8. Reformation/Baroque Flashcards
What is considered to be the start of the Counter Reformation?
Council of Trent
What three requirements did the Council of Trent establish for Counter Reformation art?
a. clarity and simplicity
b. realistic portrayal
c. emotion
The first scientist to investigate the structural properties of materials was:
Galileo
Is Baroque Architecture classical?
No, it is an ornament but not in concept.
The founder of English empiricism was:
Bacon
Define Tabula Rasa:
“blank slate” in Latin, reaction to excessive decoration of Rococco Laufier’s primitive hut
The founder of French Rationalism was:
Descartes
What is a Cartesian grid?
grid where the units are squares/cubes
The architect responsible for bringing Renaissance architecture to England was:
Inigo Jones
The architect of St. Paul’s cathedral was:
Wren
Describe Wren’s unique structural solution for the dome of St.Paul’s:
peristyle buttresses both the inner dome and brick cone which rises internally to support lantern
“I think, therefore I am” is a quote from:
Descartes
The best example of Louis XIV architectural style prior to Versailles was __________.
east front of Louvre
Was the architecture of Louis XIV Baroque?
No, it was neoclassical.
Under what monarch was engineering first separated from architecture?
Louis XIV
What two kinds of beauty did Perrault make a case for in the Ordonnance of 1683? Give an example of each:
- positive-objective
ex. geometry and proportions - arbitrary-subjective
ex. current fashion or trends
________ was the first architectural theorist to discover and write that there was not a fixed set of proportions in the Classical orders.
Perrault
the first school founded for the formal education of civil engineers was located in ______.
France
What is the difference between Italian Baroque and french Baroque architecture?
French version of Baroque was much less dynamic and ornamented that its Italian sister, French wanted something more timeless
