Arch history Final
Which of the following is NOT a reproduction image?
A constructed perspective (An elevation drawing, a photograph, a perspective sketch)
What is the definition of a "canon"?
A list if what is good and beautiful
What is an archetype?
A pattern or model
Carolingian architecture was a concise attempt to recreate the architecture of Rome. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic it relied on to do this?
Accurate use of the system of the Orders (was: Large size, geometric order, use of classical detail)
Which of the following was NOT a reason fo the rise of a new phenomenon in the 13th century, the establishment of the orders of mendicant friars?
All of these were reasons: The need for new churches where sacraments could be administered, the new decree by the Pope ordaining that people hear preaching, the growing number of religious who believed that the church need a return to simplicity, the increase in the urban poor
Which of the following does Eugene Raskin offer as the best definition of architecture?
Architecture is emotion
Which of the following is generally considered to be the first piece of fully Renaissance architecture?
Brunelleschi's dome for the Florence duomo
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic shared by the old kingdom and Middle Kingdom funerary complexes of Egypt?
Chapels first the gods (Is: columned halls, serdabs, axial alignment of two parts, the valley temple and mortuary temple)
According to Raskin, the single term which best defines architecture is what?
Emotion
Compared to his pre-war work, the post-war work of Le Corbusier is much more:
Expressionist and concerned with mass and weight
Which of the following is the oldest known extant built form constructed by human hands?
Gobekli Tepe temple
The sacred architecture of Islam evolved to deal with three design issues. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
Hierarchy (is: community, enclosure, direction)
What was Dr. White's definition of history?
History is a system of organization, a way in which we organize the past into a coherent order
Which of the following distinguishes a church of the mendicant orders?
It is very large and often just outside the city wall?
Which of the following is the building for which Frank Lloyd Wright invented the reverse tapering "lily pad" column?
Johnson's Wax Administrative Center
Which of the following culture did the settlement of Tikal belong to?
Mayan
According to dr white, architectural history is created by the interaction of multiple things. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
Memory (Is: place, time, built form)
What was the primary difference between temples of the Hellenic and temples of the Hellenistic eras?
None of these are the primary differences: in the Hellenistic era temples got smaller, they stopped using the Corinthian order in Hellenistic temples, they stopped using the Doric order on Hellenistic temples, in the Hellenistic era temples began to relate more to the landscape around them
Which of the following is NOT a filter through which our experience of the past is filtered?
Place (Is: bias, experience, memory)
Which of the following is NOT a way that has been proposed for conceptualizing the organization of history?
Running (Is: oscillating, cyclical, linear)
Who was the architect of the funerary complex of Queen Hatshepsut?
Senmut
The first city-state we know of were in which culture?
Sumerian
Which of the following is the oldest Greek temple we know of
Temple of Hera at Olypmia
Which of the following is an example of Romantic Classicism?
The Altes Museum
Which of the following is the oldest of the four structures?
The Great Sphinx (others: the funerary complex of Queen Hatshepsut, the funerary complex of Mentuhotep II, the temple of Amon-Re)
Which of the following is NOT a phase of English Gothic architecture?
The Rayonnant phase (is: the perpendicular phase, the early English phase, the decorated phase)
Which if the following is not a reason that has been proposed for the development of cities in the Urban Revolution?
The rise of new patterns of religious thought and organization
Which of the following distinguishes the Tuscan Romanesque of other regions?
Use of polychromatic patterns
the earliest treatise on architecture that we know id was written by:
Vitruvius
Which of the following is a good definition of the city?
a centralized place of exchange associated with a sense of particular identity
What is the definition of a narthex?
a church lobby for forming a precession
Which of the following is NOT a part of a typical Imperial forum?
a curia (is: a colonnaded temenos, a gateway in the form of a triumphal arch, a temple as the focus)
Frank Lloyd Wright's Broadacre City sceme is the best described as:
a decentralized linear version of a garden city
which of the following is NOT an element of the design vocabulary of Brunelleschi?
a fondness for pointed arches (is: a return to Classical elements and a kind of Classical order, a lingering influence of the medieval past architecture, symmetry)
Which of the following was NOT part of the Republican Roman forum?
a gate into it in the form of a triumphal arch (was: the basilica, the curia, the temple)
The plan of the Old Ship Meeting House in Hingham, MA is best described as:
a large open auditorium
What is the definition of a canon?
a list determined by experts of what is good or beautiful
Which of the following is NOT a part of a typical Hindu temple?
a minaret (is: a shikhara, a vimana, a gopura)
Which of the following is a reproduction image?
a photograph
Hadrian's Pantheon is best interpreted as:
a representation of the ordered cosmos with Imperial Rome at the center
Which of the following is NOT an element you will find in the work of a designer of the the Modern Movement?
a respect for history and precedent (is: a belief in the power of built form to alter behavior and generate social reform, a celebration of industrial materials and structural techniques, a concern with the relationship of function to built form)
Which of the following is NOT a part of a typical palazzo public or town hall?
a stained glass window (is: tower, a loggia, a plaza in front of the building)
what is the definition of a stela
a standing stone, often marking a burial
Which of the following is the definition of a vernacular structure?
a structure created by its owners without the services of a design professional
the layer between he volutes and the architrave in the Ionic Order is called the:
abacus
Which of the following was NOT a standard part of a Roman house?
all of the above were part of the Roman house: tabling, atrium, triclinium, vestibulum
Which of the following is NOT one of the main differences between the Etruscan and Greek temples?
all of these are differences between Etruscan and Green temples: Etruscan temples often have three cella's while Greek temples have one, Etruscan porticoes are much deeper than Greek porticos, Etruscan temples are conceives as the end of and axial sequence while Greek temples are meant to be seen in the round, Etruscan temples are close to square in plan while Greek temples are long and narrow
which fi the following is NOT true about James Gibb's publication, "A Book of Architecture"?
all of these are true about Gibb's publication: it was intended to be used, and was used, as a pattern book, it was the first book by an English architect to consist entirely of his own designs, its designs established the pattern for Georgian architecture, prosperous 18th c. Americans copied details from it to decorate their houses
Which of the following is NOT true about the funerary complex of King Zoser?
all of these are true: it has the first use of clerestory windows, it has the first tentative us elf the column and the column capital, it is the first building for which we know the name of the architect, it is the earliest, example of stone architecture in Egypt
Which of the following was NOT a part of a typical mission complex in New Spain?
all of these were part of the typical mission complex: the trio, the posas, the convent, the church
Which of the following was NOT proposed as a factor that led to the Urban Revolution?
all of these were proposed: the rise of new patterns of religious thought and organization, the need for a central place for exchange of goods, the practice of irrigation and its increased productivity, the increased complexity of patterns of life on a flood plain
Which of the following was NOT a type of Early Christian church?
all of these were types of Early Christian churches: the basilica, the centralized church, the Latin cross, the titulus
The Colosseum is what type of Roman architecture?
an amphitheater
Which of the following would NOT be found in a typical Green colony city?
an amphitheater (would be: an agora, a stoa, a bouletrion)
What is the central element, in plan and section, of a typical house by Victor Horta?
an elaborately celebrated stair
Which of the following characteristics associated with the Modern Movement of architecture is NOT sometimes found in the work of Frank Lloyd Wright?
an interest in social reform (is: development of the open or free plan, use of industrially produced materials, interest in dematerialization of the wall)
The building type developed under the Republican Rome primarily to house legal matters was the:
basilica
Which of the following was NOT part of a typical Sumerian temple?
battered walls
The Porch of the Maidens on the Athenian acropolis is distinguished by which type of column?
caryatids
The funerary complexes of Old and Middle Kingdom Egypt shared a number of characteristics. Which of the following was NOT one of them?
chapels for the gods in the king's funerary complex (is: long approaches; axial alignment of two main parts, a valley temple and a mortuary temple; large columned halls)
What was the main difference between Roman Republican and Roman Imperial architecture?
differences in scale and decoration
What is the definition of a consensual fact?
everyone agrees that it is true
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of a typical mendicant church?
expensive stone vaults indulging an obsession for height (was: no elaborate decoration, large size to accommodate crowds, a location on the edge of or outside of town)
The Metro stops designed for Paris by Hector Guimard are best described as:
having zoomorphic quality
Which of the following was NOT a building type in which iron was openly used in the 19th century?
hotels (was: department stores, galleries and arcades, train sheds)
Which of the following was NOT an innovation founded in the design of the funerary complex of king zoser?
it is the first "true" pyramid, with matching equilateral sides. (is: it is the first tentative use of the column and the capital)
The Panathenic frieze on the Pathenon is symbolically important because:
it makes concrete and visible the bond between the city and the goddess and the citizens themselves
The stone which sits at the top of the curve of an arch is called the:
keystone
Which of the following is NOT typical of the continental Protestant church of the Early Reformation?
lavish and colorful decoration (was: an elevated pulpit, good sight lines, an open plan with few interior walls)
Which were the Laws of the Indies?
laws governing how Spanish colonial cities were to be laid out
The most novel part of Garnier's proposal for the Cite Industrielle was:
making his buildings, including houses, of reinforced concrete
the first tombs that appear in Egypt are in the form of:
mastabas
which of the following is the definition of a propylaeum?
none of these defines a propylaeum: a free-standing altar, a sacred district, a room in a temple, a seating area in a theater
Which of the following is NOT a filter through which history is experienced?
oscillation (is: bias, memory, personal experience)
According to Dr. White, architectural history is the creation of the interaction of three things. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
personal experience (is: time, built form, place)
Which of the following is a building type found only in Mohenjo-Daro and Rome among the ancient cultures?
public bath complex
the formula that defines the impact of the agricultural Revolution is: Agriculture allows surpluses which allows_________.
specialization
One of the many ways on which Queen Hatshepsut's funerary complex departs from the norm for Egyptian funerary architecture is that the columned terraces contain:
temples for various gods and goddesses
Which of the following was NOT a phase of French Gothic architecture?
the Decorated phase (was: the Early Gothic phase, the High Gothic phase, the Raynonnant phase)
Which of the following is NOT true about the differences between Greek and Roman theaters?
the Greek theater had an orchestra while the Roman theater did not
Which of the following was NOT a part of the standard Hellenic sanctuary?
the acroterion (is: the temenos, the altar, the cella)
Which of the following was Luis Sullivan particularly known for developing?
the art of machine-produced architectural ornament
What is the agora?
the center of Greek civic space
Which of the following describes a prostyle temple?
the columns stand in front of the nail and extent across its width
In which funerary complex do we find the first true pyramid, built successfully with matching equilateral triangles for sides?
the complex of Khufu/Cheops
Which of the following was a result of the construction of the crystal palace?
the establishment of industry standards for the sizing of construction materials like nuts and bolts
Which of the following best defines "Chinoiserie"?
the fantastical use of Chinese motifs in decoration
Which of the following archetypal forms was NOT part of the entertainment architecture of Rome?
the insulae (was: the amphitheater, the baths, the theater)
What new building type did we first encounter in the complex of the Ziggurat of Ur-Nammu?
the king's palace
Which social class of people did not exist in Europe under the feudal order before the 12th century?
the merchant middle class
What was revolutionary about the Industrial Revolution?
the phenomenal increase in the rate of change
which if the following is NOT part od the classic theater of the Hellenic period?
the proskene (is: the orchestra, the theatron, the skene)
Which of the following is an example of a cyclical organization of history?
the seasons, following each other in a sequence that repeats
What did Sir Christopher concentrate on to give a unique identity to each of the 51 parish churches he designed for London?
the spire
Which of the following was NOTa type of Early Christian church?
the tablinium (was: the centralized church, the titles, the basilica)
What was the most important building type during the Egyptian Archaic and Old Kingdom periods?
the tomb
The enduring glory of Neo-Babylonian architecture was:
the treatment of surfaces with colorful glazed ceramics
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic element of Romanesque architecture?
the use flying buttresses (is: use of blind arcading, transverse vaults, the first vaulted naves)
what was new about Stuart and Revett's publication, "Antiquities of Athens"?
they published for the first time accurately dimensioned, scaled drawings of Greek architecture
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Art Nouveau architecture of Antonio Gaudi?
use of the right angled-grid as a design generator (is: ornament that depends of Nature for its inspiration, rejection of the historical vocabulary of western architecture, acceptance of iron as an ornamental material)
