History of Interior Design Tests 1-3
Identify the primary characteristics of traditional Chinese architecture:
-Rectilinear -symmetry -axial -horizontally -important buildings face south
Identify this building and it's most significant feature: (The crystal palace)
-The Crystal Palace -It represented an escape from historical styles and construction methods
Which of the following technical innovations were introduced in this interior? (brighton pavilion kitchen)
-gaslight -iron columns
Identify the designer of this stool: aalto stool
Alvar Aalto
The two structures that have had the greatest impact on American domestic architecture are the Villa Rotunda by Palladio and Syon House designed by Robert Adam.
False
Identify one of the following as the primary motivation for Italian Baroque design:
It expressed the renewed power of the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation
Match image to style: English regency
John Soane Breakfast room
The most important pieces of furniture in the Middle Ages were
NOT SURE (It is not the dining table and the chest)
Select the correct chronological order, early to late, for the following periods/cultures/styles:
NOT SURE (the answer is not "none of these") (possibly chest and bed)
One of the most distinguishing characteristics of Byzantine church interiors is
The extensive use of mosaics
Match image to style: English Renaissance
Wilton House double cube room
Identify picture and designer: Salon de la princesse
designer: unsure
This interior demonstrates: (Napoleon Throne Room)
An expression of power over subordinates
This building tradition relied on wood joinery, without nails, for its construction:
Ancient Chinese
The large interior space of the Roman Pantheon was achieved through the use of:
Arches and coffered concrete
What style follows Renaissance architecture increasing its formality and scale?
Baroque
The Roman building form adapted for use in Early Christian churches was a
Basilica
The style most closely associated with late 19th century public buildings in the US is:
Beaux Arts Style
Identify the type, style, associated monarch and country of origin of this chair? Bergere France Rococo chair
Bergere Rococo France
Match image to style: Biedermeier
Biedermeir Interior
This culture established temple proportions based on column orders:
Classical Greece
The Crystal Palace -- This interior demonstrates what technological advances of the Industrial Revolution?
-Glass and iron construction -Prefabricated units assembled on site
Axial symmetry is closely associated with: (check all that apply)
-Hatshepsut's Tomb -Maison Caree -Chinese siheyuan complex -The Forbidden City
Identify this structure and its significance:
-Parthenon -Set the standard for Classical Greek architecture specifically, and classical architecture generally
The Greek orders are:
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
Match image to style: 19th Century industrial revolution
Kings Cross Station
Match image to style: Louis XV Rococo
Louis XV Fauteuil chair
Match the word with its definition: 1) Chateau 2) Strapwork 3) Bergere 4) Pilasters 5) Enfilade 6) Fauteuil 7) Hammerbeam 8) Hotel
1) Country palace for the French aristocracy 2) Decorative plasterwork molding particularly used on ceilings 3) Closed arm upholstered chair with loose seat cushion 4) Decorative, non-structural columns 5) Formal alignment of doorways in state apartments 6) Open arm chair with exposed wood frame 7) Timber roof truss allowing a greater span 8) Townhouse for wealthy Parisian aristocrats
Match the following designers with their associated style: 1) Inigo Jones 2) Percier and Fontaine 3) Robert Adam 4) Christopher Wren
1) English Renaissance 2) French Empire 3) English Georgian 4) (unsure. not english renaissance) possibly some sort of baroque??
Match the following cultures or styles to a feature of that style or culture: 1) English Gothic 2) China 3) Classical Greece 4) Hindu Temples 5) Imperial Roman 6) Gothic
1) Fan Vaults 2) Nail-free wooden roof brackets 3) Golden Section 4) Extravagant surface sculpture 5) Barrel and groin vaults 6) Stained glass
Match the Gothic style to the country where it is found: 1) Rayonnant 2) Perpendicular 3) Flamboyant 4) Decorated
1) France 2) England 3) France 4) England
Select the defining characteristics of Islamic design:
1) Geometric patterns 2) Extravagant abstract decoration 3) Arabesque 4) Calligraphy
Match the style to its characteristic feature: 1) Baroque 2) Renaissance 3) Mannerist 4) Rococo 5) Gothic
1) Grandiose and awe-inspiring 2) Humanistic and proportional 3) An exaggerated Renaissance style 4) More informal than the style that preceded it 5) Emphasis on verticality
Match the aesthetic theory to its culture of origin. 1) Wabi Sabi 2) Calligraphy 3) Golden Section 4) Arabesque 5) Feng Shui
1) Japan 2) Islamic 3) Classical Greece 4) Islamic 5) China
Match the image with the associated designer: 1) human drawing image 2) Banqueting Hall 3) Stephen Walbrook Church 4) Hall of Mirrors 5) Borrominis Dome
1) Leonardo Di Vinci 2) Inigo Jones 3) Christopher Wren 4) Jules Hardoin Mansart 5) Borromini
Match the following female designers to the male designers with whom they are associated: 1) Clara Driscoll 2) Candace Thurber Wheeler 3) Lilly Reich 4) Charlotte Perriand 5) Margaret McDonald
1) Louis Comfort Tiffany 2) Louis Comfort Tiffany 3) Mies van der Rohe 4) Le Corbusier 5) Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Identify the Islamic culture of each of the following images (places): 1) Topkapi Palace 2) Taj Mahal 3) Great Mosque Interior 4) Shah Mosque Dome 5) Court Lions Alhambra
1) Ottoman 2) Mughal 3) Syrian 4) Persian 5) Moorish
Put the following styles in chronological order, with 1 being the earliest style and 5 being the latest. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5)
1) Renaissance 2) Baroque 3) Biedermeier 4) Rococo 5) Regency
The greatest achievement of Italian Baroque design can be seen at:
St. Peter Basilica and Plaza
Feng Shui is:
The Chinese concept for siting buildings and arranging interiors for good energy flow
Which of the following represents reliance on Classical principles of order and proportion?
The Parthenon
Robert Adam interiors combined Neo-Classical and Rococo influences.
True
The Baroque introduced greater complexity into the interior.
True
The greatest achievement of French Baroque design can be seen at:
Versailles
A Voussoir is a:
Wedge-shaped stone used to form an arch
Put the following styles in chronological order from 1-5 with 1 representing the earliest and 5 the most recent:
1) Victorian 2) British arts and crafts 3) Art nouveau 4) DeStijl 5) International Style
A Mihrab is:
A niche in the qibla indicating the direction of Mecca
The Taj Mahal is
An Islamic mausoleum
Japanese rooms are measured:
By number of tatami mats
Match image to style: Chippendale
Chippendale style high boy
Match image to style: English Regency (?)
Longleat Gallery
The minbar is:
The pulpit from which the imam speaks
What is the significance of the drapery found in this room? (malmaison josephine bedroom)
The tent shape celebrates the Napoleon military campaign in Egypt
A Roman domus
This plan represents:
The Roman Orders are:
Tuscan, Composite
Identify these interiors by style 1) Monticello Jefferson Bedroom 2) Carters Grove 3) John Soane Breakfast Room 4) Brighton Pavilion Music Room 5) Chateau Malmaison Josephine
1) American Federal 2) American Georgian 3) English Regency 4) English Regency 5) Empire
Match the following design features to the appropriate culture or tradition. 1) Paifang 2) Qibla 3) Tatami mats 4) Mihrab 5) Dougong 6) Shoji Screens 7) Arabesque 8) Wabi Sabi 9) Siheyuan 10) Stupa
1) Chinese 2) Islamic 3) Japanese 4) Islamic 5) Chinese 6) Japanese 7) Islamic 8) Japanese 9) Chinese 10) India
Match the following terms to the style or culture with which they are associated: 1) Caryatid 2) Flying Buttress 3) Klismos Chair 4) Mosaics 5) Hypostyle Hall 6) Domus
1) Classical Greece 2) Gothic 3) Classical Greece 4) Byzantine 5) Ancient Egyptian 6) Imperial Roman
Match the built form to its precedent: 1) Early Islamic mosques 2) Chinese pailou or paifang 3) Pagoda 4) Torii Gates 5) Early Christian Church
1) Roman Basilica 2) Torana Gateways in India 3) Buddhist stupa in India 4) NOT SURE 5) Roman Basilica
Match the following words to their correct definition: 1) Sala, Salon, or Saloon 2) Baldacchino 3) Loggia 4) Piano mobile 5) Savonarola
1) The most public room in the apartment sequence 2) Canopy over the high altar in a Baroque church 3) A gallery with open collonade on one or more side 4) The principle floor of a large house with apartments 5) A folding chair with interlaced staves
Match the architect/designer with the style he/she is associated with: 1) Josef Hoffmann 2) Julia Morgan 3) Antoni Gaudi 4) Gustave Stickley 5) Victor Horta 6) Frank Lloyd Wright 7) Gerritt Rietveld 8) Mies Van Der Rohe 9) Alvar Aalto 10) Richard Riemerschmid
1) Vienna Secession 2) West Coast Arts and Crafts 3) Art Nouveau 4) East coast arts and crafts 5) Art Nouveau 6) Prairie Style 7) Destijl 8) International Style 9) Scandinavian Modern 10) Jugendstil
Match the interior to the style associated with it: 1) peacock room 2) Red House hall 3) Olbrich Vienna Secession building 4) Shroeder House interior 5) Gamble House Dining Room 6) McKim Mead White PA Railroad 7) Victorias Rail Car 8) Vallin Ecole Nancy 9) Robie Dining Room 10) Boston Public Library
1) anglo-japanese aesthetic style 2) English arts and crafts 3) Vienna Secession 4) DeStijl 5) American Arts and crafts 6) American historic eclecticism 7) Victorian 8) Art Nouveau 9) Prairie style 10) unsure but NOT art nouveau
Identify one of the following as the primary motivation for English Baroque design:
answer is NOT:It was used by the monarchy to express its absolute power and authority
Identify the Italian architect with major influence on English Renaissance interiors.
palladio
Match image to style: queen anne
queen anne chair
Identify one of the following as the primary motivation for French Baroque design:
the answer is NOT: The land-owning aristocracy used the extravagant design of their individual houses to display their wealth and influence. Incorrect
A clerestory is:
A high window allowing light into the innermost parts of a building
Identify the designer/s of this interior and the monarch with which they are associated: (Hotel Soubise Salon Princesse)
-Boffrand and Natoire -Not sure of monarch
What beliefs and philosophers were significant to the development of Chinese design?
-Buddhism -Confucius -Lao Tzu -Feng Shui -Taoism
Identify the two MOST significant features of this chair: (Thonet Bent Wood Chair)
-It represented a technically innovative process of construction - steam-bending -It was an early example of mass marketing through catalogues Correct
Identify central ideas of the American Arts and Crafts movement.
-Revival of vernacular traditions with honest expression of structure and use of local materials -Fidelity to place - the American landscape and past
Which of the following building traditions relied on stone for major buildings:
-Roman tradition -Classic Greek tradition
Identify which of the following designers that were associated with the turn of the 19th to the 20th century in Europe:
-Victor Horta -Antoni Gaudi -Charles Rennie Mackintosh -Henri Van de Velde -Josef Hoffman
A Pailou (also called Paifang) is:
A memorial or decorative arch/gateway
The Golden Section is:
A proportioning system used in Classical Greek architecture Correct
The Siheyuan is:
A traditional Chinese courtyard house complex
A Dougong is:
A wood bracket that transfers the roof load to a column
Identify the style of this interior: Nathaniel Russell House Stair
American Federal
This interior represents what style? (Carter's grove)
American Georgian
This image (napoleon bedroom) demonstrates:
An Empire tent space
The style of this chair is: (Eastlake chair)
Eastlake style
This style borrows most of its ornamental motifs from ancient Egypt and ancient Rome.
Empire
This style is associated with Napoleon:
Empire
The style of this interior is: red house upper hall
English Arts and Crafts style
This English interior has what unprecedented feature?
Entablatures carrying detached figures
This interior is:
Etruscan Room at Osterly by Robert Adam
This style is associated with Louis XVI (Sixteenth):
French Neo-classical
Match image to style: French baroque
Hall of mirrors
The Alhambra in Granada, Spain was created originally by this culture:
Moorish
The first public Palladian-based classical building in America is:
Redwood Library in Newport, RI
A Sella curulis is a:
Roman chair of authority
The first international architectural style was:
Romanesque
The Dome of the Rock is considered
Sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims Correct
Match image to style: (unsure. not english renaissance)
Salon Bevilacqua
The organization of the Palace of Knossos in Crete:
Seems to have been planned from the inside out
