Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

LAND2520E > Quiz 4 > Flashcards

Quiz 4 Flashcards

1
Q

Renaissance period

A

revival of classical greek and roman styles

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Renaissance countries

A

France, England, Italy (monarchies)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Italy

A

trade hub between east and west, lead to urban revival

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Key themes

A

geometry, symmetry and proportion

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Renaissance architects

A

“ideal” simple circles and squares

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Humanism

A

celebrate rationality and the human ability to
make and act upon empirical observations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Vitruvian Man

A

Found in the writings of Leonardo da Vinci, describes humans to be perfect geometric figures to prove that human
proportions reflected divine ratios

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Florence Italy

A

Renaissance period begins here

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Filippo Brunelleschi

A

Italian architect, goldsmith and sculptor

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Linear Perspective

A

Developed by Filippo
Brunelleschi, it is the system of
creating an illusion of depth on a
flat surface

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Fillipo Brunelleschi year alive year dead

A

1377-1446

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Florence Cathedral

A

Cathedral dome, Blend of Romanesque and Gothic elements

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Church of S. Lorenzo

A

Brunelleschi’s modular regularity and planning
(standardized dimensions and ratios)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Pazzi Chapel

A

Recreation of Brunelleschi’s dome

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

S. Maria degli Angeli, Florence

A

First circular and centralized plan (“pure”)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Palazzo Medici

A

Designed by Brunelleschi’s student Michelozzo Bartolomeo

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Modillions

A

Support bracket/block along the roof cornice

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Rustication

A

type of decorative masonry achieved by cutting back the edges of stones to a plane surface while leaving the central portion of the face either rough or projecting markedly

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Pilaster

A

A column-like projection used to give the appearance of a supporting
column, but is only an ornamental function instead

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

The Palazzo Rucellai

A

Designed by Leon Battista Alberti

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

S. Andrea, Mantua

A

Based upon the Basilica (cross shape) of
Constantine

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

High Renaissance

A

Buildings generally borrowed from Roman architectural styles

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Leonardo Da Vinci

A

Artist and engineer in the high
Renaissance period, Sketched anatomical
drawings

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

S. Maria della Consolazione

A

Church is square in plan

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Donato Bramante
architect who introduced the High Renaissance style in architecture.
26
The Belvedere Court
A summer residence designed by Bramante, located to the north of St. Peter’s
27
House of Raphael, “Palazzo Caprini"
Design based on Roman Insula, with shops on street level
28
other name for late renaissance architects
mannerists
29
Late renaissance architects
achieve personal artistic expression through imaginative and individualistic manipulation of the classical language/style
30
CORTILE
an enclosed area, typically roofless and arcaded, within or attached to a building.
31
The Campidoglio, Rome
Monumetal civic complex designed by Michelangelo to reestablish the seat of the local government.
32
Andrea Palladio
Published “The Four Books of Architecture”
33
Where did early renaissance originate?
Italy
34
What type of ideology was the early renaissance?
Humanist
35
the early renaissance was based on what architectural tools?
proportions and geometry.
36
Villa d’Este Tivoli, Rome, Italy
Garden creates its own microclimate
37
time of french renaissance
end of 15th century
38
Court
dominant force of the French society and the king initiated all art
39
Dormer (think mimis house)
the thing that is a window that sticks out on a roof
40
Villa Barbaro
Symmetrical design: Central living block balanced by end pavilions connected by flanking arcades
41
Palladio’s Venice
Gothicism overlaid with Renaissance ideas
42
Baroque
artistic style that developed to restate traditional Catholic teachings
43
Pope Sixtus V’s
Created a design program that modified the urban pattern of Rome
44
Piazza of St. Peters
the contribution of Sixtus V in his attempt to shape the space in front of the basilica
45
Gianlorenzo Bernini
the official architect of St. Peter’s
46
Two parts of Piazza
Oval section and Trapezoidal section
47
S. Andrea al Quirinale
Small, oval-plan church designed by Bernini
48
S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Designed by Francesco Borromini
49
Piazza Navona
Public square in the heart of Rome built on an ancient Roman stadium of Domitian site
50
Along the __________ axis, starting from the entrance of the chapel, the light disappears by degrees into the dark sanctuary
horizontal
51
along the ______ axis the light is successively increased by degrees as it goes up: from the small chapels in shadows, to the bright main space, and finally to the translucent domes.
vertical
52
S. Ivo della Sapienza
Chapel built behind the curved end of an existing courtyard
53
S. Ivo della Sapienza roof
Mirrors the six-pointed star plan
54
S. Ivo della Sapienza Plan
formation of a hexagon by intersecting two equilateral triangles (six-pointed star)
55
The Cappella della SS. Sindone
Centrally planned church
56
The Cappella della SS. Sindone dome
Dome is not actually a dome, but an ascending hexagonal network of arches
57
Wall-pillar Style
Barrel-vaulted lateral chapels are separated from one another by cross walls with pilasters, facing the nave
58
The Great Abbey of Melk, Austria
A wall pillar church with galleries above the oval chapel
59
The Town of Versailles
adjacent to the palace to house servants, soldiers and other minor courtiers Axiality extended symmetrically by building two long wings on each side
60
Christopher Wren
Part of the team of architects responsible for rebuilding London post the fire of 1666
61
Rococo
Originated in Paris and as opposed to the baroque style it intended to be informal and asymmetric in form
62
Enlightenment
A philosophical movement in the 18th and 19th centuries focused on rationalism accompanied by scientific thinking
63
Romanticism and Picturesque
Delight in the asymmetrical and irregular, Rejection of order, harmony, balance
64
The Rococo
Delicate and intricate, but substantial ornamentation
65
Post Neo-Palladianism
The resurgence of Palladian architecture in the 1700s and 1800s
66
Williams–Wynn House, London
A variety of spatial enclosures on a long, narrow site
67
Inventive Neo-Classicism
Neo-Classicism and its response to industrialization
68
Cenotaph
A scientific apparatus/setup designed for Sir Isaac Newton to discover the laws of classical mechanics
69
Chaux
Conceptualized by Ledoux, plans of ideal city, oval of workers houses, Buildings for salt manufacturing
70
Hotel de Thelluson, Paris
Massive rectangular, triumphal-arched gateway, which was more horizontal than the Roman prototypes
71
Thomas Jefferson
One of the most prominent and celebrated Neo-Classical architects in the United States
72
Jefferson Residence, Monticello, VA
An architectural laboratory that continued to evolve until Jefferson’s death
73
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Early site plan by Jefferson: U-shaped distribution of student rooms, linked by colonnades and punctuated by larger pavilions
74
Edmunde Burke: A Philosophical inquiry
The beautiful, the sublime and the picturesque
75
The Beautiful
Created aesthetic experiences aimed to please the end user
76
The Sublime
An inexplicable feeling that makes us feel quite small in front of the vast expanse of nature
77
The Picturesque
- Rough, sudden, old/ruined - Asymmetry and irregularity

LAND2520E (7 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions