History of Interiors Exam 2 pt 1

Key: IR- Itallian Renaissance, FIPCE - Renaissance in France, Iberian Penninsula, & Central Europe, LCE - The Renaissance in the Low Countries and England, CH14- Chapter 14

What does Renaissance mean?

Rebirth

What is the concept of Humanism?

a cultural perspective that helped pull people out of the Dark Ages – the idea that every human is at the center of his/her own universe, and people should embrace human achievements in education, classical arts, literature and science

What was invented by Guttenberg that helped people become more informed and educated?

The Guttenberg Press

Art and painting became…?

More realistic and embraced nature

The art, architecture, and philosophy of ancient Greece and Rome was…?

…

What is this piece of furniture called? (IR)

Credenza

What is this piece of furniture called? (IR)

Bancone (writing desk)

What is this piece of furniture called? (IR)

Sedia

What is this piece of furniture called? (IR)

Savonarola

What is this called? (IR)

Loggia

What is this called? (IR)

Palladian Window

What is this called? (IR)

Intarsia

What is this called? (IR)

Broken Pediment

Which one was NOT a painter/sculptor..?

Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael,Niccolo Machiavelli

Chateau (plural – Chateaux) were…

the castles and manor homes of the nobility

What are the dormer windows that jutted out from the roof line?

Lucarnes

What roof was used in France and covered the entire upper story of the building?

Mansard roof

Furniture was… (FIPCE)

heavy, masculine, ornate, and large-scaled

What were the main woods used for furniture?

walnut and ebony

What is this piece of furniture? (FIPCE)

Tuffet

What is this piece of furniture? (FIPCE)

Caquetoire

What is this piece of furniture? (FIPCE)

Vargueno

What style is metal work based on human form, particularly the human ear.

AURICULAR

Flemish painters (from Flanders in northern Belgium) were very..?

influential and excelled at oil painting

What pottery and tiles were used in the Netherlands (previously Holland)

Deft pottery and tiles (glazed blue on white)

What were the three eras of the Renaissance in England?

Tudor era (reign of King Henry XVIII);

Elizabethan era (reign of Queen Elizabeth I)

Jacobean era (reign of King James I)

Style evolution of the 3 England Renaissance eras

Tudor – could still see a bit of Gothic, characterized by half-timber construction

Elizabethan – the time of Shakespeare, furniture was highly ornamented

Jacobean – buildings of brick using alternating corner stones (Quoins) 

Dutch (from the Netherlands) and Flemish (from northern Belgium) painters excelled at:

oil painting, showing perspective through color and contrast

One famous Dutch artist was Johannes Vermeer painted this famous portrait, called…

Girl with the Pearl Earring. 

In Holland (now known as The Netherlands), pottery and tile with blue on white images became very popular. This is known as…

Delftware

What is this an image of? (LCE)

Quoins

What is this an image of? (LCE)

Jetty

What is this an image of? (LCE)

Oriel window

What is this piece of furniture? (LCE)

Glastonbury Chair

What is this piece of furniture? (LCE)

Farthingdale Chair

What is this piece of furniture? (LCE)

Bobbin Chair

What were two major exports out of Africa?

Ivory (elephant tusks) and gold

India manufactured and exported…

high-quality textiles

Simple homes in India were a simple one-story house, with a center front door, a hip roof, and a front porch the width of the house – called a …

Bungalow

American architect Frank Lloyd Wright was heavily influenced by…

Japanese architecture

The Japanese used natural materials and neutral colors to connect with nature. Filtered, diffused, natural light entered interior spaces through translucent panels in…

Shoji screens

What is this piece of Japanese

Kaiden-dansu