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Architecture History Final Exam

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A place for walking, especially an aisle around the apse or cloister in a church

(a)  

2.

Small towns built around a central square, which is surrounded by a grid like street system.

(a)  

3.

A building or room that is part of a monastery. It is a room where meetings were held. Typically it is near the cloister.

(a)  

4.

A buttress slanting from a separate pier, typically forming an arch with the weight it supports.

(a)  

5.

A narrow, tall opening with a pointed arch

(a)  

6.

A private room located on the floor above the great hall in a late medieval English Manor house

(a)  

7.

Ornamental stone openwork, typically in the upper part of a gothic window.

(a)  

8.

An entrance area at the west end of a Carolingian, Ottoman or Romanesque church with upper chamber and usually with a tower or towers.

(a)  

9.

A style of architecture that chiefly drew its inspiration from Carolingian and Byzantine architecture and represents the absorption of classical Mediterranean and Christian architectural forms with Germanic styles.

(a)  

10.

Vertical wooden posts used as structure in Viking churches.

(a)  

11.

How is Sainte Chapelle a manifestation of High Gothic architecture?

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12.

How do English Gothic Cathedrals differ from French Gothic?

4 lines
13.

Describe the principles of design in Viking Stave Churches.

4 lines
14.

What are the hallmarks of the Gothic Style?

4 lines
15.

Compare and contrast medieval European and Roman town planning.

4 lines
16.

Describe the characteristics of Carolingian architecture.

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17.

Describe the principles of Romanesque architecture.


a)

The Romanesque was a great series of experiments directed toward enclosing and illuminating interior space using incombustible masonry construction to reduce the chances of fire and thus protect the valuable relics held in churches. Very simple forms and architecture.

b)

Not this option

18.

Describe the seminal parts of a typical Pilgrimage church.

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19.

What is Cistercian architecture sometimes referred to? Why?

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20.

At St. Denis, Abbot Suger studied which two buildings to the ensure the proper qualities of the Cathedral?

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21.

What is unusual about the towers at Notre Dame, Laon?

4 lines
22.

Describe the structural innovations of gothic architecture.

4 lines
23.

Describe the principles of Gothic Architecture.

4 lines