Lecture Notes: Pages 32-38 - Quiz 5 Flashcards
__________ - Art is produced in and for one location
Site Specific
Site Specific Art is produced in and for _______ ________.
One Location
In site specific art the ___________ and ___________ are linked to the site.
- Content
- Meaning
The phrase ‘site specific art’ started in the ________ and __________ as a blanket category for art that was created for or in, a specific location
1960’s
1970’s
Four types, goals, and styles of site-specific art include:
- Land
- Ephemeral
- Public
- Monuments
- Land
- Ephemeral
- Public
- Monuments
These are:
styles of site-specific art
________ - is site-specific work that is created by an artist within Natural surroundings
Land Art
Land Art is site-specific work that is created by an artist within ______________
Natural Surroundings
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___________ - is used specifically to describe works that have a temporal immediacy or are built with the recognition that they will disintegrate
Ephemeral Art
Ephemeral Art is used specifically to describe works that have a temporal immediacy or are built with the recognition that they will ______________
Disintegrate
_________- is created for the pleasure of the public
Public Art
Public Art is created for the ___________
Pleasure of the public
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_________ -are created to preserve the memory of a person or an event.
Monuments
Monuments are created to _____________ of a person or an event.
preserve the memory
__________ –images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property.
Graffiti
Graffiti existed since _______, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.
Ancient times
In 1967, Congress funded the _____________ and the arts in public spaces program
National endowment for the arts (NEA)
The study of _________ gives a way of better understanding a culture. The structures that are left behind by various cultures tell a story about those cultures.
architecture
Architecture is ___________, like sculpture.
Three dimensional
Sculpture has fronts, backs, sides, tops, and bottoms; Buildings have _______________ (fronts), foundations, roofs, and designed interior space.
Facades
The interior space (Volume) in architecture is meant to be used (functional), this makes it ___________.
Applied art
__________ -The interior space in architecture
Volume
In architecture the interior space can be a huge Cathedral, a small apartment, or outdoors (zoos, botanical gardens, etc.). It’s your body __________ the space.
moving through
Architecture is ______ and _______
- Art
- Science
___________ - was a Roman writer, architect and engineer. Author of the treatise (book) on architecture called “De Architectura” (known as the “Ten Books on Architecture”) dedicated to the emperor Augustus.
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
__________ - Author of the treatise (book) on architecture called “De Architectura” (known as the “Ten Books on Architecture”)
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
Vitruvius states that a structure must have:
three qualities
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- Vitruvius three qualities of structure-
_________ - Strong and durable
Firmitas
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- Vitruvius three qualities of structure-
_________ - Useful
Utilitas
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- Vitruvius three qualities of structure-
_________ - Beautiful
Venistas
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- Vitruvius three qualities of structure-
Firmitas - _________
Strong and durable
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- Vitruvius three qualities of structure-
Utilitas - _________
Useful
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- Vitruvius three qualities of structure-
Venistas - _________
Beautiful
_____________ - Horizontal beams (lintels) laid across the open spaces between vertical supports (posts)
Post and Lintel Construction
_________ - the vertical support in a post and lintel system
Posts
_________ - the horizontal beams
lintels
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__________ – the ability to withstand crushing (posts)
Compressive strength
__________ – the ability to withstand bending (lintels)
Tensile strength
__________ – consists of a pediment supported by a colonnade.
Temple Front
Orders of Architecture (_________):
capitals
-Orders of Architecture (Capitals)-
_________ – earliest capital with a smooth, simple design.
Doric
-Orders of Architecture (Capitals)-
_________ - more elegant featuring scroll-like volutes.
Ionic
-Orders of Architecture (Capitals)-
_________ - latest to be developed; features acanthus leaves
Corinthian
________– opens up space by transferring weight from the opening.
Arch
Arch – opens up space by transferring _______ from the opening.
weight
________– wedge shaped stones in the arch.
Voussoirs
Voussoirs – wedge shaped ________ in the arch.
stones
_________– the top most stone in an arch. The last stone to be put in place. Transfers the weight downward.
Keystone
Keystone – the top most stone in an ______. The last stone to be put in place. Transfers the weight downward.
arch
________– row of arches
Arcade
Arcade – row of ________
arches
____________ – an extension in depth of the single arch by lining up one arch after another.
Barrel Vault (Tunnel Vault)
Barrel Vault (Tunnel Vault) – an extension in depth of the single arch by lining up one _______ after ________.
-arch
Barrel Vault (__________)
Tunnel Vault
_________ – two barrel vaults that meet at right angles
Groin Vault
Groin Vault – two ___________ that meet at right angles
barrel vaults
________– a continuous arch rotated 360 degrees on its axis
Dome
Dome – a continuous arch rotated ____________ on its axis
360 degrees
__________– features rounded arch and tends to be simpler in design. Groin vault and ribbed vault help make the upper portion of the structure stronger by crossing the arches
Romanesque
Romanesque – features rounded arch and tends to be simpler in design. _______ vault and _______ vault help make the upper portion of the structure stronger by crossing the arches
- Groin
- ribbed
Romanesque (____________)
Roman-Like
___________ – supports on the side of the building to help the load bearing walls be stronger (supports from the outside)
Salient buttress
Salient buttress – supports on the side of the building to help the ___________ walls be stronger (supports from the outside)
load bearing
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__________– the roughening of an exterior sometimes found on the lower part of a building giving the foundation a look of structural soundness.
Rustication
Rustication – the roughening of an exterior sometimes found on the lower part of a building giving the foundation a look of _________ _________.
structural soundness
_________– where the common people gathered.
Nave
Nave – where the ________ ________ gathered.
common people
_________– separates the nave from the apse-alter
Transept
Transept – separates the _______ from the ________
- nave
- apse-alter
________ – where the priest performs the various duties.
Apse-altar
Apse-altar – where the ________ performs the various duties.
priest
_________– an adaptation of an earlier form; when an idea from before is brought back.
Revival
Revival – an adaptation of an earlier form; when an idea from before is __________.
brought back
_________– when a structure does not fit in its current environment, but at one time did.
Anachronism
Anachronism – when a structure does not fit in its _________ ________ but at one time did.
current environment,
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________ – features pointed arch (lancet arch); more ornate and has sculpture, tracery, and stained glass.
Gothic
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Gothic – features pointed arch (lancet arch); more ________ and has _______, tracery, and stained glass.
- ornate
- sculpture
pointed arch (___________)
lancet arch
___________ - – a support that “flies away” from an upper level to a pier that transfers weight to the ground. Gave these massive structure a sense of lightness and flight.
Flying buttress
Flying buttress – a support that “flies away” from an upper level to a pier that transfers weight to the ground. Gave these massive structure a sense of ________ and _______.
- lightness
- flight
Lancet arch – _________
pointed arch
__________ – decorative stone work mostly found in windows.
Tracery
Tracery – decorative _______ _______ mostly found in windows.
stone work
______________ – paved way for tall buildings. Fire resistant. Light, narrow prefab beams are welded together into skeleton forms called steel cages or steel frames.
Steel cage construction
Steel cage construction – paved way for _________ _________. Fire resistant. Light, narrow prefab beams are welded together into skeleton forms called steel cages or steel frames.
tall buildings
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___________– placement of doors and windows.
Fenestration
Fenestration – placement of:
doors and windows.
__________– 19th century invention that helped advance the budding of skyscrapers.
Elevator
Elevator – 19th century invention that helped advance the budding of ________.
skyscrapers
___________ - an era of design between World War I and World War II. A“modernization” of many artistic styles and themes from the past. Started by a 1925 exhibition held in Paris.
Art Deco
Art Deco - an era of design between World War I and World War II. A “__________” of many artistic styles and themes from the past. Started by a 1925 exhibition held in Paris.
modernization
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__________ - Creates an implied line - visually
Fenstration
Art Deco (__________)
Sky Scrapers
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Empire state building is considered to be:
Art Deco
___________ - Sky Walkers -Worked on high tops of the empire state building
Mohawk Indians
_________– International Style
Modern
_________– Absence of ornamentation
Modern – International Style
_________– No distinction between form and function
Modern – International Style
_________– Radically simplified forms
Modern – International Style
- Absence of ornamentation
- No distinction between form and function
- Radically simplified forms
These are features of:
Modern – International Style
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_______– a school founded by Walter Gropius. It operated from 1919-1935. Created the Bauhaus style that had a profound influence on Modern design. “less is more” philosophy.
Bauhaus
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Bauhaus – a school founded by __________-. It operated from 1919-1935. Created the Bauhaus style that had a profound influence on Modern design. “less is more” philosophy.
Walter Gropius
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Bauhaus style “__________” philosophy. Had a profound influence on Modern design
less is more
________ – the steel cage “curtained” with a wall of glass
Glass curtain
Glass curtain – the steel cage “_______” with a wall of glass
curtained
_____________ - is a philosophy of architecture that promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world;
Organic Architecture
Organic Architecture is a philosophy of architecture that promotes ________ between human habitation and the ________ world;
- Harmony
- natural
___________ -Integrates the buildings, furnishings, and surroundings into a unified composition
Organic Architecture
___________ - exemplified organic architecture with his Prairie Style:
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright exemplified organic architecture with his _______ Style:
Prairie
- low pitched roof
- horizontal lines reflecting the flat landscape
- interior and exterior spaces blend together
These are features of:
Organic Architecture
________– takes the idea of a post and lintel, but on one end there is no support.
Cantilever
Cantilever – (like a diving board) takes the idea of a post and lintel, but on one end there is ________ ________.
no support
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Ephemeral Art - is used specifically to describe works that have a _________ immediacy or are built with the recognition that they will _________
- temporal
- disintegrate
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Monuments -are created to preserve the memory of a _________ or an _________.
- person
- event
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Compressive strength – the ability to withstand _________ (posts)
crushing
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Rustication – the __________ of an exterior sometimes found on the lower part of a building giving the foundation a look of _________ __________.
- roughening
- structural soundness
Bauhaus & Glass curtain are considered:
International Style
Franklin Lloyd Wright’s falling water home is considered to be:
Organic architecture
