Architecture and Design in Italy
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Which architect is known for his Proto-Baroque style?

  • Giovanni Amadeo
  • Guarino Guarini
  • Galeazzo Alessi (correct)
  • Giacomo da Vignola

    • What is the name of the chapel built by Guarino Guarini?

  • The Capitol
  • Colleoni Chapel
  • Chapel of The Holy Shroud (correct)
  • Retable

    • What is the term for a form of illusionistic painting that aims to deceive viewers into believing that they are seeing real objects?

  • Baroque style
  • Trompe l'oeil (correct)
  • Renaissance facade
  • Proto-Baroque

    • Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Colleoni Chapel?

    <p>Solid webs in the dome</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who designed the most successful civic work of Michelangelo?

    <p>Michelangelo</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for an architectural screen or wall above and behind an altar?

    <p>Retable</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which architect built an early Italian Renaissance building with the first truly Baroque facade?

    <p>Giacomo da Vignola</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the chapel that is a mausoleum for Bartolomeo Colleoni?

    <p>Colleoni Chapel</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What style of architecture is characterized by massive blocks of rusticated masonry in lower stories of palaces?

    <p>Italian Renaissance</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which architect was known as the 'English Palladio'?

    <p>Inigo Jones</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for architecture with no columns or pilasters?

    <p>Astylar</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the architect who designed the Banqueting House in Whitehall?

    <p>Inigo Jones</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for masonry blocks at the corner of a wall?

    <p>Quoins</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which style of architecture is characterized by dog-tooth ornaments and foliaged capitals?

    <p>Early English Style</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who designed Saint Paul's Cathedral in London?

    <p>Sir Christopher Wren</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What style of architecture is characterized by clerestories and numerous vaulting ribs?

    <p>Decorated Style</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for a thick rectangular slab of stone at the top of a capital?

    <p>Abacus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which architectural style is characterized by adapting Elizabethan style to continental Renaissance influences?

    <p>Jacobean Architecture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is characterized by semi-circular arches, massive solidity, and strength?

    <p>Romanesque Architecture</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common form for a Christian church in Romanesque architecture?

    <p>Latin Cross Plan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a type of fortified structure of European innovation during the Middle Ages?

    <p>Castle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an architectural ornament in the form of three arcs arranged in a circle?

    <p>Trefoil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic feature of the Pisa Cathedral?

    <p>Exterior bands of colored marble</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a type of building plan popularized in the Byzantine architectural style?

    <p>Greek Cross Plan</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a feature of German Renaissance architecture?

    <p>Helm Roof</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a group of buildings designed for the occupations of monks?

    <p>Monastic Village</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Architects and Styles

    • Giovanni Amadeo: Italian architect known for his Proto-Baroque style
    • Galeazzo Alessi: Italian architect known for his distinctive style based on ancient architecture
    • Guarino Guarini: Italian architect who built the Chapel of The Holy Shroud in Italy, featuring a dome with intersecting arched ribs
    • Giacomo da Vignola: Italian Renaissance architect who built an early Italian Renaissance building with the first truly Baroque facade
    • Inigo Jones: English architect who adapted Elizabethan style to continental Renaissance influences and used Palladian Motif
    • Sir Christopher Wren: English architect who designed many buildings in London, including Saint Paul's Cathedral, and was a disciple of French Renaissance

    Architectural Terms

    • Retable: an architectural screen or wall above and behind an altar, containing painting, sculpture, carving, or other decorations
    • Trompe l'oeil: a form of illusionistic painting that aims to deceive viewers into believing they are seeing real objects
    • Quoins: masonry blocks at the corner of a wall, often used to provide actual strength for a wall made with inferior stone or rubble
    • Astylar: architecture with no columns and pilasters, unsupported
    • Helm Roof: a feature of German Renaissance architecture, characterized by a bulbous termination of a tower

    Architectural Styles

    • Norman Architecture: a period in the history of architecture in England, characterized by bold and massive buildings with similarities to architecture in Normandy
    • Early English Style: a period in the history of architecture in England, characterized by dog-tooth ornaments, foliaged capitals, and tall and narrow lancet openings
    • Decorated Style: a period in the history of architecture in England, characterized by enlarged clerestories, numerous vaulting ribs, and examples such as Westminster Abbey
    • Italian Renaissance: characterized by massive blocks of rusticated masonry, general absence of pilasters, sparing use of carved details, and massive cornices
    • Romanesque Architecture: characterized by semi-circular arches, massive solidity and strength, and use of piers
    • Jacobean Architecture: an English architecture and decorative style of the early 17th century, adapting Elizabethan style to continental Renaissance influences

    Building Types and Plans

    • Latin Cross Plan: a cross-shaped building plan, incorporating one longer stem (nave) and three arms of equal length, popularized in the Romanesque architectural style
    • Greek Cross Plan: a church plan with a square central mass and four arms of equal length, popularized in the Byzantine architectural style
    • Monastic Village: a group of buildings designed for all the occupations of the monks, common in the Romanesque era
    • Pisa Cathedral: a Romanesque building in Central Italy, featuring a Baptistery, Campanille, and Campo Santo, forming one of the most famous building groups in the world

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