HISTORY OF ART AND INTERIOR DESIGN (AMERICAN STYLES)

Early Colonial

The style of English settlers in the eastern coast of North America

Plymouth

1621 English settlers

Garrison Colonial

Has a steep pitched roofs that were essential for allowing rain and snow to run off easily (colonial architecture)

The New England Saltbox

Developed from the hall-and-parlor or Garrison style with the addition of an ell or lean-to on the back

American Georgian

English inspired colonial architecture, marked by a greater concern for style and higher standards of comfort. it is associated with the emergence of a wealthy middle class, characterized by ornamental detailing such as pediments, pilasters and palladian windows

The Federal Style

Takes its name from the American history, this historical period was of extreme importance for the establishment of the United States; it saw the end of the revolution, the creation of Articles of Confederation and finally the Constitution of the UnitedStates and the Bill of Rights.

A low pitched or flat roof that was unually concealed behind a balustrade, the capital is diminutive and the columns are slender

Thomas Jefferson

American founding father and principal aithor of the Declaration of Independence, statesman and the third President of the US, he had a great influence in the architecture and was involved in the design and construction of the US Capital Building

The Rotunda at the University of Virginia

By Thomas Jefferson. Housed the library. Professors lived and held classes in the pavillions which represented individual disciplines. Each demonstrated a different order. Full spectrum of classical design.

US Capitol Building

By William Thornton, Benjamin Henry Latrobe and Charles Bulfinch. The neoclassic cast iron domes symbolized democracy and was designed by Thomas Ustick Walter

The Monticello

Thomas Jefferson's house outside Charlottesville, it has a neoclassical touch and style and we can see that the Pantheon was domesticated in the great tradition of residential Pantheons

The Greek Revival Style

Dominated American architecture during the period 1818 - 1850. The first truly national style in the United States and style was due to strong associations with classical tradition and democracy. Adaptable and permeated all levels of building from high to low

Gothic Revival

Characterized by strong associational values of religion and nature. It is based on English and French precedents of the late 12th to 15 centuries. Found in both ecclesiastical and residential architecture.

Romanticism

A new Romantic attitude which exalted individualism, subjectivism, irrationalism, imagination and nature emotions over reasons and senses over intellect. First used by German poets and writers, August Wilhelm and Friedrich Schlogel

Paintery Style

Freedom of color takes precedence over sharply-defined forms, brushtrokes are less restrained, resulting in somewhat "messy" outlines

William Blake

Painted with watercolor over prints to prodce some highly imaginative and enigmatic works of art. Works: Ancient days

John Singleton Copley

Boston born American artist famous for his portaits of important figures in colonial New England. Work: The Boy with Squirrel, Watson and the Shark

Theodore Gerricault

French romanticist, revealed an interest in human psychology against political and social pressures. Works: Mad Woman with a Mania of Envy and The raft of Medusa

Eugene Delacroix

Derived his styl from masterworks of western literature, characterized by large sweeps of color, lively patterns and energetic figure groups. Works: Liberty Leading the People and The Barque of Dante

John Constable

English Romantic painter; known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, known as "Constable Country". Work: Hay Wain