PPT 18 - Final Exam

Question 1

19th century architecture

Answer 1

More varied than ever before

Question 2

Karl Fredrich Schinkel

Answer 2

1781-1841
German architect and painter - the most prominent architect of neoclassicism in Prussia (modern day Germany)
Relied on elements of Greek architecture

Question 3

Neue Wache

Answer 3

Berlin
1817-1818
Karl
His greatest achievement

Question 4

Schauspielhaus

Answer 4

1781-1841
Karl
High base
Ionic portico

Question 5

Altesmuseum

Answer 5

1823-1828 
Berlin 
Karl 
His most famous structure 
First public art museum in Europe

Question 6

Plan of Charlottenhof, Potsdam

Answer 6

1829-1831
Karl
Influenced by his trips to Italy and England

Question 7

Sir John Soane

Answer 7

1753-1837

Leading exponent of Neo-classicism in England

Question 8

Benjamin Henry Latrobe (1766-1820)

Answer 8

Born in England and educated in England and Germany, traveled around Europe (Paris and Rome)

Question 9

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 9

1743-1826
One of the most influential founding fathers
Was a lawyer by education, philosopher, educator, scientist, inventor, economist, architect

Question 10

Monticello

Answer 10

1770-1826

Documents Jefferson’s experiences abroad as a minister of France

Question 11

A.W.N. Pugin

Answer 11

1812-1852
Son of a French draftmans born in England
Leader of the gothic revival movement in architecture motivated by his strong moral and religious beliefs

Question 12

Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-Le-Duc

Answer 12

1841-1879
Powerful and influential theorist
Interested in the integrity of structure and the decorative detail of the medieval buildings

Question 13

John Ruskin

Answer 13

1819-1900

English philosopher and writer

Question 14

William Morris

Answer 14

1834-1896
Strongly influenced by Ruskins writings
Abandoned theology and became the leading exponent of the arts and crafts movement in England

Question 15

Elbert Hubbard

Answer 15

1856-1915

American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher influenced by William Morris and Ruskin

Question 16

Richard Norman Shaw

Answer 16

1831-1912

Prominent British architect known for his country houses and for commercial buildings

Question 17

Charles Francis Annesley Voysey

Answer 17

1857-1941

British architect, renowned as the designer of a number of famous country houses

Question 18

Herman Muthesius

Answer 18

1861-1927

German architect and author trained at the French William university in Berlin and Charlotteburg technical college

Question 19

Victor Horta

Answer 19

1861-1947

Belgian architect and designer

Question 20

Hector Guimard

Answer 20

1867-1942

The most prominent representative of the French art nouveau

Question 21

Antonio Gaudi

Answer 21

1852-1926

Spanish architect that moved from gothic revival to the art nouveau

Question 22

Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Answer 22

1867-1928
Scottish architect from glasgow
Representative of the art nouveau

Question 23

Otto Wagner

Answer 23

Architect member of Viennese Secession (an association of artists formed in 1898)

Question 24

Henry Hobson Richardson

Answer 24

1838-1886

Born into a wealthy Louisiana family

Question 25

Louis Henri Sullivan

Answer 25

1856-1924

Considered by many the creator of the modern sky scraper