Sample board exam questions for ALE Day 1 AM session on History and Theory of Architecture
ANSWERS IN THE VIDEO BELOW
1. A Neolithic Dwelling & Settlement in present day Turkey which supported a population of up to 6000 people occupied between 6300 BC to 5400 BC. This is the largest and most cosmopolitan city of its time.
2. Who coined the term Renaissance?
3. This is composed of great upright stones.
4. Architect of Center Pompidou Metz in France. Known for his innovative use of recycled cardboard tubes to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims.
5. The forerunners of the Greek caryatids.
6. A movement founded by a group of Dutch painters and architects who abolish all styles and liberate art from representation and individual expression.
7. Which of the following is true about Egyptian pyramids and Babylonian ziggurats?
8. Who advocated Post-Modern Architecture?
9. The cenotaph pyramid that has a 54O15’ angle that changed midway to 43O.
10. Mesopotamian architecture is a conglomeration of…
11. The Parthenon is described as ________ Temple.
12. What’s the difference between the shaft of a Doric and an Ionic Greek column?
13. Greatest Roman contribution to architecture.
14. The Masculine Order.
15.The column has a diameter of 2 meters and the intercolumniation is a diastyle, what is the clear distance between the columns?
16. The furnace that provides the warm air in the warm baths in the Thermae.
17. Who coined the term International Style?
18. The support for the voussoir or true radiating arch before installing the keystone.
19. Church plan of the early Christian churches.
20. Nuraghi are megalithic stone structures that usually take the form of a truncated conical tower. These are found in what Mediterranean island?
21. Which of the following is a contribution of Byzantine architecture?
22. Byzantine column capitals have a deep abacus called…
23. Who coined the term Deconstructivism?
24. The architects of Hagia Sophia.
25. Ħaġar Qim, Mnajdra, Ta' Ħaġrat, Skorba, and Tarxien are Megalithic Temples found in what Mediterranean island?
26. The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both East and West.
27. French Gothic characterized by flame like or free flowing window tracery.
28. Who coined the term Parametricism?
29. Which Gothic buildings have traceries that support the weight of the entire building?
30. Göbekli Tepe comprises a number of large Pre-Pottery Neolithic circular structures supported by massive stone pillars. The world's oldest known megaliths designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, recognizing its outstanding universal value as "one of the first manifestations of human-made monumental architecture“. Where is it located?
ANSWERS HERE:
1. Understanding and analysis of architectural manifestations from the beginning of civilization to contemporary periods of development; and
2. Understanding and analysis of the influences of environmental, historical, and socio-cultural factors and their relevance to the development of art, buildings, structures, and human settlements.
Topics include:
- Pre-Historic Architecture, Dolmen, Menhir, Cromlech, Egyptian Architecture, Pyramids, West Asiatic, Roman Architecture, Greek Architecture, Early Christian, Byzantine, Gothic, Romanesque, Baroque, Rococo,
- Architectural Styles, Modernism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Bauhaus, Chicago School, Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright,
- Dictums, Masters of Architecture, Pritzker Awardees,
- Chinese and Japanese Pagodas, Indian, Islamic, Buddhist Architecture,
- Philippine Architecture, National Artists, Philippine Churches, Gothic Churches, Vernacular, Folk and Pre-Spanish Architecture, Colonial Architecture
- Masters of Architecture; Philosophies and Dictums of Great Architects; and Examples of great works.
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