← Semester Final Study guide for Architecture Test
5 Written Questions
4 Multiple Choice Questions
- Asia. Built from 221 BC-1500 AD. Located in the northern part of China, and was meant to keep in vaders out. Made out of mud, chalk, gravel, and lime mixed with adhesives (like rice or egg whites)
- Renaissance. Built by Palladio. 100% symmetrical. Beauty of a church brought to a home. Risky because it secularized the Dome.
- Renaissance. , dome, lightweight easily supported, efficient construction(cut costs), herringbone, stabilized dome, double shell, gothic=ribbed vaulting, roman=oculus, Renaissance=Lantern at top of dome
- Asia. 12th Century. First Hindu, built for Vishnu, but then was converted to Buddhist. This is the symbol for Cambodia. It is made of sandstone sealed with resin. Longest bas relief in the world.
4 True/False Questions
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San Carlo Alle Quatto Fontaine → Baroque. Sat on a corner lot. Long interior: L of GLOP. Large columns, deep niches, chairoscuro, and verticality.
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Triumphal Arch → Ancient Rome. Designed for War Heroes and decorated with statues and trophies. Built with many vaults stacked behind another
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Forbidden City → Ancient Rome; carried water from mountains. Made of waterproof concrete. 11 were in Rome. Under Emperor Claudius' reign, aqueducts went to public fountains, baths, and to fountains for the wealthy
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Versailles → Baroque. Originally a hunting lodge. Louis XIV turned it into a governmental building. 250 acres, 1300 rooms, 2,000 windows. No bathrooms. Blurred contours, undulations, scrollwork, vases, and garland (O in GLOP). Had the Royal chapel, mercury room hall of mirrors, etc
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