1. 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!!!

3. 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

4. Attached Townhomes

5. Interior Design Broken wall surfaces Stucco decoration of floral branches In Venice, curved leg furniture was the fashion

6. Interior Design

7. 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

8. Miles Brewton House, Charleston SC

10. Neoclassical Architecture In the mid 18 th 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.

11. 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 18 th century architecture

12. Neoclassical Architecture The revival of classicism in architecture was seen in many quarters as a revolt against the frivolity of the rococo

13. 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 3 rd president and author of the Declaration of Independence

14. 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

15. Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello His country house

16. University of Virginia Rotunda

17. Tour the Academical Village http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W6EbY7FnZ8 History of the Rotunda – rebuild and restoration

18. On the Test (WEDNESDAY!) you’ll need to recognize certain famous pieces of music

19. 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.)