Architecture
What does Danish Architect, Educator, and Writer Steen Eiler Rasmussen mean when he says,
"architects plan the setting of our lives." - ANS Essentially the same thing as Architect Bjarke
Ingels, who says, "architecture is the canvas for the stories of our lives."
Unlike the relationship between painter and painting, architecture is - ANS not produced by
architects themselves
According to Rasmussen, the difference between architecture and sculpture is - ANS
architecture's utility
On what basis does Rasmussen critique the design of the National Institute of Life Insurance of
1509 by Architect Ferdinand Meldahl? - ANS as a building way ahead of its time and place,
culturally speaking
or
as a meaningless copy of an historical style
When an architect judges a building, its __________________ is only one of several factors. -
ANS materials
composition
relation to place
Rasmussen argues that architecture - ANS without life becomes a monstrosity
In the video of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the narrator describes the interior as one of -
ANS curves and crazy angles
In contrast to the standard office building, the design attributes of Facebook West in Menlo Park,
CA, designed by Architect Frank Gehry, are - ANS openness, anti-hierarchy, and fluidity to
foster free-form collaborative work
For Rasmussen, the most striking thing about Porta di Santo Spirito by Antonio da Sangallo is -
ANS its lack of ornament
Michelangelo's design for Porta Pia in Rome represents - ANS architecture and sculpture as
part of an integrated whole
The difference between Sangallo's city gate at Porto di Santo Spirito and Michaelangelo's gate
at Porta Pia is - ANS a visual sense of "balance and harmony" by Sangallo vs. "drama and
restlessness" by Michaelangelo
, The Nolli Map of Rome, invented by Italian architect and surveyor Giambattista Nolli in the
middle of the 18th c., - ANS illustrates the distinction between civic or publicly accessible space
in the city from private space within the block
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne in Rome, designed by Baldassare Peruzzi in 1536, is
characterized by its - ANS convex façade following the curve of the street and an open loggia
or deep cavity with pairs of columns on the ground floor
The similarity between the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy and Fallingwater in Bear Run,
Pennsylvania is - ANS the strategic use of juxtaposition, contrasting rough, natural and organic
forms with smooth, refined rational forms
The contrasting visual effects of Fallingwater, a house completed in 1938 by Frank Lloyd Wright,
are - ANS its rusticated blocks of stacked stone and simultaneously its trowel-smooth stucco
its expansive horizontal floating forms and simultaneously its stoic, staid vertical stone anchors
its sense of grounding and fitting in with the site and simultaneously its quality of flight and
suspension, if not defiance, of gravity
The most significant architectural detail of Fallingwater that exemplifies the seamless
relationship between exterior and interior is - ANS where the glass meets the natural stone
pillars
The "biggest" idea of Fallingwater is - ANS the integral relationship between inside and outside,
between architecture and nature
What are the visual characteristics or attributes of the concept "variations on a theme"? - ANS
subtle variation within strict regularity
What are the visual clues or indicators of "processional rhythm" in the Forbidden City in Beijing?
- ANS processional rhythm: linear movement through a series of consecutive courtyards along
an axis
The painting "Ariadne, Venus and Bacchus" (1576) by Jacopo Tintoretto, records the change
that came in the visual arts, known as the - ANS plastic style
Which of the following visual characteristics best describes "baroque rhythm"? - ANS winding,
circular, rotational form
Italian Renaissance Architect Filippo Brunelleschi devised ________________ around 1420,
marking the first mathematically-correct, realistic illusion of three-dimensional space on a
two-dimensional surface. - ANS linear perspective
What does Danish Architect, Educator, and Writer Steen Eiler Rasmussen mean when he says,
"architects plan the setting of our lives." - ANS Essentially the same thing as Architect Bjarke
Ingels, who says, "architecture is the canvas for the stories of our lives."
Unlike the relationship between painter and painting, architecture is - ANS not produced by
architects themselves
According to Rasmussen, the difference between architecture and sculpture is - ANS
architecture's utility
On what basis does Rasmussen critique the design of the National Institute of Life Insurance of
1509 by Architect Ferdinand Meldahl? - ANS as a building way ahead of its time and place,
culturally speaking
or
as a meaningless copy of an historical style
When an architect judges a building, its __________________ is only one of several factors. -
ANS materials
composition
relation to place
Rasmussen argues that architecture - ANS without life becomes a monstrosity
In the video of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the narrator describes the interior as one of -
ANS curves and crazy angles
In contrast to the standard office building, the design attributes of Facebook West in Menlo Park,
CA, designed by Architect Frank Gehry, are - ANS openness, anti-hierarchy, and fluidity to
foster free-form collaborative work
For Rasmussen, the most striking thing about Porta di Santo Spirito by Antonio da Sangallo is -
ANS its lack of ornament
Michelangelo's design for Porta Pia in Rome represents - ANS architecture and sculpture as
part of an integrated whole
The difference between Sangallo's city gate at Porto di Santo Spirito and Michaelangelo's gate
at Porta Pia is - ANS a visual sense of "balance and harmony" by Sangallo vs. "drama and
restlessness" by Michaelangelo
, The Nolli Map of Rome, invented by Italian architect and surveyor Giambattista Nolli in the
middle of the 18th c., - ANS illustrates the distinction between civic or publicly accessible space
in the city from private space within the block
Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne in Rome, designed by Baldassare Peruzzi in 1536, is
characterized by its - ANS convex façade following the curve of the street and an open loggia
or deep cavity with pairs of columns on the ground floor
The similarity between the Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy and Fallingwater in Bear Run,
Pennsylvania is - ANS the strategic use of juxtaposition, contrasting rough, natural and organic
forms with smooth, refined rational forms
The contrasting visual effects of Fallingwater, a house completed in 1938 by Frank Lloyd Wright,
are - ANS its rusticated blocks of stacked stone and simultaneously its trowel-smooth stucco
its expansive horizontal floating forms and simultaneously its stoic, staid vertical stone anchors
its sense of grounding and fitting in with the site and simultaneously its quality of flight and
suspension, if not defiance, of gravity
The most significant architectural detail of Fallingwater that exemplifies the seamless
relationship between exterior and interior is - ANS where the glass meets the natural stone
pillars
The "biggest" idea of Fallingwater is - ANS the integral relationship between inside and outside,
between architecture and nature
What are the visual characteristics or attributes of the concept "variations on a theme"? - ANS
subtle variation within strict regularity
What are the visual clues or indicators of "processional rhythm" in the Forbidden City in Beijing?
- ANS processional rhythm: linear movement through a series of consecutive courtyards along
an axis
The painting "Ariadne, Venus and Bacchus" (1576) by Jacopo Tintoretto, records the change
that came in the visual arts, known as the - ANS plastic style
Which of the following visual characteristics best describes "baroque rhythm"? - ANS winding,
circular, rotational form
Italian Renaissance Architect Filippo Brunelleschi devised ________________ around 1420,
marking the first mathematically-correct, realistic illusion of three-dimensional space on a
two-dimensional surface. - ANS linear perspective
