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Architectural History- Test 1
Architectural History
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
04/25/2016

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Altes Museum

Date: 1823-28

Location: Berlin

Architect: Karl Friedrich Schinel

First use of german order and plan combines interlocking classical prototypes 

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Bibliotheque 

Date: 1842- 50

Location: Sainte- Genevieve

Architect: Henri Labrouste

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Monticello

Date: 1770-1820 

Location: Charlottesville, VA

Architect: Thomas Jefferson

Andrea Palladio's work had greatest influence on building 

 

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Essai sur l'Architecture

Date: 1752

Author: Marc-Antione Laugier

essential argument is that all proper architecture is traceable to primitive hut 

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Cenotaph for Sir Issac Newton

Date: 1784

Architect: Etienne-Louis Boullee

Had no unnecessary ornamentation, inflation of geometric forms to huge scale, and repetition of elements at huge ranges 

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The Glasgow School of Art

Date: 1897-1909

Location: Scotland

Architect: Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Demonstrates Bold Massing and Light and Airy Interiors 

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S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane

Date: begun 1634

Location: Rome

Architect: Francesco Borromini

Use of geometry organizing method reflects gothic design and construction practices 

 

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Sagrade Familia

Date: begun 1882

Location: Barcelona

Architect: Antonio Gaudi

After Michelangelo's death, dome changed to retain gothic structural overtones, heavy towering sculptural presence, and richly crafted details 

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Il Gesu

Date: 1568-76

Location: Rome

Architect: Giacomo Vignola and Giacomo della Porta

signifigance due to facade becoming model for other churches 

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Saint Pauls

Date: 1675-1709

Location: London

Architect: Christopher Wren

used triple-dome construction strategy 

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