The Ideal City - Stuff That I Find Interesting

The video explores the concept of ideal cities during the Renaissance, highlighting how town planning was influenced by the plague in cities like Milan and Venice. It discusses the broader European interest in ideal cities, including Thomas More's 'Utopia'. Italian artists like Fra Carnevale and Pietro Catena envisioned ideal cities with uniform houses and geometric designs. The importance of canals and two-tiered city structures, as seen in Da Vinci's vision for Milan, is also examined.

Which book by Thomas More discusses the concept of an ideal city with uniform houses and no private property?

• Utopia

• The Republic

• The Prince

• Leviathan

Which Italian artist painted a depiction of an ideal city with uniform houses and open spaces?

• Raphael

• Fra Carnevale

• Michelangelo

• Leonardo da Vinci

Pietro della Francesca's city design was based on which geometric shape?

• Circle

• Star

• Square

• Triangle

What was a significant feature of Leonardo da Vinci's vision for a new Milan?

• A city with no sewage system

• A city without canals

• A single-tiered city

• A two-tiered city with canals

In da Vinci's city design, where were the commercial activities conducted?

• In the outskirts

• On the lower tier

• In the central plaza

• On the upper tier