HISTORY OF ARTS AND INTERIOR DESIGN

WINDSOR CHAIR

A queen and innovation chair where a chair back type will have a comb shape back

CARBRIOLE LEG

Modeled after an animal's legs, this feature remains the most recognizable element of Queen Anne style. Oversized turned legs of the past were replaced in favor of functionality.

WINGBACK CHAIR

Was designed to be sat in front of the dominant heating method of the time, fireplaces, while the wings on the side prevented drafts from slicing through your little cocoon of warmth. The pronounced protrusion of the wingtips was to keep the breeze off of your ears and neck.

A high-backed armchair with side pieces projecting from the back, originally in order to protect the sitter from drafts.

CORNER CHAIRS

feature curved or angular backs set around one corner of its seat, meaning the seat is on the diagonal. Corner chairs first appeared in England at the beginning of the 18th century and were often referred to as 'roundabout' chairs.

TRIFID

Then term for 'SPLIT INTO THREE PARTS' this is a typical furniture feet during the American Georgian period

MONOPODIA

Roman furniture motif using a combination of the head of a lion and its leg.

MONOPODIA

This furniture ornamentation is characterized by the use of the Lions head, chest, and foot, as a furniture support or legs

SATYR'S MASK

The mask depicts a young satyr wearing a wreath

MARLBOROUGH

which were square with a simple block foot design.

CUPOLAS

a structure that sits atop a larger rooftop or dome and can range in size from very basic and small, to extremely large and ornate. The small can be a simple vented box you would see on a barn while the cupola on St. Peters Basilica in Rome is an example of the other extreme.

SABER

a type of backsword with a curved blade associated with the light cavalry of the early modern and Napoleonic periods.

VICTORIAN

It is a type of interior reflected in the overdecorated costume of the period. Having styles that were totally unrelated

ART NOUVEAU

a style of decorative art, architecture, and design prominent in western Europe and the US from about 1890 until World War I and characterized by intricate linear designs and flowing curves based on natural forms.

JUGENDSTILE

Art Nouveau in Germany is known as

SEZESSIONSTIL

Art Nouveau in Austria

WINDSOR CHAIR

The most important innovation of the Queen Anne Period was the

HIGHBOY

Tall Cabinet or chest, often on legs.

Filippo Brunelleschi

The great dome of St. Peter's in Rome was designed by Italian artist Michelangelo, but who first used the revolutionary design idea of the dome's design on the Florence Cathedral?

MICHELANGELO

Kneeling windows

OCULUS

the round central opening of a dome

AQUEDUCTS

Built to transport water to the Roman cities.

TESSERAE

The small pieces of glass or stone that make up a mosaic are called.

ICTINUS AND CALLICRATES

Architects of the Parthenon

PHIDIAS

Sculptor of the Greek bronze colossal statue of Athena in the Acropolis known for its work on the Parthenon.

STADIUM

a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments. Greek foot course where games were celebrated.

ART DECO

Which architectural style popularized the use of synthetic building materials such as glass, plastic and steel?

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

What important event changed architecture and is termed as modern?

NEO-MODERNISM

The period which replaced Post-Modernism and was represented by the elegant works of Philippe Stark

DE STIJL

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

BAUHAUS

a German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1919

RENAISSANCE

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

MUDEJAR

Refers to a period style that combine Spanish baroque plus Rococo

ROCOCO

Very elaborate and ornate (in decorating or metaphorically, as in speech and writing); relating to a highly ornate style of art and architecture in 18th-century France

A style primarily of interior design that appeared in around 1700. Rococo style, purpose is to dazzle and impress the eye, over the top, lighter more decorative stlye (pastels, swirling forms, lighthearted, sensual, frivolous); moving away from religious context

FRESCO

The art form which uses egg tempera on wet plaster

SECCO

Paint on dry wall

OTTO WAGNER

The famous architect of the contemporary style known to have broken was from eclecticism.

BRONZE SCULPTURES

Etruscan art is significant to the development of Roman art because of its _____

CHRYSELEPHANTINE

The Athena statue in the Parthenon was built of ivory and gold, the combination of which is called _________.

ORMULU

gilt bronze motifs and mouldings applied to furniture

BOULLE WORK

applied to form a marquetry, veneer of tortoiseshells and brass, silver, and pewter.

CERTOSINA

Ivory inlay on woodwork

DORIC TEMPLE

The Parthenon is considered a ______ temple.

THOLOS

The Aegean beehive shaped tomb is called _______.

KORE

Sculptural figure of a female in contrapposto in the Archaic period.

KOROUS

an archaic Greek statue of a young man, standing and often naked.

PALAESTRA

Wrestling school

ODEON

Greek structure where musical presentations were held for approval of the public.

STOA

Greek colonnade/walkway building used as shelters around public and religious shrines.

CLERESTORY

These windows place high up near the ceiling. Used primarily to light up the central nave.

LACUNAE

Recessed panels on ceilings

Voids left by missing or damaged pieces of artwork

AMBULATORY

A walkway around the apse or sanctuary enables worshippers to cross from one transept to another without disturbing the mass.

Separates the choir from the apses

QUATREFOIL

Windows that are shaped like four-leaf clover are called.

TREFOIL

These are designs in Gothic architecture made of lobes of either metal or concrete. Three leaf cloves

OBELISKS

An Egyptian monolith which stood in Paris before pylons erected by the ruler in power in celebration of festivals.

SURREALISM

In painting, a serious attempt to explore the subconscious and reveal the inner life.

An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images

SARIMANOK

A mythical creature which is a typical motif in most Mindanao or Muslim design.

CHINOISERIE

the imitation or evocation of Chinese motifs and techniques in Western art, furniture, and architecture, especially in the 18th century.

SINGERIE

Motif of monkeys dressed in clothing and engaged in human activities.

BATIBOT

Philippine counterpart of the vienna bentwood chair

CAPIYA or KAPILYA

The Filipino version of a long bench patterned after benches used in churches as pews

TRACERY

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

GREEK CROSS

The first plan of St. Peter's Basilica made by Bramante was

FARTHINGALE CHAIR

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

PAIMIO

This furniture is designed to allow the tuberculosis patient to sit in a position that enable them to breathe easily

LC2

Also known as Le Petit Confort Armchair was part of the first modern furniture line to take the radical step of making the furniture frame a dramatic and visible aspect of the design.

BIBENDUM

was designed by Grey specifically for lounging in and socialising with friends. It was for places to be comfortable in. The Chair's back and armrests consists of two semi-circular, padded tubes encased in soft, black leather.

ARTEK

founded in 1935 in Helsinki by the young idealists Aino and Alvar Aalto, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl to "sell furniture and promote a modern culture of living by exhibitions and other educational means."

REPETITIONS

This characterizes the pattern design of the Guilloche the best

MIES VAN DER ROHE

He is best known for his German pavilion a modernist structure is posing minimalism, simplicity, and buildings devoid of decoration and history system, encapsulating his 'LESS IS MORE' approach to construction

LOUIS SULLIVAN

He was known as Chicago's "Father of the skyscrapers" and "Father of modernism". He is one of the most influential architects of the modernist period.

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

He became famous as the creator and expounder of "organic architecture"—his phrase indicating buildings that harmonize with their inhabitants and their environment.

Founder of the Prairie School

FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

He believed that form and function are one he practiced organic architecture wear a structure should well blend in it's environment

ALVAR ALTO

He is famous for his BENT PLYWOOD FURNITURE

Le Corbusier (Charles-Edouard Jeanneret)

The architect's actual name is Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, but he named himself Le Corbusier in 1920

DURER

He is notably the best and most famous artist of the holy Roman empire and the 16th century and German art, best known for his engravings and wood block prints

VAN DER WEYDEN

Descent from the Cross

He was internationally famed for the naturalism of his detail and his expressive pathos.

VAN EYCK

The Ghent Atlarpiece

is known as an innovator of veristic realism, not only for his meticulous portraiture but also for his stunning panoramic landscapes that appear to recede far into the distance.

Innovated and promoted the use of 'oil paint'

BOSCH

Garden of Earthly Delights (best known art)

He is best known for his inventive depiction of fantastical scenarios.

He is the visionary painter most celebrated for his detail-drenched and narrative renditions.

GUSTAVE MOREAU

Introduced "magic" into painting

ANTONIO SANT'ELIA

He is remembered through his bold architectural sketches as he left behind almost no completed works of architecture

EDOUARD MONET

Father of Modernism

CLAUDE MONET

Leader of French Impressionist Movement

CLOISONISM

2D style works featuring blocks of pure color with black edging

SYNTHESISM

Characterized by decorative line, flat patches of bold color and estoretic symbolism

KOSTILYAHE

This refers to the grid of support from which to 'Kisame' is affixed to

SCAGLIOLA

This is a type of finish during the Early Georgian period for console table top imitating a true marble with the use of marble chips

BOISERIE

is the term to used to define ornate and intricately CARVED WOOD PANELLING

MARQUETRY

Used to create PICTURES in wood

PARQUETRY

Used to create PATTERNS in wood

BETON BRUT

raw concrete

COCONUT CHAIR

Which among the following is not a cantilevered chair?

Panton chair

Coconut chair

Cesca chair

BRNO chairs

QUEEN ANNE

English style also known as the age of walnut

WILLIAM AND MARY

Also sometimes known as the Early Baroque style. Japanning

CAROLEAN

the English style of the time of Charles II, also known as the RESTORATION style

DAR (Dining Armchair Rod)

Eames furniture produced for MOM's low- cost furniture design in 1948

LCW Chair

Was the Lounge Height (L) Side Chair (C) on Wood (W) Base. Charles and Eames.

fusion of five separate molded plywood forms.

LAR (Cats Cradle) Chair

Low (L) Height, Arm (A) Chair on Rod (R) Base. Lounge Height Chair. Charles and Eames.

SAMUEL MCINTIRE

American furniture maker influenced by the works of Hepplewhite and Sheraton. His chairs include delicate carvings

FEDERAL FURNITURE

Sheraton and Hepplewhite dominated dominated these furniture styles

ADAM, HEPPLEWHITE SHERATON

three styles of Chippendale Pieces