Multiple Choice Questions

Louis Kahn's plan of the Richards Medical Building at the University of Pennsylvania illustrates Kahn's concept of ____________.
  • the Roman baths
  • skeletal
  • providing a continuous path for pilgrims to access relics in the chapels off the transepts and choir, without disturbing the services
  • servant and served spaces
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on China and Japan, the Katsura plan is organized around a grid pattern determined by the modular dimensions of the
  • all of the above
  • garden
  • tatami
  • Inigo Jones
In opposition to Modernism, Robert Venturi published Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture where he called for
  • hybrids, distortion and ambiguity over the pure, clean and straightforward
  • irrigation that allowed the inhabitants to cultivate a variety of crops
  • amount of stained glass used in the walls
  • spatial relationship between the columns and vaults
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on China and Japan, a Tulou is
  • contains the seat of the Bishop
  • to surround Newton with his own great discovery, and therefore himself
  • an earthen house built around a central courtyard for defense purposes
  • planned city
Before MIT started an architecture program in 1868, American architects had to either work in an architectural office or _____________ to learn the profession.
  • pozzolana
  • Caracol
  • travel abroad
  • salons
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Gothic architecture, building knowledge was passed along by master builders through
  • The Acropolis Museum
  • acted as a structural system that also allowed light to penetrate a large space
  • the apprentice system
  • all of the above
This drawing shows the plan of ____________.
  • the Roman baths
  • to surround Newton with his own great discovery, and therefore himself
  • St. Peter's in Rome
  • away from the town square
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Medieval and Romanesque architecture, after the great Sack of Rome in August of 410, migration from large urban centers into the country side began - creating a scattered collection of smaller, relatively self sufficient settlements often fortified and organized around a ________.
  • the need to accommodate cattle
  • analyzes the inherent spatiality of human movement and actions
  • away from the town square
  • church
The alcove dwellings at Mesa Verde were located beneath a great mesa for
  • atrium
  • protection from wind, weather and potential attackers
  • a vertical marker in the landscape
  • procession
According to Professor Kara's lecture on Mid-Late Twentieth Century architecture, the most recent successful public works are created by architects who are willing to experiment with
  • "holy field"
  • all of the above
  • Mies van der Rohe
  • reason or science
The structural system that helped to define Gothic architecture can be referred to as
  • providing a continuous path for pilgrims to access relics in the chapels off the transepts and choir, without disturbing the services
  • skeletal
  • the need to accommodate cattle
  • St. Peter's in Rome
This diagram illustrates the ____________ where the traditional practice of placing stones and earth over the graves of distinguished people evolved into the construction of a hemispherical form that incorporated the cosmological associations of a circle (in plan), the world-mountain and dome of the heavens, and the vertical world axis.
  • all of the above
  • Inigo Jones
  • Hagia Sofia
  • origin of the stupa
The organization of the urban Zulu village was influenced by
  • the study of architecture should not cater exclusively to constructions of the wealthy by academically trained designers
  • analyzes the inherent spatiality of human movement and actions
  • the need to accommodate cattle
  • to surround Newton with his own great discovery, and therefore himself
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
  • Inigo Jones
  • all of the above
  • reason or science
  • Hagia Sofia
The Abbey Gatehouse incorporates a steeply pitched roof that is meant to
  • the mastery of craft as a means of making prototypes for industrial production
  • shed rain and snow in a northern climate
  • the immense scale of the stone blocks
  • irrigation that allowed the inhabitants to cultivate a variety of crops
Islamic religious structures are generally square or rectangular so that the worshipers can be as close as possible to
  • Mies van der Rohe
  • the arch, the vault and the dome
  • the prayer wall
  • Gothic cathedral
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on the Renaissance, ________ is regarded as the first British architect to bring Italianate Renaissance architecture to England.
  • salons
  • Inigo Jones
  • reason or science
  • all of the above
According to Professor Kara's lecture on Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, the interior and exterior of the early Roman basilica
  • amount of stained glass used in the walls
  • "wrapping" the medieval building with a Renaissance "screening" system
  • were dramatically different in style with the inside elaborately adorned with decoration and the outside simple and austere
  • the immense scale of the stone blocks
The ____________shown above is an example of how New Kingdom pharaohs arranged for their bodies to be buried in concealed tombs in the Valley of the Kings (behind these cliffs) where priests guarded against robbers.
  • the arch, the vault and the dome
  • historic architecture and new architecture
  • Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple
  • the immense scale of the stone blocks
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on the Americas, the ________ is considered by most scholars to be an astronomical observatory aligned to key point in the Maya calendar.
  • Hagia Sofia
  • Caracol
  • salons
  • tatami
In medieval city planning, the church was typically located
  • church
  • contains the seat of the Bishop
  • the need to accommodate cattle
  • away from the town square
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Gothic architecture, Villard de Honnecourt's fame rests entirely on his
  • surviving portfolio of 33 sheets of parchment containing about 250 drawings
  • were dramatically different in style with the inside elaborately adorned with decoration and the outside simple and austere
  • Aztec calendar
  • "wrapping" the medieval building with a Renaissance "screening" system
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Medieval and Romanesque architecture, increasing numbers of religious pilgrims to sacred sites posed a dilemma for monasteries and church leaders. The huge influx of visitors jump started the economy but proved disruptive to the quiet contemplative life of the monastery. The architectural solution was
  • tatami
  • b and c
  • a and c
  • garden
Sant'Elia was considered a ____________.
  • atrium
  • Futurist
  • procession
  • cenotes
The Romans surpassed the scale limitations of post-and-lintel construction by harnessing the structural elements of
  • spatial relationship between the columns and vaults
  • the arch, the vault and the dome
  • shed rain and snow in a northern climate
  • a vertical marker in the landscape
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Rome, the layered squares seen in Panini's painting of the interior of the Pantheon are called ________ which, beyond creating depth and visual interest to the curvature of the dome, significantly reduce the overall weight of the building.
  • all of the above
  • b and c
  • salons
  • coffers
The term "Cathedral" designates a religious building that
  • contains the seat of the Bishop
  • away from the town square
  • St. Peter's in Rome
  • carve new avenues within the city of Paris
According to Professor Kara's lecture on Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, the most significant example of Christian architecture that combined the domed roof with the basilica plan was
  • Caracol
  • reason or science
  • Inigo Jones
  • Hagia Sofia
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Egypt, the Temple complex at Abu Simbel created by Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC was
  • all of the above
  • Hagia Sofia
  • The Acropolis Museum
  • amount of stained glass used in the walls
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on the Americas, this sculpture, called the Sun Stone depicts the
  • Mies van der Rohe
  • Aztec calendar
  • Hagia Sofia
  • all of the above
According to Professor Kara's lecture on Mid-Late Twentieth Century architecture, the Manhattan Transcripts by Bernard Tschumi
  • carve new avenues within the city of Paris
  • analyzes the inherent spatiality of human movement and actions
  • an earthen house built around a central courtyard for defense purposes
  • church
According to Professor Robinson's lecture on Nineteenth Century architecture, this image is discussed with respect to the work of German architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and how his work defined the link between
  • Caracol
  • historic architecture and new architecture
  • amount of stained glass used in the walls
  • expansive prayer halls in later mosques
The overall layout of the Acropolis was designed to enhance the sense of
  • atrium
  • protection from wind, weather and potential attackers
  • mosque
  • procession
The Sfroza Chapel in S. Maria Maggiore in Rome was a revolutionary Renaissance building because of the ____________.
  • the mastery of craft as a means of making prototypes for industrial production
  • surviving portfolio of 33 sheets of parchment containing about 250 drawings
  • spatial relationship between the columns and vaults
  • a square sanctuary housed underneath a curving roof
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Greece, the wall construction called the Lion's Gate at Mycenae is considered Cyclopean due to
  • historic architecture and new architecture
  • the immense scale of the stone blocks
  • The Acropolis Museum
  • amount of stained glass used in the walls
According to Professor Robinson's lecture on Eighteenth Century architecture, it was a time in Paris to come together and discuss new ideas in places called
  • Caracol
  • salons
  • pozzolana
  • tatami
This section illustrates how dead loads from the vaults are transferred to the columns of the arcade and, through the lower flyer, to the buttress piers outside the building in a typical ____________.
  • reason or science
  • all of the above
  • Gothic cathedral
  • origin of the stupa
When Vitruvius wrote about the education of the architect, he described theory as
  • the Roman baths
  • an earthen house built around a central courtyard for defense purposes
  • the ability to demonstrate and explain the principles of proportion as they relate to a designed object
  • the need to accommodate cattle
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Gothic architecture, one of the greatest Gothic advances in the St. Denis Cathedral was the
  • reason or science
  • expansive prayer halls in later mosques
  • amount of stained glass used in the walls
  • historic architecture and new architecture
One of the typical features of an ancient dwelling found in Pompeii is the
  • procession
  • garden
  • Caracol
  • atrium
According to Professor Kara's lecture on Islamic architecture, while mosques were the center of religion, they also served other functions of society to include
  • Inigo Jones
  • Mies van der Rohe
  • all of the above
  • reason or science
The Bauhaus was a school of design with a curriculum committed to
  • the mastery of craft as a means of making prototypes for industrial production
  • shed rain and snow in a northern climate
  • mosque
  • atrium
J. H. Mansart: Saint-Louis-des-Invalides is notable for its ____________.
  • travel abroad
  • triple-shell dome
  • Mies van der Rohe
  • the teachings of Confucius
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on the Americas, places where the surface limestone has collapsed, exposing the subterranean water table are called
  • cenotes
  • pozzolana
  • coffers
  • Inigo Jones
The exhibition "Architecture without Architects" organized by Bernard Rudofsky in 1964 was intended to illustrate that
  • an earthen house built around a central courtyard for defense purposes
  • the need to accommodate cattle
  • contains the seat of the Bishop
  • the study of architecture should not cater exclusively to constructions of the wealthy by academically trained designers
The House of the Prophet in Medina became the prototype for the ____________.
  • mosque
  • garden
  • a square sanctuary housed underneath a curving roof
  • a and c
The Maya were unique in the Americas because they developed a system of
  • a square sanctuary housed underneath a curving roof
  • shed rain and snow in a northern climate
  • irrigation that allowed the inhabitants to cultivate a variety of crops
  • the mastery of craft as a means of making prototypes for industrial production
The most distinctive architectural paradigm for the Hindu temple is
  • an empty tomb for an English physicist and mathematician
  • took over 150 years to complete and involved almost every major architect from the 16th and 17th centuries
  • mosque
  • a square sanctuary housed underneath a curving roof
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Rome, the Ten Books on Architecture was written by
  • tatami
  • Hagia Sofia
  • Vitruvious
  • garden
The rebuilding of St. Peter's basilica in Rome
  • took over 150 years to complete and involved almost every major architect from the 16th and 17th centuries
  • irrigation that allowed the inhabitants to cultivate a variety of crops
  • protection from wind, weather and potential attackers
  • spatial relationship between the columns and vaults
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