Test 3 Flashcards

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Early Renaissance

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Tudor Style, Elizabethan Style, Jacobean Style.

1500-1649

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Tudor Style Dates

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1500-1558

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Tudor Architecture

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Half-timber, Bay Windows, Oriel windows with corbel underneath, Tudor arch, prominent chimney monogram, houses builit in irregular shapes to add charm

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How is Tudor different from Gothic pointed arch

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flattened out

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Tudor interior; wainscoting (how are panels treated)

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rough plaster or small oak panel wainscoting with linen fold carving- natural finish, ceiling heavy posts of structure left exposed

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What Gothic Features in Tudor Style are still used?

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Linen fold

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Dominate wood in tudor style?

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Oak

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What motifs were used in Tudor Style?

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oak leaves, stems, acorns

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Elizabethan Dates

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1558-1603

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What building was built due to flourishing of English drama, led by William Shakespeare?

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The Globe Theater

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How did Elizabethan interiors changed from Tudor style/ period

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Still have paneling, no more linen fold, on Tudor arch, start to see renaissance detail, no gothic form

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Characteristics Elizabethan Furniture

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Large (people were boisterous in manner so furniture had to be strong)
Melon shape legs that were carved with leaves topped with capital

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Jacobean Style dates

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1603-1649

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Jacobean interior

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Pilasters with strap work (what is strap work)
Ceiling Detailed with plastered ceiling with strap work
Paneling goes all the way up to ceiling

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Characteristics Jacobean Furniture

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Gate-leg Table with drop leaf; turned legs, bun beet, folds in

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Chairs how do they differ from Spanish Leather Upholstered chair?

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nail heads

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Middle Renaissance

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Restoration Style,William and Mary Style, Queen Anne, 1600-1714

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Restoration style dates

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1600-1689

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What two artists/architects brought back the Italian Renaissance and French Baroque style to England?

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Inigo Jones, Sir Christopher Wren

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Interiors in Restoration Style

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interiors become very refined)
Floor to ceiling paneling, gibbons carvings, treating’s above the door
All Gothic and Tudor forms are gone

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Overall interiors of English Middle Renaissance

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Walls treated with floor to ceiling wood paneling left plain natural finish of oak or walnut
Use of bolection molding (what is it)
Wren brought back the use of panel between the dado cap and base board
Gibbons carvings;

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who is the wood carver that created Gibbons Carving

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Grinling Gibbons

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what are Gibbons carvings made out of (type of wood), what were common motifs

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Lime wood, ornaments of fruit, veggies, game, fish, leaves, flowers, musical instruments

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William and Mary Style dates

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William and Mary Interiors
stay same as above (Middle Renaissance) (Walls treated with floor to ceiling wood paneling left plain natural finish of oak or walnut Use of bolection molding (what is it) Wren brought back the use of panel between the dado cap and base board Gibbons carvings)
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What two significant pieces of furniture were introduced in William and Mary
highboy and settee
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Characteristics of William and Mary; type of leg and stretchers
trumpet leg, flat stretcher
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Queen Anne Style Dates
1702-1714
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Queen Anne Interior
further developed with more classical architectural details added Wood paneling left natural or painted Pediment above doors and fireplace Use of built in arched niche
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Queen Anne Furniture
``` Can have stretchers or no stretchers, Tea table Card table Lacquered table with chinoiserie Queen Anne Highboy Walnut or Mahogany Wood ```
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Queen Anne Chair;
solid splat, cabriole leg with club foot, shell motif on leg, restrained version of French Regency and Rococo
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Late Renaissance
Middle Georgian, Late Georgian, 1750-1810
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Middle Georgian Dates
1750-1770
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middle Georgian wood
mahogany
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middle Georgian interiors
Continue use of floor to ceiling rectangular panels with Gibbons Carving and/or dental molding but no longer natural wood. Instead it is painted light color.
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Middle Georgian Furniture
(Designs become way more delicate as moves through the Middle Georgian) early pieces Queen Anne with cabriole leg and ball and claw foot and pierced splat
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Who was the famous English cabinet-maker that started his shop in this time period and dominated design?
Chippendale
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What book did Chippendale publish that made his furniture widely copied?
The Gentleman and Cabinet-Makers Director
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Distinctive features that makes Chippendale’s furniture different from other cabinet-makers
Early pieces Queen Anne with cabriole leg and ball and claw foot and pierced splat Pieces Influenced by French Rococo style; cabriole leg with scroll foot
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Late Georgian dates
1770-1810
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Late Georgian interiors
Designed by Adams brothers Robert and James; distinctive feature use of oval medallions on the ceiling relief plaster in medallions of classical motifs Niches with sculpture mimicking Greek and Roman statues Columns and pilasters used in almost every interior
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3 feature of english furniture design
English furniture design Popularization of satinwood (became dominate wood of period) Use of painted motifs on his furniture Unique chair backs Furniture was graceful and elegant but was a little weak
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Unique chair back
heart, shield, oval
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Type of leg used by hepplewhite
spade
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Thomas Sheraton furniture
Used spade leg However chair backs were straight and rectangular in shape How to tell difference Sheraton chair backs do not touch seat. Horizontal rail
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Thomas Sheraton book
Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Drawing Book
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Hispanic period dates
711-1492 | Islamic influence in Spain
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What arches were used most by the Moors
(horseshoe, cinquefoil, ogival)
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What is the arabesque motif that was used in the Moorish architecture?
(artistic decoration consisting of "surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or plain lines)
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Alhambra, Granada Spain (palace)
Use of paneled doors and windows with grille in geometric shapes, and Islamic calligraphy Use of Stalactite; that which drips on ceiling and walls; looks like honeycomb of beehive
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Spanish Furniture
Vargueno Trestle Table with iron support Leather Upholstered Chair with tooled leather (pattern) and nail heads
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Bolection Molding
projects beyond the face of a panel | - middle renaissance interior