Renaissance Architecture

This is a 15th century movement centered on human interests or values.

• Religious Pluralism

• Monastic Scholasticism

• Humanism

• Lutheranism

Answer explanation

Renaissance Humanism was an intellectual movement typified by a revived interest in the classical world and studies which focussed not on religion but on what it is to be human.

What can you say about the columns during the Renaissance era?

• Decorative

• Structural

• Both

• None of the above.

Answer explanation

Orders can either be structural, supporting an arcade or architrave, or purely decorative, set against a wall in the form of pilasters

What is this?

• Quoin

• Quatrefoil

• Quadrature

• Quincunx

Answer explanation

A quoin is a term used in architecture that refers to the external angle or corner of a building, often reinforced with masonry to strengthen the structure.

Which vault was not used during Gothic period?

• Tunnel vault

• Ribbed Vault

• Fan Vault

• Quadripartite Vault

Answer explanation

Tunnel vault or barrel vault was notably used during Renaissance era.

The architect that introduced linear perspective and created the Florence cathedral's dome.

• Filippo Brunelleschi

• Felippi Brunelleschi

• Donato Bramante

• Giacomo Vignola

Answer explanation

Filippo Brunelleschi is known for his ability to solve complex problems, as demonstrated in his design for the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore (1420–36; the Duomo) in Florence, which was constructed with machines that Brunelleschi invented expressly for the project.

This structure was built as a memorial monument for St. Peter. It is only 15 feet in diameter, with a stepped base and a Doric peristyle.

• St. Peter's Church

• St. Peter's Basilica

• Tempietto de San Pietro

• Church of the Gesu

Answer explanation

Tempietto de San Pietro was designed by Donato Bramante. It was consciously modeled on ancient Roman temple 

This architect authored the "Four Books of Architecture" and designed the Villa Rotunda.

• Andrea del Sarto

• Andrea Palladio

• Leon Battista Alberti

• Andrea Vignola

Answer explanation

Andrea di Pietro della Gondola or Andrea Palladio was a Renaissance architect and proponent of the Palladian Architecture Movement

What are the three periods of development of the Renaissance period?

• Early, Middle and Late Renaissance

• Quatrocento, High Renaissance and Mannerist Renaissance

• Early, Mature, and Late Renaissance

• Quattrocento, High Renaissance and Mannerism

Answer explanation

1. Early Renaissance/ Quattrocento

2. High Renaissance

3. Late Renaissance/ Mannerism

Who wrote the "The Five Orders of Architecture"?

• Leon Battista Alberti

• Andrea Palladio

• Giacomo Vignola

• Filarete

Answer explanation

Giacomo Barozzi, Jacopo Barozzi, Barocchio, or simply Giacomo Vignola wrote "The Five Orders of Architecture" which outlines detailed rules for proportioning buildings and his rules for perspective.

Name this structure.

• Ca'Grande

• Palazzo Caprini

• Palazzo Rucellai

• Palazzo Farnese

Answer explanation

The Palazzo Farnese commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Farnese who then won and became Pope Paul III. It was designed by different architects, including Michelangelo, Vignola, Antonio de Sangallo the Younger, etc.

According to Bannister Fletcher, it is “the most imposing Italian palace of the 16th century” as it has a perfectly symmetrical main facade, rows of discrete windows with individual pediments, and a heavy cornice providing a definitive cap to the composition.