History of Interior Design Test 2

a shrine containing the remains of a holy or sainted person and/or artifacts (relics) associated with them, originating in India prior to the 5th century BCE as tombs of holy men and evolving afterwards into sacred sites dedicated to the Buddha

Western climates get a lot more rain so this group generally used chairs for the primary seating option in contrast to eastern cultures that often sat on the floor. Culturally in the East, chairs were reserved for those of high status.

The counter reformation and the protestant reformation

Stacked horizontal divisions on walls

High and ornamented ceilings- coffers commonly used

Recessed wall fireplaces with a coat of arms

Inigo Jones

Pattern books made architectural designs available to the middle class that had previously only been available to the wealthy. Their widespread use influenced home designs throughout the country, but still left room for builders to adapt those designs to local tastes and functional requirements

Rococo

• exceedingly plain

• mahogany wood

• Plaster Ceilings and paneling

• Timbered ceilings

• Painted walls to look like tapestries and painted panels to imitate marble

• Blackwork: elaborate patterns in black on s white background

domes, arches, minarets, Muqarnas vaulting, and girih tiles

The furniture was sparse, and often served multiple services.

Pattern Books

a medieval association of merchants or craftsmen

approximate equivalent to modern-day business organizations such as institutes or consortiums.

stone supports that stood outside the church

a supporting structure

the portion of a basilica flanking the nave and separated from it by a row of columns or piers

the central area of a church

Architectural profile in which rectangular projections (tablero) are interspersed on a sloping surface (talud)

wall that faces Mecca

A semicircular niche set into the qibla wall of a mosque.

a short flight of steps used as a platform by a preacher in a mosque.

A platform in a mosque, often made of wood, that holds muezzins who chant in unison with the prayer leader.

chair

found in the center of the mosque; where Muslims perform ritual washing before entering a mosque.

the tower attached to a mosque from which the muezzin, or crier, calls the faithful to prayer five times a day

an entrance, door or gate

an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)

furniture piece

tudor style design

common feature found on early Chippendale styles that resemble a claw gripping a ball

a furniture leg that curves out at the middle and then tapers inward just above an ornamental foot

a shield or emblem bearing a coat of arms

a pediment in which the cornice is discontinuous or interrupted by another element

Rectangular ribbed foot larger at the base, usually with a weak scroll.

a cast brass, chiseled and gold-gilded decorative mountings for furniture

baroque

regency

Rococo

Square back, tapered legs

Georgian period. Influenced by Queen Anne with Ears

• Period: Rayonnant

• Paris, France

• Period: Early Gothic

• Paris, France

• Period: English Gothic

• London, England

• Period: Islamic Spain

• Cordoba, Spain

• The Great Mosque

• Hypostyle Hall

• Hybrid of Roman Columns with horse shoe arches

• Period: Ottoman

• Istanbul, Turkey

• Period: Teotihuacan

• San Martin de las Piramidas, Mexico

-Period: Mayan

• Tinum, Mexico

• Period: High Renaissance

• Todi, Italy

• Period: late renaissance

• Florence, Italy

• Designer: Michelangelo

• Period: Late Renaissance

• London, England

• Designer: Inigo Jones

• Period: Elizabethian

• Wiltshire, England

• Designer: Robert Smythson

Location: American Colonies

Period: Colonial

Location: Italy

Period: Italian Renaissance

Location: China

Period: Ming Dynasty

Period: Baroque

Period: Baroque

Italian Renaissance

Period: Baroque

Location: Versailles, France

Designer: Le Vau

• Period: Baroque

• Rome, Italy

• Designer: Boromini

Michelangelo, Bramante, Brunelleschi

a decorative technique of inlaying veneers into a pattern assembled like a jigsaw. We studied uses of wood, tortoiseshell ivory and metal.

Location: Cambodia

Period: Khmer

Period: Rococo

Location: Paris, France

Designer: Germain Boffrand