Quiz 5 ARC 1720

22 August 2022
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James Gibbs' design of St. Martin-in-the-Fields of London inspired
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churches in Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont and Connecticut
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The primary patron of art and architecture in Rome at the beginning of the Baroque period was
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the Catholic Church
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According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Baroque architecture, one of the most theatrical practitioners of the Baroque style, ________ is said to have eliminated the corner in architecture.
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Borromini
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According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Baroque architecture, under the orders of Sixtus V
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all of the above (correct answer) the Lateran Palace was entirely rebuilt and the dome of St. Peter's completed wide streets were cut across Rome civil law and architectural order were restored to all quarters
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Ledoux' Plan of Chaux was designed as
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an ideal city that could be both self-sufficient and self-contained
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The Enlightenment inspired
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both rational and anti-rational responses in art and architecture
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According to Professor Robinson's lecture on Eighteenth Century architecture, critical analysis is based on
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a body of knowledge
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According to Professor Robinson's lecture on Eighteenth Century architecture, the eighteenth century marked an important shift in thinking - from thought based on religion to thought based on
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reason or science
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The Sfroza Chapel in S. Maria Maggiore in Rome was a revolutionary Renaissance building because of the
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spatial relationship between the columns and vaults
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Leon Battista Alberti wrote the first architectural treatise of the Renaissance, in part, as a
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response to obscurities in Vitruvius' treatise
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According to Professor Tilson's lecture on the Renaissance, James Gibbs wrote A Book of Architecture, an influential ________ published in London in 1728.
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pattern book
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According to Professor Tilson's lecture on the Renaissance, Palladio's death in 1580 left several notable projects either in construction or planning stages which were inherited by Vicentine architect
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Vincenzo Scamozzi
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This drawing shows the plan of ____________. (cross city design)
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Versailles in France
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The Baroque style developed around the Catholic Church's Counter-Reformation, where art and architecture were
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incorporated into the 95 theses presented by Martin Luther
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According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Baroque architecture, the garden and Chateau plans of Vaux le Vicomte and Versailles influenced
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all of the above
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Thomas Jefferson learned to design buildings
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from books and personal observations while traveling abroad
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According to Professor Robinson's lecture on Eighteenth Century architecture, the word "understand" is somewhat elusive; a better way to think about architecture is to engage and ________ the work through critical analysis.
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comprehend
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According to Professor Robinson's lecture on Eighteenth Century architecture, ________ founded the French Academy in Rome, Paris Observatory, Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Inscriptions and Medals, Architecture and Music.
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Jean Baptist Colbert
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In 1462, Pope Pius was the first to issue an official document forbidding
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the destruction of antiquities in the Roman region
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According to Professor Tilson's lecture on the Renaissance, Palladio's ________ is the ideal type of a centralized building. It has (perhaps more than any other house) imposed itself upon the imagination and its derivatives have enjoyed universal distribution.
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Villa Capra-Rotunda
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According to Professor Tilson's lecture on the Renaissance, ________ is regarded as the first British architect to bring Italianate Renaissance architecture to England.
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Inigo Jones