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classique
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classical
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l'architecte
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architect
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un don
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talent
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une diapositive
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slide
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le tableau
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painting
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la sculpture
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sculpture
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DORIC
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MOST SIMPLE
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un vitrail
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stained-glass window
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athenian
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political expression- greek supremecy
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a l'arriere-plan
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in the background
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tondo
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round painting or relief
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entasis
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the swelling of the columns
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william hogarth's paintings are:
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"morality plays"
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Parthenon Sculptures were designed by
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Pheidias
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in baroque painting caravaggism dominated in
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1600-1630
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delphi charioteer
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intellectual expression- supremacy of man
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Rotunda
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An open, cylindrical interior space, usually covered by a dome, placed on a square building
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baroque
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the architectural style that succeeede the classic style of the RENAISSANCE from the late 16th century until the 18th century. It blends PICTURESQUE elements withe the more ordered, formal style of the "high RENAISSANCE" stressing movement, energy, and realistic treatment
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among impressionists, rural scenery concerned above all
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camille pissaro
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roundels
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decorative plate, panel, or tablet round in form
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in antis
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porch has columns between the walls
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arabesque
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a style of decorative design favored by the Moors as a means of giving play to their aesthetic creativity without violating the Islamic prohibition against reproducing natural forms. It employs inticate patterns of interlaced lines from stylized flowers, foliage, fruits, and animal outlines in geometrical or calligraphic designs. Poe applied it to his material which was selected for its strangeness, especial in his "Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque".
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the greatest of the netherlands romanists was
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jan gossaert
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roman republic portraits
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are images of frightening authority
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in painting the conquest of the visible world began
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1420
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leonardo's the last super is characterized by:
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blanced stability
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bay
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similar major vertical divisions of a large interior or wall
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jamb
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vertical sides of a doorway, arch, window, or other opening
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Neo-Platonism
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A philosophy based on the writings of the Greek philosopher Plato that merges classical culture with Christianity
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The cistercians set up their monsasteries
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in well-irrigated valleys
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basilica
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large oblong building used as a hall of justice and public meeting place
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apotheosis
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elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god
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outsider art
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art produced by persons on the outside of every official or unofficial arena of production; songs nobody will sing, poems no magazine will publish, usually because they are not good.
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european church interiors were filled with art objects, which openly linked christian mythology with historical personalities:
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mostly in 14th-16th centuries
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neoclassical villas were surrounded by
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gardens which were carefully planned to look unplanned
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what is typical for botticcelli's paintings?
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the decorative treatment of the surface
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Tempietto
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Saynatsalo
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AALTO
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Imperial Hotel
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WRIGHT
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Freeman House
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WRIGHT
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chapelle orientee
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ornate chapel
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Saint-Pierre, Beauvais. Gothic.
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Villa Savoye
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LE CORBUSIER
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Five Points
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LE CORBUSIER
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Volutes
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a spiral scroll
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Viollet-le-Duc, Compositions in Masonry and Iron, unbuilt (1860)
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Dulles International Airport
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EERO SAARINEN
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cornice
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any prominent, continuous, horizontally projecting feature surmounting a wall or other construction
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Pendentive:
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triangular masonry devices that carried the weight of the dome on massive
piers; a triangular segment of a spherical surface which fills in the upper corners of a room in order to form a circular support for a dome.
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Adler and Sullivan, Wainwright Building, St. Louis (1890)
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Soufflot, Ste. Genevieve, Paris (1800)
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Borromini, San Carlino, Rome (1640)
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Architect
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a professional designer of buildings.
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Michelangelo. Staircase, Library of San Lorenzo. Mannerism.
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James Freed and Henry Cobb
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PEI
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Dodecastyle
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temple front with 12 columns
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villa
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a country residence or estate.
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aqueduct
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bridgelike structure that carries water over an area
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New England, Georgian, Adam, or, Federal
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Adolf Loos, Josephine Baker House, unbuilt (1920)
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Viollet-le-Duc, Project of a 3000-seat Theater, unbuilt (1860)
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utility
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Principle wherein structures should be useful and function well for the people using it
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Byzantium
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Hagia Sophia, central plan, largest dome
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(Giulio) Romano. Palazzo del Te. Mannerism.
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Dromos
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a long, uncovered narrow passage leading to an underground tholos or chamber tomb
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Over Decoration
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Scrollwork, oval windows, cherubs (male baby angel)
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chateau
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(in France) a castle or fortress.
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shinto
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the native religion of Japan, primarily a system of nature and ancestor worship.
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arch
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a curved masonry construction for spanning an opening, consisting of a number of wedgelike stones, bricks, or the like, set with the narrower side toward the opening in such a way that forces on the arch are transmitted as vertical or oblique stresses on
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fascia
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any relatively broad, flat, horizontal surface, such as the outer edge of a cornice or a stringcourse
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Cape Cod
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a Massachusetts peninsula south of Boston extending into the Atlantic
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Basilica:
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Generally has a central nave, a semicircular apse, 2-4 sided columned aisles, a clerestory, and a narthex; Developed from the Roman form; full of straight, processional characters; T-shaped; Columns draw your eye to the altar; rectangular
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Bernini, San Andrea al Quirinale, Rome (1660)
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Apse
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a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church.
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Cupola
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A dome, usually small, topping a roof.
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planned exterior spaces
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gardens, courtyard part of architecture
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Hagia Sophia
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532; Anthemius and Isidorus; Central Plan church; Byzantine
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Meiosis
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slightly smaller diameter at the upper part of a column
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dormer
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A window set vertically in a structure projecting from a sloping roof.
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chalet
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a herdsman's hut in the Swiss Alps.
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colonnade
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a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof.
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aisle
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a longitudinal division of an interior area, as in a church, separated from the main area by an arcade or the like
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truss
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any of various structural frames based on the geometric rigidity of the triangle and composed of straight members subject only to longitudinal compression, tension, or both: functions as a beam or cantilever to support bridges, roofs, etc.
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archway
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an entrance or passage covered or enclosed by an arch
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attributes
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an object associated with a character, office, or quality
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balustrade
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a railing with supporting balusters or posts
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Dutch Colonial
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people that live in a small town
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Ranch
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farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle)
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Webb and Morris, The Red House, Bexley Heath (1860)
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STYLE(Uninterrupted Space)
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The interiors were built without walls or doors.
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Cella
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The chamber at the center of an ancient temple; in a classical temple, the room (Greek, naos) in which the cult statue usually stood.
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castellated
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built like a castle, esp. with turrets and battlements.
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realtor
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a person who works in the real-estate business and is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Boards, or one of its constituent boards, and abides by its Code of Ethics.
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lattice
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a structure of crossed wooden or metal strips usually arranged to form a diagonal pattern of open spaces between the strips.
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atrium
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a sky lit central court in a contemporary building or house; a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early Christian church
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posterior
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situated behind or at the rear of; hinder (
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baluster
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any of a number of closely spaced supports for a railing.
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plinth
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a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier or a square base of a pedestal
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arcade
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a series of arches supported on piers or columns; an arched or covered passageway
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georgian
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of or pertaining to the period of British history from the accession of George I in 1714 to the death of George IV in 1830, or the four kings named George who reigned successively during this period.
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Flying buttress:
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Used to accommodate the weight of a pitched roof and the sheer size of the ascending walls.
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Gable
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The triangular part of a wall that is enclosed between the sloping portions of a roof.
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Corinthian Column
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differs from the Ionic only in the capital. Very ornante and looks somewhat like leave
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town house
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a house in the city, esp. as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
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flamboyant
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having the form of an ogee or double curve, such as a bar of tracery
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Chapter house:
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place where the abbot read The Rule of Benedict and then commented on it.
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agent
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a person or thing that acts or has the power to act.
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proportion
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proporcja
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esfera
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sphere
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Erechtheion. Greek.
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Johnson
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Seagram Building
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designed by
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zaprojektowany przez
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de Lesseps
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Suez Canal
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Lion Gate
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1250 BC
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Sainte-Foy, interior view. Romanesque.
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Ishtar Gate
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Neo-Babylonian Period
Babylon
ca. 612-539 BCE
Built by KingNEbuchadnezzar II
Dedicated to one of the principal goddesses of the city
Decorated with polychrome bricks against a light blue background, with figures of lions, bulls and dragons
-Lion=Ishtar, Mistress of Heaven
-Bull=Adad the weather god
-Mushushshu (dragons)=MArduk, god of the city
*each lion=46 different moulded bricks arranged in 11 rows
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Santa maria Novella, Alberti
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a
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Salisbury Cathedral
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Gothic; 13th century
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Neolithic Period
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ca. 9000-3000 BCE
Jericho, Israel
Catal Huyuk, Turkey
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Hoffmann, Palais Stoclet, Brussels (1910)
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Olbrich, Secession Building, Vienna (1900)
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Silent speed
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16 frames per second
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Buckminster Fuller, Dome over Manhattan, unbuilt, 1960
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Pyramids at Giza
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Khufu/Khafre/Mankaure; Ancient Egyptian; 3000 BCE
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Cruciform
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Cross-shaped; used to describe the standard floor plan of a church.
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dentils
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tooth-like blocks in Ionic and Corinthain cornices
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Is the Building structurally sound? Are the materials appropriate?
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Firmness
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Experimental Design
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Narrow, exploration, experimental and discovery are main motivation. want to know about material, technique, technology etc.
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1:250,000
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Which scale shows the most area?
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Bauen
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Building, only structure and function, no ornament.
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Florence Duomo
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Early Renaissance architecture. Dome within Dome. Most influential dome in history!
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St. Pierre Beauvais
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Unfinished cathedral in France.
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Dotted/Dashed Lines
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Ceiling elements above cutting plane.
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LBJ Library
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SOM
Austin, TX
Magnificent scale, not normal campus building, looks like a memorial building, conveys importance
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Arc de Triomphe
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Paris 1806-1836
Built by Napoleon, modeled after Roman Triumph Arches
Symbol of the French valor, dedicated to the glory of the imperial armies
At the foot of the Champs Elysee
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San Sernin, Toulouse
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Romanesque, French, 1080ce, pilgrimage church, crossing geometry
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Plug-in City, Blowout Village, Archigram
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U.K., 1964, 66
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Transverse loading
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forces applied perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of a member causing bending and deflection
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stucco
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a plaster now made mostly from Portland cement and sand and lime
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minute man
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what is paul revere associated with
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Eames House
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Charles and Ray Eames
Santa Monica, CA
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Pediment
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A triangular space formed by roof jointure in a Greek-style building
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Vitruvius
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architect attributed with the study of the lost Greek texts and bases his study on the three Greek orders
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Reasons for Stonehenge
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Burial site, observatory, pilgrimage (ritual) center, center of healing, status symbol, community center
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Austin Bergstrom International Airport
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PSP
Austin, TX
Industrial facility. Focuses on security, efficiency, safety, and machine. Humanism at personal scale.
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Mantel
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the shelf above a fireplace. also used in referring to the decorative trim around a fireplace opening
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Notre Dame de Chartres
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Gothic, French, 1145ce, coronation church, rebuilt from romanesque plan
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Marseilles Block & Section Diagram, LeCorbusier
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Marseilles, France, 1947-52
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Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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Lake Shore Drive Apartments
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Basin and Range
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what physiographic province is salt lake located in?
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Chapel of Notre-dame-de-haut
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Le Corbusier
Ronchamp, France - 20th century
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critical path method
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A systematic procedure for detailed project planning and control
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panthenaic way
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What is the main ceremonial pathway that crosses through the Athenian Agora
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San Carlo alle Quatro Fontane
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Borromini; Baroque; 17th century
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Newel post
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a post supporting the handrail at the top or bottom of a stairway
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pendentive
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used for a dome with a square base, triangular space between dome and arches, transfers weight and stress
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examples of compression, tension
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c: arch, tension: suspension bridge, bridge, Denver airport.
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Thesbos
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first actor to step out of the chorus and play an individual.
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Iktinos and Kallikrates
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who were the architects of the parthenon?
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Doric Order
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a plain, sturdy column and a thick square abacus resting on a rounded molding.
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Site (noun)
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a space of ground occupied or to be occupied by a
building
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Great Exhibition of Works of Industry of All Nations
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Hyde Park, London
Crystal Palace
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The instructor believes that the construction industry, which includes mining of resources, refinement of materials, sales of materials & products, shipping, design and construction, could be considered the largest industry in the world.
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The instructor believes that the construction industry, which includes mining of resources, refinement of materials, sales of materials & products, shipping, design and construction, could be considered the largest industry in the world.
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Notes on the film, "the loop"
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Single family detached home with its own yard. Stress on private ownership of property. Scene of family life. Gender roles. Content of nuclear family. Promise of security. Self sufficiency. Result of hard work. Alexander Jackson downy. Helped perpetuate the idea of revivalism. Balloon frame and heaven timber frame. The roles of different genders in the house
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