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Lecture Notes: Pages 32-38 - Quiz 5 Flashcards

1
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__________ - Art is produced in and for one location

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Site Specific

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Site Specific Art is produced in and for _______ ________.

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One Location

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In site specific art the ___________ and ___________ are linked to the site.

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  • Content

- Meaning

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The phrase ‘site specific art’ started in the ________ and __________ as a blanket category for art that was created for or in, a specific location

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1960’s

1970’s

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Four types, goals, and styles of site-specific art include:

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  • Land
  • Ephemeral
  • Public
  • Monuments
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  • Land
  • Ephemeral
  • Public
  • Monuments

These are:

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styles of site-specific art

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________ - is site-specific work that is created by an artist within Natural surroundings

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Land Art

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Land Art is site-specific work that is created by an artist within ______________

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Natural Surroundings

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-QUIZ QUESTION-

___________ - is used specifically to describe works that have a temporal immediacy or are built with the recognition that they will disintegrate

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Ephemeral Art

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Ephemeral Art is used specifically to describe works that have a temporal immediacy or are built with the recognition that they will ______________

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Disintegrate

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_________- is created for the pleasure of the public

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Public Art

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Public Art is created for the ___________

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Pleasure of the public

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-QUIZ QUESTION-

_________ -are created to preserve the memory of a person or an event.

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Monuments

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Monuments are created to _____________ of a person or an event.

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preserve the memory

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__________ –images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property.

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Graffiti

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16
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Graffiti existed since _______, with examples dating back to Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire.

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Ancient times

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17
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In 1967, Congress funded the _____________ and the arts in public spaces program

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National endowment for the arts (NEA)

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18
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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.

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architecture

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Architecture is ___________, like sculpture.

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Three dimensional

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Sculpture has fronts, backs, sides, tops, and bottoms; Buildings have _______________ (fronts), foundations, roofs, and designed interior space.

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Facades

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The interior space (Volume) in architecture is meant to be used (functional), this makes it ___________.

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Applied art

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__________ -The interior space in architecture

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Volume

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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.

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moving through

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24
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Architecture is ______ and _______

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  • Art

- Science

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___________ - 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.

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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

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__________ - Author of the treatise (book) on architecture called “De Architectura” (known as the “Ten Books on Architecture”)

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Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

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Vitruvius states that a structure must have:

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three qualities

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  • QUIZ QUESTION-
  • Vitruvius three qualities of structure-

_________ - Strong and durable

A

Firmitas

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  • QUIZ QUESTION-
  • Vitruvius three qualities of structure-

_________ - Useful

A

Utilitas

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  • QUIZ QUESTION-
  • Vitruvius three qualities of structure-

_________ - Beautiful

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Venistas

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  • QUIZ QUESTION-
  • Vitruvius three qualities of structure-

Firmitas - _________

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Strong and durable

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  • QUIZ QUESTION-
  • Vitruvius three qualities of structure-

Utilitas - _________

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Useful

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  • QUIZ QUESTION-
  • Vitruvius three qualities of structure-

Venistas - _________

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Beautiful

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34
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_____________ - Horizontal beams (lintels) laid across the open spaces between vertical supports (posts)

A

Post and Lintel Construction

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35
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_________ - the vertical support in a post and lintel system

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Posts

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36
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_________ - the horizontal beams

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lintels

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-QUIZ QUESTION-

__________ – the ability to withstand crushing (posts)

A

Compressive strength

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__________ – the ability to withstand bending (lintels)

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Tensile strength

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39
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__________ – consists of a pediment supported by a colonnade.

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Temple Front

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40
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Orders of Architecture (_________):

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capitals

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-Orders of Architecture (Capitals)-

_________ – earliest capital with a smooth, simple design.

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Doric

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42
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-Orders of Architecture (Capitals)-

_________ - more elegant featuring scroll-like volutes.

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Ionic

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43
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-Orders of Architecture (Capitals)-

_________ - latest to be developed; features acanthus leaves

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Corinthian

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44
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________– opens up space by transferring weight from the opening.

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Arch

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45
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Arch – opens up space by transferring _______ from the opening.

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weight

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46
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________– wedge shaped stones in the arch.

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Voussoirs

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47
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Voussoirs – wedge shaped ________ in the arch.

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stones

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48
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_________– the top most stone in an arch. The last stone to be put in place. Transfers the weight downward.

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Keystone

49
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Keystone – the top most stone in an ______. The last stone to be put in place. Transfers the weight downward.

A

arch

50
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________– row of arches

A

Arcade

51
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Arcade – row of ________

A

arches

52
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____________ – an extension in depth of the single arch by lining up one arch after another.

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Barrel Vault (Tunnel Vault)

53
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Barrel Vault (Tunnel Vault) – an extension in depth of the single arch by lining up one _______ after ________.

A

-arch

54
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Barrel Vault (__________)

A

Tunnel Vault

55
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_________ – two barrel vaults that meet at right angles

A

Groin Vault

56
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Groin Vault – two ___________ that meet at right angles

A

barrel vaults

57
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________– a continuous arch rotated 360 degrees on its axis

A

Dome

58
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Dome – a continuous arch rotated ____________ on its axis

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360 degrees

59
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__________– 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

A

Romanesque

60
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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

A
  • Groin

- ribbed

61
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Romanesque (____________)

A

Roman-Like

62
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___________ – supports on the side of the building to help the load bearing walls be stronger (supports from the outside)

A

Salient buttress

63
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Salient buttress – supports on the side of the building to help the ___________ walls be stronger (supports from the outside)

A

load bearing

64
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-QUIZ QUESTION-

__________– the roughening of an exterior sometimes found on the lower part of a building giving the foundation a look of structural soundness.

A

Rustication

65
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Rustication – the roughening of an exterior sometimes found on the lower part of a building giving the foundation a look of _________ _________.

A

structural soundness

66
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_________– where the common people gathered.

A

Nave

67
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Nave – where the ________ ________ gathered.

A

common people

68
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_________– separates the nave from the apse-alter

A

Transept

69
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Transept – separates the _______ from the ________

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  • nave

- apse-alter

70
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________ – where the priest performs the various duties.

A

Apse-altar

71
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Apse-altar – where the ________ performs the various duties.

A

priest

72
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_________– an adaptation of an earlier form; when an idea from before is brought back.

A

Revival

73
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Revival – an adaptation of an earlier form; when an idea from before is __________.

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brought back

74
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_________– when a structure does not fit in its current environment, but at one time did.

A

Anachronism

75
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Anachronism – when a structure does not fit in its _________ ________ but at one time did.

A

current environment,

76
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-QUIZ QUESTION-

________ – features pointed arch (lancet arch); more ornate and has sculpture, tracery, and stained glass.

A

Gothic

77
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-QUIZ QUESTION-

Gothic – features pointed arch (lancet arch); more ________ and has _______, tracery, and stained glass.

A
  • ornate

- sculpture

78
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pointed arch (___________)

A

lancet arch

79
Q

___________ - – 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.

A

Flying buttress

80
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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 _______.

A
  • lightness

- flight

81
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Lancet arch – _________

A

pointed arch

82
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__________ – decorative stone work mostly found in windows.

A

Tracery

83
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Tracery – decorative _______ _______ mostly found in windows.

A

stone work

84
Q

______________ – paved way for tall buildings. Fire resistant. Light, narrow prefab beams are welded together into skeleton forms called steel cages or steel frames.

A

Steel cage construction

85
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Steel cage construction – paved way for _________ _________. Fire resistant. Light, narrow prefab beams are welded together into skeleton forms called steel cages or steel frames.

A

tall buildings

86
Q

-QUIZ QUESTION-

___________– placement of doors and windows.

A

Fenestration

87
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Fenestration – placement of:

A

doors and windows.

88
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__________– 19th century invention that helped advance the budding of skyscrapers.

A

Elevator

89
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Elevator – 19th century invention that helped advance the budding of ________.

A

skyscrapers

90
Q

___________ - 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.

A

Art Deco

91
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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.

A

modernization

92
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-QUIZ QUESTION-

__________ - Creates an implied line - visually

A

Fenstration

93
Q

Art Deco (__________)

A

Sky Scrapers

94
Q

-QUIZ QUESTION-

Empire state building is considered to be:

A

Art Deco

95
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___________ - Sky Walkers -Worked on high tops of the empire state building

A

Mohawk Indians

96
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_________– International Style

A

Modern

97
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_________– Absence of ornamentation

A

Modern – International Style

98
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_________– No distinction between form and function

A

Modern – International Style

99
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_________– Radically simplified forms

A

Modern – International Style

100
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  • Absence of ornamentation
  • No distinction between form and function
  • Radically simplified forms

These are features of:

A

Modern – International Style

101
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-QUIZ QUESTION-

_______– 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.

A

Bauhaus

102
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-QUIZ QUESTION-

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.

A

Walter Gropius

103
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-QUIZ QUESTION-

Bauhaus style “__________” philosophy. Had a profound influence on Modern design

A

less is more

104
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________ – the steel cage “curtained” with a wall of glass

A

Glass curtain

105
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Glass curtain – the steel cage “_______” with a wall of glass

A

curtained

106
Q

_____________ - is a philosophy of architecture that promotes harmony between human habitation and the natural world;

A

Organic Architecture

107
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Organic Architecture is a philosophy of architecture that promotes ________ between human habitation and the ________ world;

A
  • Harmony

- natural

108
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___________ -Integrates the buildings, furnishings, and surroundings into a unified composition

A

Organic Architecture

109
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___________ - exemplified organic architecture with his Prairie Style:

A

Frank Lloyd Wright

110
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Frank Lloyd Wright exemplified organic architecture with his _______ Style:

A

Prairie

111
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  • low pitched roof
  • horizontal lines reflecting the flat landscape
  • interior and exterior spaces blend together

These are features of:

A

Organic Architecture

112
Q

________– takes the idea of a post and lintel, but on one end there is no support.

A

Cantilever

113
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Cantilever – (like a diving board) takes the idea of a post and lintel, but on one end there is ________ ________.

A

no support

114
Q

-QUIZ QUESTION-

Ephemeral Art - is used specifically to describe works that have a _________ immediacy or are built with the recognition that they will _________

A
  • temporal

- disintegrate

115
Q

-QUIZ QUESTION-

Monuments -are created to preserve the memory of a _________ or an _________.

A
  • person

- event

116
Q

-QUIZ QUESTION-

Compressive strength – the ability to withstand _________ (posts)

A

crushing

117
Q

-QUIZ QUESTION-

Rustication – the __________ of an exterior sometimes found on the lower part of a building giving the foundation a look of _________ __________.

A
  • roughening

- structural soundness

118
Q

Bauhaus & Glass curtain are considered:

A

International Style

119
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Franklin Lloyd Wright’s falling water home is considered to be:

A

Organic architecture

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