J-Historical Styles

Question 0

Gothic

Answer 0

Europe 1100 to 1300’s

Pointed arches
Flying buttresses 
Ribbed arches
Large glass
Vaults over odd shaped bays

Question 1

Romanesque

Answer 1

Medieval Europe

900’s-end 1100’s

Round headed arches

Question 2

Georgian

Answer 2

Late 1760s to 1790’s
England and colonel America

5 bays, 2 stories, central door
Double gambrel roof
Small windows

Question 3

Federal / Adamesque

Answer 3

1790s to 1820s America

Originated from Pompeii

Delicate detail
Circulate window in pediment

Question 4

Greek revival

Answer 4

1840 to 1860s USA

Temple with chunky details

Question 5

Gothic revival

Answer 5

1850 1860s England

Revive medieval forms in contrast to neoclassical Beaux-Arts style

Steep pitched roof

Question 6

Italianate

Answer 6

1865 to 1880’s

England, northern Europe, USA

Bracketed cornice and flat roof

Question 7

Second Empire

Answer 7

1870 to. 1880s USA

Italianate but with mansard roofs

Question 8

Shingle style

Answer 8

Late 1800s New England

Governors openings are emphasized as well as overall volume of building

Shingles curve around corners and protrusions

Question 9

Gambrell roof

Answer 9

Two angles, flatter and then a more steep side. Creating more space

Question 10

Richardsonian Romanesque

Answer 10

1880’s usa

Developed by HH Richardson

Masonry version of the shingle style

Question 11

Queen anne

Answer 11

1880’s to 1900s USA

Picturesque buildings with

free renaissance detailing

Question 12

American foursquare

Answer 12

1890s to 1930s USA

Building type that can be applied in any style

Cube w/ door and window on the first floor

and two windows on the second floor

W/ hipped roof

Question 13

Colonial revival

Answer 13

1890s to 1930s USA

Classical columns, eight over eight sash windows blown out scale details

Question 14

Prairie school

Answer 14

1890s to the 1920s USA

Horizontality
Broad Eaves
FLW

Question 15

Bungalow/craftsman

Answer 15

1913 to 1920s USA

Modest construction. Japanese influence.

Question 16

Art Deco

Answer 16

1929 usa

Vertical stripped down gothic

Speed / industry. No ornamentation.

Question 17

International style

Answer 17

1920s Western Europe

Industrialize craft traditions

Bauhaus

Question 18

Industrial Revolution

Answer 18

1790 to. 1860s

Begins with textile industries
Increased use of coal

Question 19

Ordinance of 1785

Answer 19

Rectangular survey system began with Penn’s plan for Philadelphia

Question 20

Beaux-Arts architecture

Answer 20

1670 to 1960s

Academic neoclassical style
Hierarchy of spaces, arched windows, classical details

Question 21

City beautiful movement

Answer 21

1890s to the 1900s Chicago

Unification and monumental grandeur counteract moral decay of urban environment

Question 22

New urbanism

Answer 22

1980’s - present United States

Ahwahnee principles

Add more info when there’s more Internet

Question 23

Greek towns

Answer 23

Created by Hippodamus in 400 BC

First urban planned cities
Large central area, the agora, center of city and society

Question 24

Roman towns

Answer 24

Vitruvius in 30bc

Cardio and decumanus

Walled

Question 25

Medieval towns

Answer 25

1100’s to 1350’s

No geometry or grid

Walked for defense

Question 26

Renaissance towns

Answer 26

1300’s to 1600’s

Town square
Star shaped defensive wall

Question 27

Baroque towns

Answer 27

1600’s to 1900’s

Boulevards and avenues to connect and expand parts

Of Renaissance cities

Question 28

Primogeniture

Answer 28

Land passed from father to eldest son

Question 29

Homestead act

Answer 29

160 acres was free

Transferred to private ownership after
House built and lived in 5 yrs