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Bell Ringer – 12/6/2013 m.socrative.com - Room #38178. QUESTION: 1. USE YOUR DEVICES IF YOU HAVE ONE – its so much quicker to grade when you submit them electronically!!!. Classical Architecture. Architecture. Rococo style was principally a style of interior design in Italy
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Bell Ringer – 12/6/2013m.socrative.com - Room #38178 • QUESTION: • 1. USE YOUR DEVICES IF YOU HAVE ONE – its so much quicker to grade when you submit them electronically!!!
Architecture • Rococo style was principally a style of interior design in Italy • Refinement and decorativeness applied to furniture and décor more than to exterior structure or detail • Even the aristocracy lived in attached row houses • Townhouses quite simply have virtually no exteriors to design
Interior Design • Broken wall surfaces • Stucco decoration of floral branches • In Venice, curved leg furniture was the fashion
English Architecture • Shared in rococo refinements, but had a different style • “Georgian style” – named for Kings George I, II, and III • Was a kind of vernacular neoclassicism • Developed from the English Baroque style, which was more retrained and classical than other parts of Europe • Popular in the American South
Neoclassical Architecture • In the mid 18th century, the aims of architecture altered to embrace the complex philosophical concerns of the Enlightenment. • The result was a series of styles and sub-styles referred to as “neoclassical” • Neoclassicism was a new way of examining the past: rather than seeing the past as a single, continuous cultural flow broken by a medieval collapse of classical values, it was viewed as a series of separate compartments • Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, etc.
Neoclassical Architecture • Three important approaches emerged. • The history approach - saw the present as continually enriched by persistent inquiry into the past • The eclectic approach – saw the artist as someone who could choose among styles, or combine elements of various styles • The modernist approach – viewed the present as unique and capable of expression in its own terms • Each profoundly influenced 18th century architecture
Neoclassical Architecture • The revival of classicism in architecture was seen in many quarters as a revolt against the frivolity of the rococo
Architecture in America • Neoclassicism had special meaning, as the colonies struggled to rid themselves of the monarchial rule of George III of England • The designs of colonial architect Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) reflect the ideas of this period • The 3rd president and author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson • Jefferson looked at architecture objectively, within the framework of contemporary thought • Strongly influenced by Lockean ideas of natural law, Jefferson believed that the architecture of antiquity embodied natural principles
Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello • His country house
Tour the Academical Village • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6EbY7FnZ8 • History of the Rotunda – rebuild and restoration
Listening Recognition Practice On the Test (WEDNESDAY!) you’ll need to recognize certain famous pieces of music
Listening Recognition Practice • Let’s review the music you need to know for the test. • For the test it will be EXACTLY like the quiz. • Next unit you’ll have to name composers and titles separately, but in this unit there are only 2 composers… • http://nohsbands.weebly.com • STUDY • Hover over “Arts and Humanities” and click “Classical Period.” • (depending on your resolution, you may have to click “More…” and THEN Arts & Humanities.)