Session 2 - Introduction to History and Theory

The Title of Banister Fletcher's Book is

• A History of Architecture - On a systematic approach

• The Ten Books of Architecture

• A History of Architecture - On the comparative method

• Essay on Picturesque - A History of Architecture

The image above, present in Banister Fletcher's book, is

• The Capitoline Hill of Rome

• The Acropolis of Athens

• The Walhalla of Donaustauf

• The Temple of Zeus in Olympia

According to Korydon Smith, Architecture ______ is the most vital component of the architecture curriculum. Explicit or implicit, architectural _______ is the means by which architects and architectural scholars situate themselves in the world.

• History

• Technology

• Theory

• Representation

Architectural theory began with Marcus Vitruvius’...

• Ten Books On Architecture

• De Re Aedificatoria

• On Architecture

• Art of Building in Ten Books

Which of the following is NOT one of the three main areas of Architectural Theory?

• Theories of Architectural Technology

• Theories of Architectural History

• Theories of Architectural Epistemology

• Theories of Architectural Design

They are:

• Peter and Alison Smithson

• Aline and Eero Saarinen

• Lina Bo and Pietro Maria Bardi

• Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

The British Library was designed by

• Jim Stirling

• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

• Alison Smithson

• MJ Long

According to a "Women in Architecture" survey conducted by the Architects’ Journal, more than ___ of female architects inthe UK believe motherhood hinders their careers.

• 60%

• 70%

• 80%

• 90%

In her introduction "What we now vulgarly call the Gothic", Nicla Coldstream compare two masterpieces of gothic architecture. One is the Cathedral of Chartres, the other one is:

• Notre Dame de Paris

• The Orvieto Cathedral

• The Cathedral of York

• Hagia Sophia of Constantinople

Which of the following is NOT a Gothic "style"?

• Flamboyant

• Apulian

• Manueline

• Perpendicular