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