ARTH 292 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Villa Majorelle, Wrought Iron, Hector Guimard

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Art History
• Course: ARTH 292
• Professor: Katherine Romba

Document Summary

Each country had a pavilion to show what they are doing economically and culturally. Art nouveau characteristics of 1889 emphasizes use of industrial materials readily manufactured. A structure of vertical elements (post) supporting horizontal elements. Free standing, upright support with circular section; the post. A column/pier attached to or sunk into a wall. The lintel in classical architecture, containing the architrave, frieze, and cornice. The top, projecting section of an entablature; also a projecting ornamental molding along the top of a building. A continuous horizontal band set along the surface of wall. A structural support wedged between a vertical surface and a horizontal projecting weight; also called a corbel. Triangular element occupying the space between the entablature and pitched roof. Combinatio(cid:374) of three ger(cid:373)a(cid:374) words (cid:373)ea(cid:374)i(cid:374)g (cid:862)a co(cid:373)plete art work(cid:863) complete with the principles and ornamental style of art nouveau. Art deco (cid:862)machi(cid:374)e aesthetic(cid:863), represe(cid:374)ts the e(cid:374)ergy of (cid:373)oder(cid:374) life.