Period Architecture and Furniture in Games

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Nari Hodges



St. Ignatius Church

Architecture: Medieval Baroque

Year Built: 1725

Show: Game of Thrones

Significance: The Great Sept of Baelor is the center of worship and the location of all significant religious activities in King’s Landing. Edward Stark made his confession to save his family on the steps of the church. King Baratheon visits the church to make plans for the royal wedding. Cersei’s Walk of Shame was down the steep steps of the Sept. The Great Sept of Baelor is the location of the court trials for crimes against the people and the kingdom. The Sept was destroyed during a trial by an individual (Cersei) that was scheduled to soon be on trial. The idea was if the Sept was destroyed while court was in session, then the ruling party would be destroyed as well.

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Mauro Portales


Santa Croce
Year: 1296
Style Renaissance
Game: Assassins Creed 2
Significance: The Santa Croce is one of many sights in Florence where the assassin Ezio killed Andrea del Verrocchio, a sculptor and paintor, for the betrayal of his family during an unveil of his recent works.

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Paolo G

Style/Period: Late-Gothic

Movie :Cinderella

Time: 12th to 14th century

Significance: The Cinderella castle is late Gothic because of the pointed apex roofs, pointed arches and the stained glass if you watch the movie. The castle is based from Château de Chenonceau, a castle that is in the tiny village of Chenonceaux in the world-famous Loire Valley in France. This castle is significant for its Gothic style for this type of architecture is known to be very serious since it was during the time of religious strictness. Although in this case the animators made the Cinderella castle that way in order for changing the perspective of people and because of this Disney has not only changed the entertainment industry but as well it has changed architecture forever.

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Mauro Portales


Palazzo della signoria
year: 1299
style: Renaissance
Game: Assassins Creed 2
Significance: The Palazzo della Signoria is the center of government in the city of Florence and a popular site to preform executions, in which the the assassin Ezio's family was sentenced to. Ezio was able to flee and assassinate the man who ordered his family to execution.

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basilica di santa maria novella
Year: 1470
Style: renaissance
Game: Assassins Creed 2
Significance:The basilica, which was the first great basilica in Florence, was the meeting place for the Pazzi family and other Templars, who were conspiring to assassinate Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother to strengthen the power of the Medici family.

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Mauro Portales


Rialto Bridge
Year:1588
Style: Renaissance
Game: Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Significance: One of the newer maps added to CSGO, Rialto is victim to possible terrorist attacks, possibly to destroy the connection between San Marco and San Polo, so the counter terrorist forces must stop them.

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Paolo G

Style/Period: Italian

Game: Fire Emblem Colosseum/ smash bros ultimate

Time:70–80 AD

Significance:This is significant for Nintendo wants to teach it's younger audience about famous landmarks. They teach this through the concrete, marble texture along with the consistency of arches. It also gives off this vibe of mythology since most famous roman legends were said to fight in the Colosseum. Nintendo wanted to have the idea of how the characters in the smash bros series are legendary.

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Paolo G

Style/Period: Greek

Time:420 BC

Game: Kid Icarus, Smash Bros Ultimate

Significance: This is Greek for the Doric columns that were use in the stage along with the entablature. This happens to be based on the Parthenon of Athens through the Palutana statue which is suppose to be based on the Greek god Athena, god of wisdom. The fact that the stage is called kid Icarus derives from the story of Icarus and the sun. Nintendo wants young viewers to identify Greek architecture easily.

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Paolo G

Style/Period:Egyptian

Movie:The Mummy Classic

Time: 2040 - 1782 BCE

Significance: It makes this Egyptian through the fact that it is based on the Karnak through the ancient hieroglyphics of Ra, the grandiosity of along with the capitals used. The directors wanted to keep this movie original in order for people to have a basic idea of "Ancient Egypt." It is because of this that the 1932 movie of the mummy is revered to this day and is used for reference when creating movies

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Nari Hodges



Cinderella Castle

Architecture Style: Romanesque Revival

Castle Drawing: Inspired by the Schloss Neuschwanstein, which means New Swanstone Castle. The Neuschwanstein Castle is said to have come to a simple completion, not completed as originally planned, in 1892. The real castle is located in Hohenschwangau, Germany

Movie: Cinderella (1950)

Significance: Cinderella was produced by Walt Disney. The animation was supervised by the “Nine Old Men,” Les Clark, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Eric Larson, John Lounsbery, Frank Thomas, and Wolfgang Reitherman. Eric Larson developed Cinderella’s original character and Marc Davies animated the character for the movie. In the movie, Cinderella is the lonely step-daughter of a wicked step-mother and the step-sister to the step-mother’s daughters. The King from the Castle wants all eligible ladies to visit the Castle for a party and meet his son. Cinderella was originally told she could not attend but she had other plans. She went to the party, met the prince, and eventually married him. She believed what Walt Disney always said, “If you can dream it, you can do it.”

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Michel Ramirez

Andy's House

Style: Federal

Year: 1757-1811

Movie: Toy Story 3

Significance: The main plot of Toy Story 3 is about Andy having to go away to University, and not needing his toys anymore. During all 3 movies, Andy is shown to live with a loving family, not only with his mom and his sister, but with his toys also. From the color choices for his room, to the architecture, even though Andy is leaving his toys behind, it gives the viewer a happy feeling about Andy and the time he spend with his toys.

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Michel Ramirez

Kanzuki Estate/ Estate at Noon

Style: Asian Architecture

Game: Street Fighter V

Significance: Kanzuki Estate belongs to the Kanzuki family. Karin Kanzuki is one of the playable characters from Street Fighter V, she is known for her unique personality as the rich cocky girl. Karin is part of the Kanzuki family, owner of the Kanzuki Estate, the stage is set to look like a private high end palace, and day or night, the stage shows off the unimaginable amount of wealth the Kanzuki family has.

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Paolo G

Period/Style: Victorian second empire, U.S.A

Time: Late 19th century

Movie: The Addams Family


Significance: This is Victorian it is based on the second empire of the U.S.A. For it gives the impression of the house being a depressing castle. Along with that it contains a mansard roof, it contains 4 sloping slides.The creators of this film wanted to teach people that victorian is the stereotypical idea of a haunted house. We normally want the victorian house but in reality we want an Edwardian because Edwardian is more vibrant alongside spacious, while victorian is more depressed with less space.

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Michel Ramirez

Style: Modernism

Year: 1920-1970

Movie: A Clockwork Orange

Significance: A Clockwork orange tells the story of Alex, leader of a sadistic gang. The movie is set to take place in the future, hence the use of weird furniture, and the simplicity of some of the houses. The interiors, even after being asymmetrical, they are still mostly composed of simple shapes, giving it that simple, yet interesting look. Alex and his gang are the opposite of that, showing no interest in others, they only bring destruction and fear to those who cross their path.

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Paolo G

Style/Period: Modernism

Movie: Beetlejuice

Time: Late 19th century to early 20th century

Significance: The Beetlejuice house is modernism because of the simple geometric forms while it also emphasis of cleanliness. Additionally, it also seems to be a relationship with the inside of the house to the outside. The film producers made this in order to give the 1st impression of how this house doesn't seem to create harm neither is abnormal. But that change during the movie, creating the idea of how the most average of things can be the weirdest.