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Pietra Dura

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stone inlay using cut and fitted, highly polished colored stones to create images

eg Taj mahl facade

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Jali

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a perforated stone or latticed screen

often seen in Islamic architecture

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Peacock arches

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arches w/ scallops

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Diwan-I-am

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Public audience hall of a Indian palace

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Diwan-i-khas

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Private audience hall of an indian palace

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Sinan the Great/a.k.a. Koça

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was the chief Ottoman architect for Suleiman the Magnificent. Helped to design the Taj Mahl

1491- 1588

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Daga

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finishing layer of clay on buildings

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Adobe

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sun-dried clay

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Saltbox

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originated in New England, example of American colonial architecture,

building with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back

generally a wooden frame house.

one story in the back and two stories in the front.

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Quoins

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an angle at the outside corner of a building. You can call the corner itself a quoin, or use the word for the special stones or bricks that reinforce corners of brick or stone buildings

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Palladian Window

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a large window consisting of a central arched section flanked by two narrow rectangular sections.

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Vaux-le-Vicomte, 1660, south east of Paris, France

Architects: Le Vau, Le Brun and Le Notre

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East Façade Louvre, built design, 1667, Paris

Architects: Le Vau, Le Brun & Claude Perrault

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Palais de Versailles, Versailles, 1661

Architects: Le Vau & Charles Le Brun; Gardens, André le Nôtre

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Galérie des Glaces/Hall of Mirrors, Versailles, 1680

Architect: Jules Hardouin-Mansart

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Karlskirche, Vienna,1716-1733

Architect: Fischer von Erlach

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Church of the Vierzehnheiligen, Germany, 1743

Architect: Neumann

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Salon de la Princesse, 1737-40

Architect: Boffrand

Hôtel de Soubise, 1704-9

Architect: Delamair

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San Xavier del Bac, Tucson, Arizona (1783-97)

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St. Paul’s Cathedral, London 1663-1710

Architect: Christopher Wren

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St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London 1721-1726

Architect: James Gibbs

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Templo Mayor/Temple of Huitzilopochtli & Tlaloc, Mexico City (1325-1521), Tenochtitlan/Mexico City

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Sun Temple, Machu Picchu, Peru, 12th-15th C)

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Pavilion/ Hall of Supreme Harmony, Forbidden City, Peking/Beijing, early 15th C

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Hall of Prayer for Good Harvest, Temple of Heaven, Peking/Beijing (c. 1420)

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Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto, Japan (c. 1480)

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Shokin-tei/Pavilion of the Pine Lute, 1660

Part of Katsura Palace

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Katsura Palace, Kyoto, Japan (1616-1660,

Architect: Kobori Enshu

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Diwan-I-Khas (private audience hall), Palace, Fatehpur Sikri (b. 1571,

Commissioned by: Akbar

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Taj Mahal, Agra (c.1632-1654)

Architect: Ustad Isa

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Diwan-i-am, 1628, Red Fort, Agra

Commissioned by Shah Jahan (emperor)

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Suleimaniye Cami (Mosque of Suleiman the Magnificent), Istanbul, Turkey, 1550-57

Architect: Sinan

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Church of St George, Lalibela, Ethiopia, c.13thC

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Great Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe (former Rhodesia) 1300-1525

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Mosque of Djénné, Mali

1st mosque c.13thC

2nd mosque comp. 1835

3rd mosque 1906-07

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Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, NM (1610-14) Spanish

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Old Ship Meeting House, Hingham, MA, 1681

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St. Luke’s/Old Brick Church, Isle of Wight County, VA (1632, 1657)

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Capitol, Williamsburg, VA (1701-05)

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Old North Church/Christ Church, Boston, MA, 1723, Architect: William Price

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Drayton Hall, Charleston, SC (1738-42)

First Anglo-Palladian house in America

Architecture History 232 (3 decks)

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