ARCH 100 EXAM 2 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEW STUDY
SHEET COMPLETE SOLVED GUIDE
●● The "Classical" Tradition in architecture
Answer: 1.Borrows forms from ancient Greece and rome
2. Follows long-respected rules of beauty
3.Helps Institutions look enduring and reilable
●● Vitruvius divides Greek temples into three distinct styles. Those are:
Answer: 1.Corinthian
2.Doric
3.Ionic
●● Why is the Doric temple (classical) style still popular for banks in
the U.S.?
Answer: 1. Its visual stable
2.Its important symbolically
3.Its meant to look timeless and dignified
, ●● According to Vitruvius, the Corinthian capital was inspired by a
weed-covered basket on a grave.
Answer: True
●● Vitruvius spends the most time talking about Ionic Temples.
Answer: False
●● Who wrote that "beauty is that reasoned harmony of all the parts
within a body, so that nothing can be added or taken away but for the
worse"?
Answer: Alberti
●● Vitruvius's ideal example of a 'good building or architecture' was the:
Answer: Peripteral Temple
●● How did Giambattista Piranesi differ from Serlio and Palladio in the
way he drew ancient buildings?
Answer: He tried to capture the feeling
●● Choose a building whose design, according to Vitruvius, is based on
an adult MALE body:
Answer:
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE EXAM REVIEW STUDY
SHEET COMPLETE SOLVED GUIDE
●● The "Classical" Tradition in architecture
Answer: 1.Borrows forms from ancient Greece and rome
2. Follows long-respected rules of beauty
3.Helps Institutions look enduring and reilable
●● Vitruvius divides Greek temples into three distinct styles. Those are:
Answer: 1.Corinthian
2.Doric
3.Ionic
●● Why is the Doric temple (classical) style still popular for banks in
the U.S.?
Answer: 1. Its visual stable
2.Its important symbolically
3.Its meant to look timeless and dignified
, ●● According to Vitruvius, the Corinthian capital was inspired by a
weed-covered basket on a grave.
Answer: True
●● Vitruvius spends the most time talking about Ionic Temples.
Answer: False
●● Who wrote that "beauty is that reasoned harmony of all the parts
within a body, so that nothing can be added or taken away but for the
worse"?
Answer: Alberti
●● Vitruvius's ideal example of a 'good building or architecture' was the:
Answer: Peripteral Temple
●● How did Giambattista Piranesi differ from Serlio and Palladio in the
way he drew ancient buildings?
Answer: He tried to capture the feeling
●● Choose a building whose design, according to Vitruvius, is based on
an adult MALE body:
Answer:
