History of Interior Design Test 2 Case Studies Flashcards
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What is this case study?
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The Great Mosque of Cordoba
-Islamic Design
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What case study is this?
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Palazzo Medici-Riccardi
-Italian Renaissance
3
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What case study is this?
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Villa Rotunda
- Late Italian Renaissance
- Palladio
- Raised on a podium
- Ground floor is used more for storage and servant’s quarters
- Piano Noble is the next level that has the main reception space, main owner’s bedroom, and studio space
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What case study is this?
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El Escorial
- Spanish Renaissance - Classical/Desornamento
- Commissioned by Kind Phillip II
- Multi-functional building (monastery, church, college, and state apartments)
5
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What case study is this?
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Banqueting House
- English Renaissance
- Jacobean
- (On the outside) Engaged columns , rustication on the bottom floor
- (On the inside) Ionic columns on the bottom and corinthian on the top, compartmentalized ceiling
- Designed by Inigo Jones
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What case study is this?
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St Peter’s Basilica
- Baroque
- Bernini is the interior designer
- The baldacchino (large altar) is located at the crossing
- The piazza is scale complementary to building and helps accomodate crowds
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What case study is this?
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San Carlos Alle Quattro Fontane
- Boroque (Italian)
- St Charles at the Four Fountains
- Designer is Borromini
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What is this case study?
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Palace of Versailles - Hall of mirrors
- Baroque
- Louis XIV style
- Windows in sets of 3 and have mirrors opposite them
- Decoration planned by Charles Le Brun
9
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What case study is this?
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
- Designer was Sir Christopher Wren
- Latin-cross plan
- Series of smaller domes along nave
- Dome is three parts
