9. Science/History

Question 1

Why did Lodoli condemn Greek architecture?

Answer 1

it copied the honest wood detailing of doric column

Question 2

The first Italian architect in the 1700s to express an interest in Gothic architecture was ______.

Answer 2

Lodoli

Question 3

The first Italian architect to express the ideas of structural rationalism was ________.
His most famous student was _______.

Answer 3

Lodoli

Piranesi

Question 4

What two relatively new architectural ideas did Piranesi express in Carceri etchings?

Answer 4

lack of classical ornament and infinite space

Question 5

________ was one of the early French architects to have an interest in Gothic architecture.

Answer 5

Soufflot

Question 6

List the three faults Laugier saw in French architecture of his time:

Answer 6

a. Pilasters
b. engaged columns
c. columns on bases

Question 7

The mid-eighteenth century architectural theoretician who related the evolution of classical architecture back to the idea of a “Primitive Hut” was ___________.

Answer 7

Laugier

Question 8

The “primitive hut” was invoked by _________ as the ultimate model for architects to emulate.

Answer 8

Laugier

Question 9

The first building to have the new scientific approach to structure applied to is was ____________.

Answer 9

St. Genevieve

Question 10

The first building to employ Euler’s new theory of column buckling was ______________.

Answer 10

St. Genevieve