His of Int Dsn Test 1 Flashcards
Identify this example/region/style
Label sections from top to bottom
- Roman wall painting
- From top to bottom frieze - > fill - > dado
- Second style
What is the name of this case study and what are some of the defining characteristics
- The Palace of Knossos
- We got the word labrynth from this place (b/c of labrynth of rooms)
- Has tapered columns (bigger at top to smaller at bottom) with unadorned capitals and no bases
- Organizing element is centralized great courtyard
What is this temple called/what’s the origin/what are some characteristics?
- The Parthenon
- It’s Greek
- Athena is PART of this as a statue inside
Identify this building and its origin
- The Temple of Karnak
- Egyptian
Identify this image and the region it’s from
- Forbidden City
- China
- When sitting in here emperor faces South
What is the name of this building/who commissioned it/what is it’s origin?
- Hagia Sophia
- Emperor Justinian
- Byzantine
Identify this piece of furniture and it’s origin
- Egyptian folding stool
- Used by military commanders
- Egyptian
Name this piece of furniture/it’s origin/a characteristic about it
- Crest Rail Chair or Yoke-back chair
- China
- Fits the countour of the human body
Name this building/it’s origin/some characteristics about it
- Notre Dame Cathedral
- Gothic
- Rose window positioned over entrance
- Buttresses along the side
Name this image/it’s origin/some characteristics
- Assyrian Palace - Throne room
- Assyrian (/Mesopotamian)
- Used the giant winged bulls to show power and intimidate people
Name this type of building/its origin/some facts
- Tea House of Katsura Imperial Villa
- Kyoto, Japan
- Unique to Japan
- Dedicated to tea ceremonies
Identify this type of furniture and its origin
- Roman tripod tables
- Roman
- More lavishly decorated than Greek ones
- Round tops
Name this piece of furniture and it’s origin
- Stairway chest
- Japan
- Used for storage
- Asymmetrical
Name this image/it’s origin/and some facts
- Kesava Temple
- India
- Symmetrical and along E + W axis
- Sits on platform
- Temple surrounded by colonnade
- Interior columns are round and sit on tall square pedestals
Name this piece of furniture/it’s origin/facts
- Wooden Chest
- Romanesque or Medieval/Middle Ages
- Decorative circles are called roundels
Identify this building/it’s origin/facts
- The Pantheon
- Rome, Italy
- No other windows besides oculus (at top) to relieve some weight at the critical point
Name this piece of furniture/it’s origin/facts
- Klismos chair
- Greek
- Characterized by outward bowing legs
- Contours the body
Identify this structure/characteristics
- Stupa
- Has 4 gates that form swaztika pattern
- Meant to walk around not enter
Identify this structure/some facts
- Chaitya
- Often times set into a mountain
Identify this structure/some facts
- Vihara
- Has pods surrounding for monks to sleep in
Identify this type of structure
Pendentive
Identify the type of column used in this building
Ionic order
Identify this picture
Acropolis (of Greece)
Identify this type of plan
Greek-cross plan (more of a + than a cross)
