Japanese architecture - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Which way do Midtown Manhattan's even numbered streets run? West to East What school inspired the movie "FAME"? NYC High School of Performing Arts (Located-120 West 46th Street. New York City) What Beaux-Arts buildings did Carrere & Hastings design? NY Public Library, Frick Museum, Grand Army Plaza, Arlington Amphitheater. What borough has Edgar Allen Poe's cottage? The Bronx ( 2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx NY 10458) What is in the Dahesh Museum? Only museum in US devoted ...

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Praxis 5135 Questions and Answers Already Passed A metal, often used by sculptors, which has had a protective coating applied by electrolysis to prevent it from rusting, is called: galvanized metal Buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe Steel and glass Several short sewn stitches worked parallel and very close together often at the ends of buttonholes to reinforce them is which of the following? bar tack To examine the ground layer of a painting, regardless of the number of pai...

SOPHIA 202 SOPHIA ART HISTORY FINAL MILESTONE| You passed this Milestone 22 questions were answered correctly. 3 questions were answered incorrectly. 1 Which of the following is NOT true of da Vinci’s drawings? CONCEPT The High Renaissance: Leonardo da Vinci 2 Which of the following buildings was inspired by the architecture of the Pantheon? CONCEPT Sixteenth-Century Italian Architecture Which of the following descriptions of the academy is true? ...

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What are the religions of Japan? correct answers Japanese Buddhism and Shinto. A very small percent of the population is Christian. Shinto correct answers Early religion of Japan that focused on nature and considered the emperor to be a descendant of the sun goddess What are Shoguns? correct answers Term for military rulers in Japan prior to 1867 - A hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the ...

ARC 308 Test 2 Questions with All Correct Answers What does the author suggest is the best way to achieve the most vivid and powerful experience possible? (29). How can this be applied specifically to architecture? - Answer- -It's by involving all the senses -Fire creates intense feeling of reality -Islamic Gardens and Turkish garden How is life in the Japanese village described by the author reliant on the seasons? How does this tie in to thermal qualities? (32) - Answer- Customs ca...

What borough has Edgar Allen Poe's cottage? The Bronx What is in the Dahesh Museum? Europe's academically trained artists of the 19th and early 20th century, only museum in US. What is the best example of Art Deco architecture in NYC? Chrysler Building What is a Brownstone? Originally a rowhouse built almost entirely out of brown sandstone, later only faced with brownstone. Brownstone made of iron ore The Ansonia Hotel was known for what unusual features? World...

Why did Jacques-Louis David prefer Neoclassicism over Rococo art? correct answers He believed it could better serve a social purpose. What style influenced the architecture of Monticello? correct answers Neoclassicism What was a singular achievement of Angelica Kauffmann? correct answers She was elected to the Royal Academy. Which of the following reflects the Roman phase of Neoclassical American architecture? correct answers the Federal Style How do the Romantic paintings of English...

What borough has Edgar Allen Poe's cottage? The Bronx What is in the Dahesh Museum? Only museum in US devoted to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting works by Europe's academically trained artists of the 19th and early 20th century. What is the newest museum on Museum Mile? Neue Galerie 1048 5th Ave. Austrian and German art, donated by Ronald Lauder, a cosmetics mogul. In C. Vanderbuilt's old house. What is the best example of Art Deco in NYC ? Chrysler Building ...