Theory - Form,Space and Order, Arch.Styles and Theorists

The characteristic outline or surface configuration of a particular form. It is the principal aspect by which we identify and categorize forms.

• Form

• Volume

• Surface

• Shape

It signifies stability. When resting on one of its sides, this shape is an extremely stable figure.

• Square

• Circle

• Triangle

• Sphere

It is the relative size of parts of a whole.

• Proportion

• Scale

• Module

• Composition

It is a regular and repeated pattern.

• Balance

• Rhythm

• Proportion

• Contrast

He coined the term “International Style” along with Henry-Russel Hitchcock

• Philip Johnson

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Louis Khan

• Le Corbusier

A style in 1920s to 1930s that is characterized by simple, clean shapes, often with a “streamlined” look; ornament that is geometric or stylized from representational forms.

• Art Nouveau

• Art Deco

• Beaux-Art

• Neoclassicism

A lavish and heavily ornamented classical style.

• Art Nouveau

• Art Deco

• Beaux-Art

• Neoclassicism

The term theory of architecture was originally simply the accepted translation of the Latin term __________. As used by Vitruvius.

• Ratiocination

• Doctrina de Architectura

• Venustas

• Racionalle

This was the first architectural handbook that emphasized the practical rather than the theoretical aspects of architecture, and it was the first to catalog the five orders.

• Complete works on Architecture and Perspective

• Complete works on Art and Orders

• Estraordinario Libro

• Sebastiano Libro

The author of the said book is ___________. An Italian Mannerist architect, painter and theorist. He also pioneered the use of high-quality illustrations to supplement the text.

• Leon Batista Alberti

• Sebastiano Serillo

• Vitruvius

• Andrea Paladio