ID4741 - Sample Exam #2

Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(1) Charles Percier and Pierre-Léonard Fontaine (interior design)

(2) Josephine’s Circular Bedroom in the Rueil-Malmaison

(3) Near Paris

(5) 1808

Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(2) Studiolo of Frederico III da Montefeltro

(3) Ducal Palace, Urbino

(4) Wooden intarsia panels

(5) 1476

Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(1)  Fillippo Brunelleschi

(2) Dome of Florence Cathedral

(3) South View, Florence

(5) 1420-1436

Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(2) Palazzo Davanzati

(3) Florence

(5) Late 14^th century

Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(2) Togu na (Men’s Meeting House; lit. “house of words”)

(3) Dogon, Mali

(5) 19^th/20^th century

Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(1) Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun

(2) Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors)

(3) Palace of Versailles, Versailles

(5) c. 1680

Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(1) Balthasar Neumann (architect), Gian Battista Tiepolo and sons (ceiling decoration)

(2) Grand Staircase with the Ceiling of Apollo and the Continents

(3) Residenz, Würzburg

(4) Fresco

(5) 750-1752

Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(1) Jean-François Oeben and Jean-Henri Riesener

(2) Louis XV's roll-top secretary (Bureau à cylindre),

(4) Louis XV style - wood, marquetry, bronze

(5) 1760-1769

Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(1) Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun

(2) Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors)

(3) Palace of Versailles, Versailles

(5) c. 1680

The Background:

(1) Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Charles Le Brun

(2) Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors)

(3) Palace of Versailles, Versailles

(5) c. 1680

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Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(1) Charles Garnier

(2) The Opéra

(3) Grand Foyer on the 1^st floor, Paris

(5) 1861-1874

The Background:

(1) Charles Garnier

(2) The Opéra

(3) Grand Foyer on the 1^st floor, Paris

(5) 1861-1874

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Similarities Between:

Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) & The Opéra - Grand Foyer

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Differences Between:

Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors) & The Opéra - Grand Foyer

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Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(1) Germain Boffrand

(2) Salon de la Princesse

(3) Hôtel de Soubise, Paris

(5) 1737-1740

The Background:

(1) Germain Boffrand

(2) Salon de la Princesse

(3) Hôtel de Soubise, Paris

(5) 1737-1740

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Identify the Image

(1) Name (Architect/Designer/Artist)

(2) Title

(3) Location (Architect)

(4) Technique/Material (Furniture/Art/Artifacts)

(5) Date

(1) Robert Adam (interior design)

(2) Entrance Hall of Syon House

(3) near London

(5) 1762-69

The Background:

(1) Robert Adam (interior design)

(2) Entrance Hall of Syon House

(3) near London

(5) 1762-69

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Similarities Between:

Salon de la Princesse & The Entrance Hall of Syon House

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Differences Between:

Salon de la Princesse & The Entrance Hall of Syon House

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Essay Instructions: Identify at least 2 buildings/interiors/furniture/art by creator’s name (if applicable), title, location or medium (if applicable) and year to support your argument.

5. Take a closer look at Josephine’s Malmaison near Paris (both the Malmaison and the Petite Malmaison). What was the historical context of the construction of the two buildings and their interiors? How do they epitomize the Neoclassicial style? What other influences besides Neoclassicism are at play?