Romantic Period/Victorian Architecture

Question 1

What were the reactions to Neoclassicism’s?

Answer 1

-People started rejecting Neo = Grew tired of the old predictability/order/“Coldness”
-Industrial Revolution = urbanization too environment (SAVE NATURE)
-Mass production/sameness (want uniqueness)
-Houses $!!

Question 2

What are some Romanticism features?

Answer 2

-Beautiful/Picturesque = perfect
-Senses & emotion are equal to logic & reasoning
-Individual = wanted their own homes =unique
-Nature = Moving westward (manifest destiny & nationalism) using Gods given earth

Question 3

Name Victorian architecture style?

Answer 3

Gothic Revival (Neo):
-Pitched roof
-Pointed arches
-Very orderly but aesthetically pleasing
-Stained glass windows = let’s light in
-Ventricle (looking up) = meant to feel emotional
-Flying Buttress
-Pinnacles
-Asymmetrical
-Ground vaulting & Ribbed
-Stone tracery
-Finial
-Crenellations

Question 4

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Crenellations =castle like gothic

Question 5

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Pitched roof

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Stone tracery = provides stability

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Rose window = above entry way

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Ribbed vaulting = covering a wide space

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Groin vaulting

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Spires/finials = orpiment on top of a building

Question 11

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Pinnacles

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Flying buttresses

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Stained glass = allows light to come through

Question 14

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Ventricle = allows people to look up (God) in church

Question 15

Name Victorian architecture style?

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Carpenters Gothic
-Wood, true materials, asymmetrical; natural living with nature
-Pointed arches & roof
-Gabled roof
-Oriel window
-Cresting edge roof line
-Hip roof, peer hip roof, and gable flat
-Boardbatten

Question 16

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Board batten = lines on house

Question 17

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Gabled roof = mini wall closing off

Question 18

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Pho balcony

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Oriel windows

Question 20

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Cresting = edge of roof line

Question 21

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Gabled roof = flat

Question 22

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Gabled roof = pyramid

Question 23

Name Victorian architecture style?

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Second Empire

-Pavilion = attached tower
-Iron cresting
-Windows tall
-INSPIRED BY FRENCH = packed with detail
-Balquonests = fake balconies
-Hip roof
-Dormer windows = Peter Pan
-Eve = Line on roof
-Corbel = similar to pediments
-Roofline = Mansard

Question 24

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Pavilion = attached tower

Question 25

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Balqonetsts = fake balconies 

Question 26

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Dormer window

Question 27

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Eve = line on roof

Question 28

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Corbel

Question 29

What type of roof?

Answer 29

Mansard roof

Question 30

Name Victorian architecture style?

Answer 30

Queen Anne
-Doll house homes (pretty maintenance)
-Witches tower/hat
-Asymmetrical
-resorted entry;gabled roof line
-Paladin windows
-Bay window
-Conservatory’s (green house)
-Fish scaled lining texture
-Sunburst tower pattern

Question 31

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Paladin windows

Question 32

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Sunbursts

Question 33

Name Victorian architecture style?

Answer 33

Romanesque Revival
-Roman style BUT revived
-ARCHES
-Ties into gothic (dull colors)
-Towers, spires, dome
-Checkered/geometric pattern
-EXPOSED BRICK
-Squat
-Finials,columns

Question 34

Name Victorian architecture style?

Answer 34

Italianate
-Inspired by Italian villas
-FLAT ROOF
-Corbels & Eves
-Belvedere =square shaped dome
-Quoins
-Very symmetrical

Question 35

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Belvedere = square shaped dome

Question 36

Answer 36

Quoins =detailing on the end of building

Question 37

Name Victorian architecture style?

Answer 37

Stick a.k.a. Eastlake
-WOOD or ortimentation
-Shickled roof line
-Hard edges & wood pannels