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HOA M-02 RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE 01

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is the return to classical ideas ushered an "age of awakening" in Italy and northern Europe.

a)

Renaissance

b)

Italian Renaissance

c)

English Renaissance

d)

French Renaissance

2.

Book made by Giacomo da Vignola that inspired the classical approach that spread through Europe.

a)

Visual Dictionary of Architecture

b)

The Five orders of Architecture

c)

The Four Books of Architecture

d)

The Arquitectura

3.

Book made by Andrea Palladio that inspired the classical approach that spread through Europe.

a)

Della Pittura

b)

The Five orders of Architecture

c)

The Four Books of Architecture

d)

The Arquitectura

4.

(1377-1446) considered the first Renaissance architect.

a)

Leon Battista Alberti

b)

Giacomo da Vignola

c)

Andrea Palladio

d)

Filippo Brunelleschi

5.

A fundamental handbook explaining principles behind linear perspective.

a)

Della Pittura

b)

The Five orders of Architecture

c)

The Four Books of Architecture

d)

The Arquitectura

6.

Also called as Santa Maria del Fiore and created by Filippo Brunelleschi

a)

San Giorgio Maggiore

b)

Dome of Florence

c)

Florence Cathedral

d)

Palazzo Rucellai

7.

Architect: Andrea Palladio

Year: 1565

a)

San Giorgio Maggiore

b)

Il Redentore

c)

Florence Cathedral

d)

Palazzo Rucellai

8.

Architect: Andrea Palladio

Year: 1576

a)

San Giorgio Maggiore

b)

Il Redentore

c)

Florence Cathedral

d)

Palazzo Rucellai

9.

(1508-1580) Chief architect of the Venetian Republic.

a)

Leon Battista Alberti

b)

Giacomo da Vignola

c)

Andrea Palladio

d)

Filippo Brunelleschi

10.

What is not considered as a architectural character of Renaissance Architecture?

a)

Symmetry and Proportion

b)

Use of the Five Classical Orders

c)

Rusticated Masonry

d)

Flying Buttresses

11.

What is not considered as a architectural character of Renaissance Architecture?

a)

Characterized by harmonious form, mathematical proportion and unit of measurement based on the human scale.

b)

Dome on a drum

c)

Rounded Arches

d)

Pediments on Windows

12.

(1404-1472) created Della Pittura.

a)

Leon Battista Alberti

b)

Giacomo da Vignola

c)

Andrea Palladio

d)

Filippo Brunelleschi

13.

It is one of the major works of 15th-century Renaissance architecture in Northern Italy. Designed by Leon Battista Alberti.

a)

Palazzo Rucellai

b)

Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua

c)

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

d)

Tempietto

14.

Created in the early renaissance, Palatial fifteenth-century townhouse on the Via della Vigna Nuova in Florence, Italy. Designed by Leon Battista Alberti.

a)

Palazzo Rucellai

b)

Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua

c)

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

d)

Tempietto

15.

First Florentine Renaissance Palace.

Architect: Michelozo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi.

a)

Palazzo Rucellai

b)

Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua

c)

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

d)

Tempietto

16.

· One of the finest examples of High Renaissance Architecture.

· Small circular chapel at San Pietro, Montorio Rome

· Commissioned by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain

·Built in 1502 after designs made by Donato Bramante.

a)

Palazzo Rucellai

b)

Basilica of Sant'Andrea, Mantua

c)

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

d)

Tempietto

17.

· Considered as the grandest palace of its period

· Designed by Antonio da Sangallo the Younger

a)

Palazzo Rucellai

b)

Palazzo Farnese

c)

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

d)

Palazzo Verde

18.

Architects of Saint Peter's Basilica: 1506 - The greek cross plan

a)

Antonio da Sangallo The Younger

b)

Antonio da Sangallo The Older

c)

Donato Bramente

d)

Raphael Santi

19.

Architects of Saint Peter's Basilica: proposed a plan in the Latin cross

a)

Antonio da Sangallo The Younger

b)

Antonio da Sangallo The Older

c)

Donato Bramente

d)

Raphael Santi

20.

Architects of Saint Peter's Basilica: Altered the plan with an extended vestibule; loft campanile and elaborate central dome.

a)

Antonio da Sangallo The Younger

b)

Antonio da Sangallo The Older

c)

Donato Bramente

d)

Raphael Santi

21.

Architects of Saint Peter's Basilica: succeeded and reverted to the Greek cross plan

a)

Michelangelo Buonarotti

b)

Baldassare Peruzzi

c)

Donato Bramente

d)

Raphael Santi

22.

Architects of Saint Peter's Basilica:

· Greek Cross Plan

· Strengthened the piers of the dome

· Redesigned the surrounding chapels and apses

· Commenced the construction of the great dome - completed before his death.

a)

Michelangelo Buonarotti

b)

Baldassare Peruzzi

c)

Donato Bramente

d)

Raphael Santi

23.

Architects of Saint Peter's Basilica:

Completed the dome from the model left by Michaelangelo.

a)

Giacomo Della Porta and Domenico Fontana

b)

Giacomo Della Porta

c)

Domenico Fontana

d)

Giacomo Da Vignola

24.

Architects of Saint Peter's Basilica:

Added the side cupolas.

a)

Carlo Maderno

b)

Giacomo Della Porta

c)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

d)

Giacomo Da Vignola

25.

Architects of Saint Peter's Basilica:

Lengthened the nave to form a Latin cross plan and added he gigantic façade.

a)

Carlo Maderno

b)

Giacomo Della Porta

c)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

d)

Giacomo Da Vignola

26.

Architects of Saint Peter's Basilica:

Erected the piazza, 650ft wide, surrounded by 284 columns.

a)

Carlo Maderno

b)

Giacomo Della Porta

c)

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

d)

Giacomo Da Vignola

27.

· (c. 1520-1600) Transitional style in Italy, characterized by unconventional use of classical elements.

· Reaction against the equilibrium of form and proportions characteristic of the High Renaissance.

· Use of unbalanced proportions and arbitrary arrangements of decorative features.

a)

French Renaissance

b)

Mannerism

c)

Italian Renaissance

d)

English Renaissance

28.

Grandest of all Mannerist Villas.

a)

Pallazo Rucellai

b)

Pallazo Massimo

c)

Palazzo Del Te

d)

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

29.

The palace was designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi in 1532–1536

a)

Pallazo Rucellai

b)

Pallazo Massimo

c)

Palazzo Del Te

d)

Palazzo Medici Riccardi

30.

Built by Michaelangelo, a historic library in Florence, Italy, containing more than 11,000 manuscripts and 4,500 early printed books.

a)

Laurentian Library

b)

The Library of Pergamum

c)

The Library of Celsus

d)

Nuzi Library

31.

Designed by Andrea Palladio, known as "La Rotunda" or "Villa Rotunda", It helped awaken a passion for classical architecture.

a)

Villa Filomena

b)

Villa Capra

c)

Villa Colmenar

d)

Villa Teresita

32.

Compact Palace shows Italian influence in flat, unobstructed pilasters.

a)

Chateaux of the Loire Valley

b)

Chateau de Chambord

c)

Chateaux d'azay le Rideau

d)

Great Palace of Fontainebleau

33.

It is one of the most recognizable châteaux in the world because of its very distinctive French Renaissance architecture which blends traditional French medieval forms with classical Renaissance structures. Constructed by King Francois I

a)

Chateaux of the Loire Valley

b)

Chateau de Chambord

c)

Chateaux d'azay le Rideau

d)

Great Palace of Fontainebleau

34.

They illustrate Renaissance ideals of design in France.

a)

Chateaux of the Loire Valley

b)

Chateau de Chambord

c)

Chateaux d'azay le Rideau

d)

Great Palace of Fontainebleau

35.

One of the Largest French Royal Chateau.

a)

Chateaux of the Loire Valley

b)

Chateau de Chambord

c)

Chateaux d'azay le Rideau

d)

Great Palace of Fontainebleau

36.

What is the style of King Francis I. (1520 - 1547); Remarkable variety and grace of composition and beauty of detail.

a)

Gothic

b)

Early Renaissance

c)

The Valois Period

d)

Romanesque

37.

Also called the Renaissance proper. (1483-1589)

a)

Advanced Renaissance

b)

Early Renaissance

c)

The Valois Period

d)

Classic Period

38.

Gradual adoption of the classic orders and a decline in the delicacy and richness of the ornament.

a)

Advanced Renaissance

b)

Early Renaissance

c)

The Valois Period

d)

Classic Period

39.

Also called "The Bourbon". It is the style of Henry IV and Louis XIII (1610-1645). It employs the orders and other classic forms with a somewhat heavy, florid style of ornament.

a)

Advanced Renaissance

b)

Early Renaissance

c)

The Valois Period

d)

Classic Period

40.

Also called as "The Decline". Louis XV (1715-74) It is pompous extravagance and capriciousness.

a)

Advanced Renaissance

b)

Rococo Period

c)

The Valois Period

d)

Classic Period

41.

(1625-1702 AD) It is the establishment of Renaissance style in England, followed Tudor Architecture and its transition style with Gothic features and Renaissance detail.

a)

Georgian Period

b)

Stuart Period

c)

Elizabethan Period

d)

Jacobian Period

42.

During this Elizabethan Period of English Renaissance, what was the period of Architecture called in Italy?

a)

Early Renaissance

b)

Millecinquecento

c)

Mannerism

d)

Cinquecento

43.

During this Elizabethan Period of English Renaissance, what was the period of Architecture called in France?

a)

Early Renaissance

b)

Plateresque

c)

Mannerism

d)

Cinquecento

44.

During this Elizabethan Period of English Renaissance, what was the period of Architecture called in Spain?

a)

Early Renaissance

b)

Plateresque

c)

Mannerism

d)

Cinquecento

45.

What is Not a feature for an Elizabethan Mansion?

a)

Cross Plan

b)

Symmetrical Layout

c)

Long Gallery

d)

Formal Gardens

46.

An Elizabethan Period Structure, a grand sixteenth-century English country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire (1555-1587)

a)

Wollaton Hall

b)

Burghley House

c)

Longleat House

d)

Hampton Court Palace

47.

An Elizabethan Period Structure, It is royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames intended to rival the Palace of Versailles.

a)

Wollaton Hall

b)

Burghley House

c)

Longleat House

d)

Hampton Court Palace

48.

An Elizabethan Period Structure, (1568-1580) Built by Sir John Thynne, it is a leading and early example of the Elizabethan prodigy house.

a)

Wollaton Hall

b)

Burghley House

c)

Longleat House

d)

Hampton Court Palace

49.

An Elizabethan Period Structure, (1580-1588) Considered as "the architectural sensation of its age." and was believed to be designed by Robert Smythson. It is Currently the Nottingham Natural History Museum.

a)

Wollaton Hall

b)

Burghley House

c)

Longleat House

d)

Hampton Court Palace

50.

Elizabethan mansion looked _____ towards courtyards as in the Medieval periods.

a)

Diagonally

b)

Outwards

c)

Inwards

d)

Sideways