Renaissance 1 Flashcards

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Q

….The work in question was the dome of ???? Cathedral(1420-1434)

A

Florence

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It’s architect, ????, who had trained as a goldsmith, was revolutionizing design and taste.

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Filippo Brunelleschi

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That done was by no means Brunelleschi’s only or his most revolutionary contribution to the new movement, his??? Of 1421, simple and serene….

A

Foundling Hospital

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4
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What had caused the transition from Gothic to Renaissance?

A

Gunpowder, the compass and banking

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5
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For the spread of ideas about architecture, one of the texts below was the first architectural book to be printed.

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De re aedificatoria (Ten Books on Architecture) by Leon Battista Alberti

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Architecture was no longer the continuation of a practical tradition, it was a literary one. The architect was not just putting up a building, he was following?????.

A

A theory

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7
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A new concept of spatial relationships had been made possible by the discovery of ????? by the Florentine painters in 1425 or possibly by Brunelleschi himself.

A

Perspective

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That was the rediscovery of ???? theory that musical intervals were exactly proportional to numbers in physical dimensions.

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Pythagoras’s

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9
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Section drawing through the Tempietto in the cloister of San Pietro in Montorio, Rome. It was built in 1502. Who was the architect?

A

Donate Bramante

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10
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Plan drawing of the original Greek cross design of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

It was designed by?

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Donato Bramante

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Original 16th century sketch of the initial dome design of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

It was drawn by?

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

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