MIX REVIEW Flashcards
The word architect is derived from the Latin word _________ word means chief builder or chief carpenter.
architectura
A good building should satisfy the three principles of
- Firmitas (Durability)
- Utilitas (Utility)
- Venustas (Beauty)
a building should stand up a robusty and remain in good conditio
Firmitas (Durability)
It should be suitable for the purpose for which it is used
Utilitas (utility)-
It should be aesthetically pleasing
Venustas (Beauty)
specialists in designing structures
Architects
One of the early architectural developments was the use of the _____________ method. A beam is placed horizontally across upright posts.
Post and Lintel
A series of arches is called an _____
Arcade
Mediums in architecture that unprocessed or minimal processed by industry
Natural Materials
Medium in architecture that are made in industrial settings after much human populations
Synthetic Materials
Is the most common building material. Its advantage are its abundance, relative durability and high tensile and compression strength. However, it is easily destroyed by moisture, insects and fire
Wood
Is the material used in most of the great architecture of the world permanence is desired
Stone
A building material made of sand and gravel mixed with cement
Concrete
For stronger structure, It is concrete reinforced with steel
Ferro Concrete
It is tough alloy of iron in variable amounts. It is malleable under proper conditions and greatly hardened by sudden cooling. It has tensile strength.
Steel
It has been revived as a major construction technique with the development of tensile architecture and synthetic fabrics
Fabric
The amount of each materials used leads to different styles of buildings
Mud and Clay
have existed for as long as history can recall It is the longest lasting building material available and is usually readily available
Rock
walls have been built for as long as human have put one stone on top of another
Dry Stones
is one of the oldest building materials known; grass is a good insulator and easily harvested
Thatch
structures are built entirely from plant parts and are generally found in tropical and sub-tropical areas. Such as rainforests, where very large leaves can be used in the building.
Brush
was used by the Inuit for igloos, but has also been used for ice hotels as a tourist attraction in northern areas that might not otherwise see many winter tourist
ICE
made of kiln-fired material usually clay or shale, but also may be of lower quality mud.
Brick and Block
This period marked the beginning of the historical centralized government by means of uniting South Egypt or Upper Egypt and North Egypt and Lower Egypt into one Country
Early Dynastic Period Art
During this period the union of two egypts developed a remarkable aesthetic appreciation and tremendous skills among the people who valued arts
Old Kingdom of Egypt period of art
In this period greek artists began to explore in sculpture and render on human and animal forms realistically
The classical greek art period
Art is viewed in relation to its time, The ideologies and concerns of the period and theme is derived from the significant circumstances of the artist
Thematic Plane
This includes the elements and general, technical, and physical aspects of the work
Semiotic Plane
It refers to the It refers to the study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts. The study may include paintings, sculpture, architecture, ceramics, furniture, and other decorative objects
Art history
It evolved at main idealism on beauty and balance, characterized by an aesthetic appreciation for perfection and proportion and art was a representation of a perfect vision of an artistic mind
Ancient Greek Art
It is an extended house beam of the torogan, The traditional residencesof a sultan or datu
Maranao House
This was built as a place for worship, dedicated to the moon god Nanna in the sumerian city of an ancient Mesopotamia
Ziggurat
Patterns of sound and silences that occur within the beats throughout a piece of music
Rhythm
According to Da Vinci it is also a very good plan every now and then to go away and have a little relaxation, for when you comeback to the work your judgement will be sure
Corporalita
This pillar stood the strength and nobility of the greek and it is simple and massive and it is the earliest of the three classical orders of Architecture
Doric
Known as the age of faith
Middle Age Architecture
It is an art and science of designing and building of structures with aesthetics and functional criteria
Architecture
These houses are not entirely made up of stone; some are dominated more by wooden materials, while some more modern ones use concrete materials
Bahay na Bato
This term is literally translated - “ a willingness to embrace ambiguity, paradox and uncertainty”
Sfumato
This is the quest for truth and beauty and it requires to continuously ask questions.
Curianita
It means experience can be delivered by the use of senses, such as sight hearing, touch, taste and smell
Sensazion
It is the movement of the body In a rhythmic way usually to music and within a given space, for the purpose of expressing an idea or emotion releasing energy
Dance
An artistic dance form performed to music using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures and an art form created by the movement of the human body
Ballet
Any various traditional rustic dance often originating from festivals or rituals and places of music composed for such a dance
Folkdance
Refers to the exact notes and sound located on the musical staff and it is the quality that makes it possible to judge sounds as “higher” and “lower” in the sense associated with musical melodies
Pitch
It is an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color
Music
Refers to the softness or loudness of sound and are the range of volume that music notes can be played
Dynamic
True or False
Trumpet is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater
False
Kuratsa is widely performed traditional courtship dance in leyte and samar and dancers imitate the courtship of a rooster and a hen
True
True or False
The most common string instruments in the string family are guitar, electric bass, violin, viola, cello, double bass, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, and harp
True
Sculpture in the archaic greek period became more scenic and realistic in form, like tableau. A tableau is a piece of art, which uses live artists.
False
Sculpture in the Hellenistic period became more scenic and realistic in form, like tableau . A tableau is a piece of art, which uses live artists
True
Freedom to use the style of the past or to adopt to the recent trend, to choose materials to use, what technique to apply was up to the architect.
Big ben, Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty
Nineteenth Century Architecture
The emphasis of modern architecture was in functionality, simplicity. Elegance, and economy. Sanchez describes modern architecture as “an attempt to interpret man’s purpose through his building, a style free in relation to change and independent of fixed symmetries.
Modern Achitecture
Characteristics of Modern Architecture
1.Elimination of unnecessary details.
2.Adoption of express structure.
3.Function before form.
4.Elegance in simplicity.
The primitive Filipinos have used the “leanto” principle. The principle make use of a triangle or letter A formation with horizontal braces which is tatched with grass like cogon,tigbaw, banana. Coconut, nipa or anahaw leaves.
Philippine Architecture
is the organization of beautiful sounds that express ideas and emotions. Like other genres of art, music is universal. It is found in all culture.
Music
The rising and falling of tune in time. Melody carries the theme of the music.
Melody
The sounding or playing of two or more notes in time.
Harmony
The regular or irregular pattern of tune marked of by loud and soft beat in time.
Rhythm
Refers to the exact notes and sound located on the musical staff.
Pitch
Refers to the softness or loudness of sound.
Dynamics
The quality of sound whether produced by the human voice or by an instrument. Some have high and shrill sounding voice while others are low or mellow.
Timbre
is composed of five horizontal lines where the notes and other symbols of music are placed.
Staff
is the symbol that is placed at the left ledge of each staff which defines a reference from which all the other notes on the staff are computed.
Clef
It looks like a big number eight which covers the five lines of the staff.
The G Clef
It is often called the “bass clef”. The symbol of the F clef is likened to a large inverted letter C followed by a colon close to the left ledge of the staff. The symbol covers from the second line of the staff to the fifth line above.
The F Clef
It looks like a big number 3 with a thick vertical line on the ledge.
The C Clef
These are assigned to reduce the number of sharps and flats otherwise required.
Key Signature
The smallest unit of music.
Notes
The beat stands for the regular recurring pulse, which moves the music forward. The beat makes you feel like to tap with your foot or fingers.
Beat
is represented by series of vertical bars along the staff which divides the assigned number of notes.
Measure
is composed of two numbers written on the staff immediately following the key signature of the first line of the music and at any point where the composer wants to change the time signature (3/4, 4/4). The lower number indicates the base unit of measurement.
Time Signature
A time in music where and when the voice is silenced.
Rest
Marks the movement whether to play slow or fast.
Tempo
Very slow
Largo
Very slow and solemn
Grave
Slow
Adagio
Moderately slow
Andante
Fast
Allegro
Very Fast
Allegretto
means to hold or sustain the note depending on the conductor or the singer.
Fermata
Define as the intensity or volume of the sound.
Dynamics
Increasingly sound
Cresendo
From loud to becoming soft
Decresendo
A succession of different notes sung upon a single syllable, as found in plainsong or, now especially, in ornamental phrases of Near Eastern and Asian Music
Melisma
A small horizontal line placed on the note extend below or above the five lines of the staff.
Ledger Note
The voice is the oldest and most popular instrument.
Human Vocal Medium
Musical Instruments are anything which produced sound caused by the vibration by bowing, plucking striking, and blowing
Musical Instrument
Highest female voice
Soprano
is the highest of all voices.
Coloratura Soprano
Voice is less high and flute like.
Lyrical Soprano
Voice is high but heavier and conveys deep emotion.
Dramatic Soprano
Voice is between soprano and contra alto.
Mezzo Soprano
Voice is rich in quality and low.
Contra Alto or Alto
It is the highest in men’s voice.
Tenor
Voice is high and suited for sweet and melodious songs.
Lyrical Tenor
Similar to dramatic soprano voice is heavier and suited for expressing deep and intense emotion.
Dramatic Tenor
Voice is between of tenor and bass.
Baritone
Voice has the lowest in men’s pitch Basso Profundo, Very low, Very deep, and very heavy in men’s pitch.
Bass
A prolific lyricist-composer and a National Artist in music tells a story how he was arrested by the feared “kimpitai” on suspicion of being a “guerilla”. Celerio said he was not a “guerilla” but a musician.
Levi Celerio
