ARCH 100 EXAM-QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE
Claude Perrault rejected a single, universal classicism. He said different regions have
different climates and different amounts of light,
1.Beauty is subjective
2.Beauty depends on personal Taste
3. an identical building would look different in Paris or Rome
The "Classical" Tradition in architecture
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:
1.Corinthian
2.Doric
3.Ionic
Why is the Doric temple (classical) style still popular for banks in the U.S.?
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.
, True
Vitruvius spends the most time talking about Ionic Temples.
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"?
Alberti
Vitruvius's ideal example of a 'good building or architecture' was the:
Peripteral Temple
How did Giambattista Piranesi differ from Serlio and Palladio in the way he drew ancient
buildings?
He tried to capture the feeling
Choose a building whose design, according to Vitruvius, is based on an adult MALE body:
The narrow vertical channels carved on the shaft of a classical column are known as:
Fluting
In ancient Rome, the very best artists, architects and intellectuals were believed to be from:
Greece
A difference between Greek and Roman artists is the Greeks emphasized:
youth, beauty, and physical perfection
The Greek philosopher Plato believed that "beauty" is:
VERIFIED ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE
Claude Perrault rejected a single, universal classicism. He said different regions have
different climates and different amounts of light,
1.Beauty is subjective
2.Beauty depends on personal Taste
3. an identical building would look different in Paris or Rome
The "Classical" Tradition in architecture
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:
1.Corinthian
2.Doric
3.Ionic
Why is the Doric temple (classical) style still popular for banks in the U.S.?
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.
, True
Vitruvius spends the most time talking about Ionic Temples.
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"?
Alberti
Vitruvius's ideal example of a 'good building or architecture' was the:
Peripteral Temple
How did Giambattista Piranesi differ from Serlio and Palladio in the way he drew ancient
buildings?
He tried to capture the feeling
Choose a building whose design, according to Vitruvius, is based on an adult MALE body:
The narrow vertical channels carved on the shaft of a classical column are known as:
Fluting
In ancient Rome, the very best artists, architects and intellectuals were believed to be from:
Greece
A difference between Greek and Roman artists is the Greeks emphasized:
youth, beauty, and physical perfection
The Greek philosopher Plato believed that "beauty" is:
