Part 7 Flashcards
Chateaux de Villandry
Villandry, France
1532
Renaissance Style,
Place Royal (Place des Vosges)
Paris
1605-12
Louis Métezeau, Napoleon changed name from Place Royal to Place des Vosges in 1800
Hôtel du Sully
Paris, France
1624-9
Architect was Jean de Cerceau,
East Quarter of Louvre
France
1667-70
Architects Louis le Vau & Claude Perrault, Style is French Classicism
Nanchan Temple
Shanxi, China
782 AD
Great Buddha Hall is China’s oldest preserved timber extant, Buddhist Temple, 1st built during Tang Dynasty
Timber Pagoda, Fogong Temple
Yingxian
1056 AD
Style is Chinese architecture, built by Emperor Daozong, Buddhist building
Hall of Heavenly Purity, Forbidden City
Beijing
15th Century
built during Ming Dynasty, Chinese Architecture, connected to gate of heavenly purity via raised walkway
Main Sanctuary of Shinto Shrine at Ise
Japan
Begun 7th Century, Last Rebuild 2013
Rebuilt every 20yrs, made from cypress wood,
Great Buddha Hall, Tōdaiji
Japan
c.750 AD
Style Japanese Buddhist Architecture, Architect Emperor Shōmu
Buddha Hall and Pagoda at Shitennōji Temple
Ōsaka, Japan
6th Century AD
Japanese Buddhsit Style