France Flashcards

(36 cards)

1
Q

A walkway lined with trees and/or tall shrubs

A

Allee

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

A railing in landscape architecture often found along a walk or around a pool or other garden feature

A

Balustrade

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

A village or town in medieval France built especially for defense, usually laid out to a definite geometrix plan

A

Bastide

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

A wide street in a town or city, typically one lined with trees

A

Boulevard

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Type of parterre garden characterized by the division of paths and beds to form an embroidery-like pattern

A

Broderie par terre

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Small room providing seclusion

A

Cabinet

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

A large French countryhouse or castle often giving its name to wine made in its neighborhood

A

Chateau

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

In landscape design, European interpretations of Chinese or Japanese form

A

Chinoiserie

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Dutch baroque garden feature; an iron-grilled implanted in a wall at the end of an allee of trees

A

Clairevoie

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Architectural term for a three-sided courtyard

A

Cour d’honneur

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Dead-end road, especially one ending in a circular turnaround

A

Cul-de-sac

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Fruit tree or ornamental shrub whose branched are trained to grow flat against a wall

A

Espalier

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space

A

Facade

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

An arched support that extends from a column to the wall

A

Flying buttress

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

A grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building

A

Gargoyle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

A small rustic hamlet of farmhouses, outbuildings and a mill similar structurea build as part of a landscaped estate

17
Q

Garden

18
Q

Ornamental water jet emitted from a fountain or pipe

19
Q

Grand century, one of the richest periods

A

Le Grande Siecle

20
Q

Middle Ages, began with the decline of the Western Roman Empire and ended with the Renaissance

21
Q

Excessive or self-conscious use of a distinctive style in art, literature or music

22
Q

Roof that has four sloping sides, each of which becomes steeper halfway down

23
Q

A shallow recess, especially one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament

24
Q

Goose’s foot, referring to a garden plan with three radiatinf avenues from a central point

A

Patte d’oie

25
An exterior set of steps and a platform at the main entrance to a large building
Perron
26
Small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience
Podium
27
A tree whose top and branches have been cut off for a reason
Pollard
28
A kitchen garden
Potager
29
Of or arranged like rays or the radii of a circle
Radial
30
Of, relating to, or situated on the banks of a river
Riparian
31
18th century architectural style of decorarion characterized by elaborate ornamentation with pebbles and shells, typical of grottos and fountains
Rocaille
32
A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
Rond point
33
An unbroken expanse of lawn used as a major element of a landscape design
Tapis vert
34
Latticework
Treillage
35
False perspective
Trompe l'oeil
36
A thin, plain-weave, semi-transparent fabric of cotton, wool or silk
Voile