II B.Arch History of Architecture Past Paper May 2011 PDF
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School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi-110002
2011
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This is a history of architecture past paper from May 2011 for II B.Arch students at the SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE. The paper covers various architectural styles and includes questions on the history of architecture topics, with a focus on comparing and contrasting design principles and structural systems of buildings. The document includes illustrated questions.
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## SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE: NEW DELHI-110002 ### II B.ARCH - MAY, 2011 **Time:** 3 Hours **HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE** **Maximum Marks:** 100 **(Write your Roll No. on the top immediately on receipt of the question paper)** **NOTE:** **(i) Answer questions of each Section in SEPARATE...
## SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE: NEW DELHI-110002 ### II B.ARCH - MAY, 2011 **Time:** 3 Hours **HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE** **Maximum Marks:** 100 **(Write your Roll No. on the top immediately on receipt of the question paper)** **NOTE:** **(i) Answer questions of each Section in SEPARATE answer books.** ### SECTION-I **Note:** **(i) Attempt THREE questions from Section-I.** **(ii) Question No. 1 is COMPULSORY.** **(iii) All answers must be copiously illustrated with suitable sketches.** **Q.1 Only by means of illustrations explain the following: ** 20 **(i) Pendentive, dome and drum.** **(ii) The difference between a Roman and Romanesque cross.** **(iii) The difference between the Doric and Ionic Order.** **(iv) A Basilican church and its component parts.** **(v) Any three optical illusions practiced by the Greeks.** **Q.2** What was the central religious belief of the Egyptians and what was their architectural response to this belief? Write an essay on the evolution, development and culmination of funerary architecture of this civilization. 15 **Q.3** Write an essay on the design principles and structural systems of Gothic cathedrals by using the case of Notre Dame in Paris as an example. 15 **Q.4** Write short notes on any **TWO** of the following: 15 **(i) The various walling systems used by the Romans** **(ii) San Marco in Venice** **(iii) Early Christian Mosaics** ### SECTION – II **Note:** **(i) Attempt THREE questions from Section-II.** **(iv) Question No. 5 is COMPULSORY.** **Q.5 With sketches only show one difference in any FIVE of the following:** 10 **(i) Stupas of the Hinayana and Mahayana times.** **(ii) The finials only of the Lingaraja, Bhubaneshwar & Brihadeshwara, Thanjavur.** **(iii) The schematic plan form of the Lingaraja and Kandariya Mahadev.** **(iv) The vimanas of the chola temples at Thanjavur and Gangaikondacholapuram.** **(v) The torans at Mukteshwara, Bhubaneshwar and Lakshman, Khajuraho.** **(vi) The temple skylines at Madurai and Ananta Vasudeva** **(vii) The shikhara profiles of the Orissan and Khajuraho temples** **Q.6 Compare and contrast the fully developed Hindu temples of the Indo-Aryan and Dravidian styles.** 20 **Q.7 Give a detailed account of the origin and development of the Chaitya arch.** 20 **Q.8 Write an essay on rock cut architecture of the Buddhist era.** 20 **Q.9 Write short notes on any TWO of the following:** 20 **(i) Early experiments in temple design and building** **(ii) Vedic influence on later Buddhist and Hindu architecture** **(iii) The role of the temple in medieval Hindu society**
