ARTH 1201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Formwork, Expressionist Architecture, Flooring
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Zwiebelturm
Onion spires found on certain religious
buildings / onion dome
Cartouche
Oval frame in pendentives
Cour d’honneur
Processional space before entry, essentially
a gate
Gesamtkunstwerk
Total work of art where architecture,
painting and sculpture look indiscernible
from one another = they are all one artwork
Hôtel particulier
Townhouse
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“Architecture parlante”
Architecture that explains its own function
or identity. The phrase was originally
associated with Claude Nicolas Ledoux, and
was extended to other Paris-trained
architects of the Revolutionary period,
Étienne-Louis Boullée, and Jean-Jacques
Lequeu.
Panopticon form
Centralized structure, cells on the edges,
guards hang out in the middle (prison
example)
Tivoli Corner
Named after Temple of Vesta; corner of
perimeter wall with columns
Chinoiserie and Orientalism
Interest in the “Other” without following
rules and appropriating, ex: cast iron painted
like bamboo
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Prefabricated construction
Materials created offsite to be done cheaply
Polychrome
Something with various colour block, such
as the aesthetics of the De Stijl movement
Eclectic
Eclecticism is a 19th and 20th century
architectural style in which a single piece of
work incorporates a mixture of elements
from previous historical styles to create
something that is new and original.
Curtain Wall
Thin, usually aluminium-framed wall,
containing in-fills of glass, metal panels, or
thin stone
Chicago window
A window with one large fixed piece of
glass that has two narrow double-hung
windows, one on either side
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Document Summary
Onion spires found on certain religious buildings / onion dome. Total work of art where architecture, painting and sculpture look indiscernible from one another = they are all one artwork. Architecture that explains its own function or identity. The phrase was originally associated with claude nicolas ledoux, and was extended to other paris-trained architects of the revolutionary period, Centralized structure, cells on the edges, guards hang out in the middle (prison example) Named after temple of vesta; corner of perimeter wall with columns. Interest in the other without following rules and appropriating, ex: cast iron painted like bamboo. Something with various colour block, such as the aesthetics of the de stijl movement. Eclecticism is a 19th and 20th century architectural style in which a single piece of work incorporates a mixture of elements from previous historical styles to create something that is new and original. Thin, usually aluminium-framed wall, containing in-fills of glass, metal panels, or thin stone.