Created on April 16, 2024
Terms in this set (52)
antiquity
the quality of being ancient; ancient times
Eclectism
the process of making your own system by borrowing from two or more other systems
Robert Adam (1728-1792)
Kedleston Hall, England
Kedleston Hall
Neoclassicism Architecture
Thomas Jefferson (1743- 1826)
Pavillion
John Vanbrugh (1664-1726)
(Spy, arrested, theater) Castle Howard
Thomas Hope (1769-1831)
Household furniture and interior decoration (1807)
Household furniture and interior decoration (1807)
French empire style, it inspired regency style
Edith Wharton (1862-1937)
The decoration of the house (1897)
Mario Buatta
- American interior designer
- "prince of chintz"
- refers to his style as the undecorated look
- English country look
which historical designer is this?
- "prince of chintz"
- refers to his style as the undecorated look
- English country look
which historical designer is this?
Horace Walpole
Strawberry Hill, 1750, Twickenham, England (15th century gothic castle)
James Wyatt
Fonthill Abbey (1796-1807) Wiltshire England
Acanthus
a leaf used as a decoration for Corinthian column capitals
Caryatid
a stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building.
frieze
a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painted decoration, especially on a wall near the ceiling.
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