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Arch and Society Final
Oklahoma State University ARCH2003, Dr. Michael Rabens
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
05/03/2011

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Name: Temple of Amun

Location: Karnak, Egypt

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Name: Great Pyramids of Giza

Location: Giza, Egypt

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Name: Temple of Khons

Location: Karnak, Egypt

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Name: Step pyramid, or funerary complex for King Zoser

Architect: Imhotep

Location: Saqqara, Egypt

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Name: First Temple of Hera

Location: Paestum, Italy

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Name: Second Temple of Hera

Location: Paestum Italy

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Name: The Parthenon

Architects: Ictinus and Callicrates

Location: Athens, Greece

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Name: Arch of Titus

Location: Rome, Italy

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Name: The Colloseum

Location: Rome, Italy

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Name: Pont du Gard

Location: Nîmes, France

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Name: Basilica of Constantine

Location: Rome, Italy

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Name: Baths of Diocletian

Location: Rome, Italy

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Name: Etruscan Temple at Veii

Location: Veii, Italy

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Name: Maison Carrée

Location: Nîmes, France

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Name: The Pantheon

Location: Rome, Italy

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Name: Forum of Trajan

Location: Rome

Architect: Apollodorus

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Name: Old St. Peters

Location: Rome, Italy

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Name: Church of Santa Maria Maggiore

Location: Rome, Italy

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Name: Hagia Sophia

Location: Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey)

Architects: Anthemius and Isadorus

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Name: San Vitale

Location: Ravenna, Italy

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Name: Dome of the Rock

Location: Jerusalem

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Name: Great Mosque

Location: Samarra, Iraq

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Name: Great Mosque

Location: Cordoba, Spain

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Name: Suleymaniye Mosque

Location: Istanbul

Architect: Sinan

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Name: Plan of St. Gall

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Name: Abbey Church of Saint-Sernin

Location: Toulouse, France

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Name: Laon Cathedral

Location: Laon, France

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Name: Chartres Cathedral (Notre Dame)

Location: Chartres, France

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Name: Florence Cathedral (Duomo)

Location: Florence, Italy

Who designed the dome: Brunelleschi

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Name: San Lorenzo

Location: Florence, Italy

Architect: Brunelleschi

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Name: Sant' Andrea

Architect: Alberti

Location: Mantua, Italy

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Name: Rucellai Palace

Architect: Alberti

Location: Florence, Italy

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Name: Tempietto

Location: Rome, Italy

Architect: Bramante

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Name: New St. Peters

Location: Rome, Italy

First architect: Bramante

Second architect: Sangallo

Third architect: Michelangelo

Fourth architect: Maderno

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Name: San Lorenzo Ricetto

Location: Florence

Architect: Michelangelo

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Name: Villa Rotonda

Architect: Palladio

Location: Vicenza, Italy

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Name: St Peter's Piazza

Location: Rome, Italy

Architect: Bernini

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Name: Sant'Ivo della Sapienza

Location: Rome, Italy

Architect: Borromini

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What were the three estates of French society under the Ancien Régime?

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First - Clergy - Those who pray

Second - Nobility - Those who fight

Third - Commoners - Those who work

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What is an enfilade?
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The arrangement of rooms in a chateau in a line axially through the house with windows on either end so you can see straight through
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What is a Parterre?
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A formal garden construction with hedges and gravel in patterns on the ground
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What is a mansard roof?
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A roof with 2 slopes and a room inside it
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What is a chateau?
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A French country house/palace. Translates to "castle."
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Name: Chateau de Pierrefonds

Location: Pierrefonds, France

Century: 14th

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Name: Chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte

Location: Vaux-le-Vicomte, France

Architect: Louis Le Vau

Garden Architect: André Le Nôtre

Painter/decorator: Charles Le Brun

What happened to the owner: Got arrested for embezzling 3 weeks after the chateau was done, went to prison for life

 

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Name: Chateau of Versailles

Built for: Louis XIII and XIV

Architect: Louis Le Vau

Garden architect: André Le Nôtre

Century: 17th

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Which building did a crazy Bavarian king build a full replica of, and what was his name?
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Chateau of Versailles

Ludwig II of Bavaria

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Which Greek god did Louis XIV consider himself to be like?
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Apollo
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Name: St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Architect: James Gibbs

Location: London, England

Century: 18th

Why is it important: Its design was repeated in many Protestant churches

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Name: Petit Trianon

Location: Versailles, France (on grounds of Chateau)
Architect: Ange-Jacques Gabriel

Built by, for: King Louis XV, for Madame de Pompadour (a mistress)

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What does eclecticism mean?
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Mixing elements of and tolerating many different architectural styles
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Spirit of the time, general style of a period
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Name: Altes Museum

Location: Berlin, Germany
Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinkel

Century: 19th

Style: Neo-classicism

Commissioned by: Wilhelm III

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Name: Houses of Parliament

Location: London, England

Architects: Charles Barry and A. W. N. Pugin

Style: Gothic Revival

Century: 19th

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Name: Crystal Palace

Location: London, England

Architect: Joseph Paxton

Function: First Worlds Fair

Century: 19th

Time to build: 9 months

Style: Iron and glass, modular

 

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What is a skeleton frame?
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An iron/steel skeleton grid that supports a skyscraper
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What is a curtain wall?
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A covering for metal members made of brick, terra cotta, etc. on skyscrapers
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What is terra cotta?
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A ceramic building material used to cover metal and stuff on skyscrapers
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Who built the first safety elevator, and when?
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Elisha Graves Otis, 19th century
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Name: Home Insurance Building

Location: Chicago, IL

Architect: William Le Baron Jenney

Century: 19th

Why is it special: First skyscraper, according to most people

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Name: Wainwright Building

Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Architects: Adler and Sullivan

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Name: Chrysler Building

Location: New York

Style: Art Deco

Architect: William Van Alen

Competition with: Bank of Manhattan Co. Building to be the tallest building in the world at the time

 

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Name: Fallingwater

Location: Pittsburgh, PA

Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright

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What is organic architecture?
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Architecture where everything grows from a common source of design ideas, i.e. Wright designed all the furniture and interiors in his buildings.
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What is a Prairie house?
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A style of house that Wright made. They have broad overhanging eaves and emphasize horizontal lines, similar to prairies.
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Who did Frank Lloyd Wright work for early in his career?
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Adler and Sullivan
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Name: Robie House

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright

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Name: Price Tower

Location: Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright

Original purpose: Office building + hotel

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What book did Le Corbusier write in 1923, and how did he say architecture should progress through time?
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Towards A New Architecture

Said "a house is a machine for living in" and said that architecture should make gradual changes like cars

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What were Le Corbusier's "Five points of a new architecture" in 1926?
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Construction on pilotis (concrete columns)

Free plan (form independent from structure

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Ribbon windows (entire walls of windows)

Roof terraces (garden on top of a flat roof)

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Name: Villa Savoye 

Location: Paris, France

Architect: Le Corbusier

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Who started the skyscraper as a glass box trend?
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Mies van der Rohe
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Name: Apartment buildings 860-880

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Architect: Mies van der Rohe

Style of decoration: Wanted to show exposed metal structure but couldn't, so he covered it with concrete and put more metal on top to make it look like it

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Name: Kimbell Art Museum

Location: Fort Worth, Texas

Architect: Louis Kahn

What are spaces underneath vaults called: served spaces

How is light let in without ruining the art: skylights on top of the vaults with diffusers

 

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