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1
The Greek orders do not include:
A)Doric.
B)Corinthian.
C)Tuscan.
D)Ionic.
2
When these cities were excavated in the 1750s, Roman domestic design was rediscovered.
A)Pompeii and Herculaneum.
B)Corinth and Athens.
C)Naples and Pompeii.
D)Pompeii and Paestum.
3
Vitruvius was:
A)a colonnaded garden in the rear of a Roman house.
B)a first-century Roman architect.
C)the sculptor of the Parthenon statues known today as the Elgin marbles.
D)the architect of the Maison Carrée.
4
The Gothic style grew out of the Romanesque (called Norman in England):
A)in the 12th century.
B)in the 15th century.
C)just after the fall of the Roman empire.
D)and its earliest architect was Giorgio Vasari.
5
In a Gothic church, the ambulatory is:
A)any aisle wide enough to accommodate a wheelchair.
B)the aisle that runs the length of the nave.
C)the aisle that runs in an arc around the apse.
D)a retrofitted automatic door.
6
A medieval residential roof material made of bundles of reeds is:
A)thatch.
B)slate.
C)wattle.
D)nogging.
7
The term "Chinoiserie" refers to:
A)lacquer work imported from China.
B)the Exotic or Oriental Revival style.
C)Chinese design brought to Europe by Marco Polo.
D)eighteenth-century French design based on European notions of Chinese design.
8
The term "piano nobile" refers to:
A)the ground floor of a Renaissance villa, such as those by Palladio.
B)the second floor of a Renaissance villa, such as those by Palladio.
C)a concert grand piano.
D)a fortepiano or pianoforte of Mozart's or Beethoven's era.
9
Casement windows:
A)open outward with a hinge mechanism and are typical of nineteenth-century houses.
B)open outward with a hinge mechanism and are typical of seventeenth-century houses.
C)open by sliding up or down and are typical of seventeenth-century houses.
D)were not invented until the twentieth century.
10
Thomas Chippendale:
A)was an English furniture designer in the eighteenth century.
B)never actually lived; the furniture called Chippendale is named for a town.
C)is famed for his Queen Anne style furniture.
D)was an American furniture designer in the eighteenth century.
11
The Federal style:
A)became popular in the generation before the American revolution.
B)was a purely American development with no European influences.
C)was heavily influenced by the neoclassical designs of Robert Adam.
D)was heavily influenced by the Baroque designs of Christopher Wren.
12
The interior and furniture styles of the Greek Revival are called:
A)American Empire style.
B)Sheraton style.
C)Hepplewhite style.
D)Victorian style.
13
Which of the following was popular during the Victorian age?
A)Queen Anne architecture.
B)Gothic Revival architecture.
C)Mansard architecture.
D)All of the above.
14
The color most often associated with the Victorian period is:
A)white.
B)bright red.
C)mauve.
D)clear, pale blue.
15
The nineteenth-century style with the least decoration and cleanest lines is:
A)Shaker.
B)Belter.
C)Biedermeier.
D)Eastlake.
16
A fauteuil and a bergère are both types of:
A)textiles.
B)commodes, or chests of drawers.
C)sofas.
D)armchairs.
17
Art Nouveau:
A)became popular after World War I.
B)drew inspiration from sinuous forms found in nature.
C)was first developed in the United States.
D)grew out of Art Deco.
18
The Craftsman style was promoted by:
A)the Beaux Arts school in Paris.
B)Frank Lloyd Wright.
C)Gustav Stickley and his magazine The Craftsman.
D)the Wiener Werkstätte.
19
De Stijl, Bauhaus, and Le Corbusier were the primary antecedents of:
A)organic architecture.
B)the International Style.
C)deconstructionism.
D)adaptive restoration.
20
In assessing the value of a design, it is wise to consider:
A)which "ism" it belongs to.
B)how much it would cost to tear down.
C)how much it cost to build.
D)how much appeal it will have fifty or a hundred years from now.







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