History Flashcards

(50 cards)

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The Roman pond called Impluvium was found in a courtyard surrounded by an open columned hall called:

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Peristyle

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A kind of Hydraulic concrete usedbby the Romans to build bridges and aqueducts

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Pozzoulana

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This arrangement of 3 couches was a social norm during banquets

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Triclinium

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Byzantine paintings was written in Vellum and illuminated in gold and other colors

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Manuscript

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5
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Church plan of the Byzantine church is

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Greek cross

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A chinese architectyre that is a monumental archway or gateway

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Pai´lou

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Art Nouceau in Germany is known as:

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Jugenstile

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This chair was popularized by women’s style of dress in England in the 15th and 16th century

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Farthingale chair

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In the 19th century, this style of furniture was popularized in Austria and Germany to offer the middle class consumers the form and style of French empire but lacked its handmade quality:

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Biedermier

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In what century was Farthingale chair popularized by Women’s style of dress in England

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15th and 16th Century

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In what centure was Biedermier popularized in Austria and Germany

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19th Century

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The first plan of St. Peters Basilica made by Bramante was

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Greek Cross

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Who made the First plan of St. Peters Basilica

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Bramante

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The most important innovation of the Queen Anne Period was the:

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Windsor Chair

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The art form which uses egg tempra on wet plaster:

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Fresco

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Greek Pottery, although utilitarian in nature, were designed for special purposes, i.e., the Kylix was used as a drinking cup while the Krater was used for:

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Mixing

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Greek Pottery, although utilitarian in Nature, were designed for special purposes, i.e., the krater was used for Mixing while the Kylix was used as:

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Drinking cup

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A slender and graceful column with 2 rows of vertical acanthus leaves below four small volutes, applied to a belle-shaped form

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Corinthian

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The iconoclastic movement during the Byzantine period forbade the use of _____ for representations

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Statues

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A small ladys desk with drop front and cabinet top

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Bonheur de Jour

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Refers to a period style that combine Spanish Baroque plus Rococo

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The ornamental pattern work in stone filling the upper part of a Gothic window

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The Period known as the Early English period of the Gothic style in England and which is less massive in Character and simple ornament is the:

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A term that means rebirth of the art of Classic antiquity in the 14th century

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Favorite residence of Francis I and is originally a convent and considered being the Largest palace of the 16th century
Palais de Fonrainebleu
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Palais de Fontainebleu was the largest palace in what Century
16th Century
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A multi-purpose material that was discovered in Mesopotamia and Egypt which changed the face of the Building industry
Brick
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Brick is a multi-purpose material that was discovered in _______ and ______
Meopotamia and Egypt
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A style of decoration in architecture and applied art development principally in France and Belgium toward the end of the 19th century characterized by organic and dynamic forms. Whiplash lines and curving design
Art Nouveau
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Art Nouveau was developed principally in ______ and ______
France and Belgium
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Art Nouveau in Italy is known as
Stile Floreale
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In the Bahay Kubo, the private sleeping room is called:
Silid
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The unroofed area where water jars used for drinking, washing and bathing are kepth at the
Batalan
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Found on the ground Floor of the bahay na bato is where the carriages and saints floats or andras are usually kepth
Zaguan
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In the Bahay na bato, it is the most immediate room from the stairs and is a spacious hall for entertaining friends
Caida
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The living room where balls and dances during fiestas and other special occasions take place in bahay na bato
Sala
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The Toilet which is usally adjacent to the service area
Comun
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It is the overhanging balcony where one can watch processions or parades passing the street or simply a conversation are overlooking the street
Balcon
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A religious painter whose paintings express great emotion and are bound together by a rhythmic flow of line
Roger vam der Weyden
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It is usally made of metal that has designs engraved or embossed on it, rolled on to freshly prepared surface that retains its design
Cylindrical Seal
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An Example of Aegean Sculpture
The Snake Goddess
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An Etagere is a
Chest of Shelves
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The reign of Louis XVI revived interest in the classic forms called
French Neoclassic
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A style influenced by the French Directoire and Empire styles and to some extent by Chinese and Egyptian inspiration
English Regency
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The cour of a roman house, near the entrance and partly open to the sky
Atrium
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A type of interior reflected in the over-decorated costume of the period having styles that were totally unrelated
Victorian
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A series of range of columns usually spanned by Linterls supprting a handrail
Balustrade
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The father of Modern Design, Arts and Crafts movement
William Morris
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Created in Germany in the 1919 under the directorship of Walter Gropius
Bauhaus
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This style was primarily concerned with concepts of pure abstraction in painting and sculpture which had surfaced in cubist art and which were taken to their logical limits by such artists such as Piet Mondrian, Jean Arp and Theo van Doesburg
De Stij