ARC 308 Test #1 Multiple Choice Questions and Answers
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ARC 308
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ARC 308
ARC 308 Test #1 Multiple Choice
Questions and Answers
In the lecture on "Sensual/Visual Form" we discussed the different motives for creating beauty in the
buildings we looked at. Which of the following best matches motive and building for some of these
examples? - Answer-Answer: The motive for...
Which of the following best describes sources of form for St. Ignatius Chapter as described in the last
lecture of this segment? - Answer✔✔-Answer: Its combination of rectilinear and fluid forms indicate
origins of form both in mathematics/geometry and nature/biology/organisms.
In the chapter on "Rhythm in Architecture" Rasmussen used, as one of his examples, the Glass Show
Frank Lloyd Wright designed in San Francisco (which has some elements in common with the
Guggenheim Museum by Wright that we looked at in class). Which of the following best describes him
observations? - Answer✔✔-Answer: The space is more geometric than rhythmic. Though composed of
rounded and curving forms all related to each other, there is no natural rhythm flowing through them.
In his chapter on "Daylight on Architecture" Rasmussen refers to the light quality in the Chapel at
Ronchamps by Le Corbusier which was also shown in class. Which of the following describes the light
quality of that buildings interior? - Answer✔✔-Answer: Daylight is introduced in numerous interesting
ways creating an overall effect of shadowed, dimness through indirect lighting. For example, a very thick
wall pierced by many openings of unequal sizes casts reflected light into the dim-lit room
In his chapter on "Contrasting Effects of Solids and Cavities" Rasmussen discussed two architects whose
work we looked at in class- Borromini, whose work is Baroque, and Frank Lloyd Wright, whose work is
modern. What is the point he makes in comparing Frank Lloyd Wright's work to that of Borromini and
other Baroque architects? - Answer✔✔-Answer: Many of Wright's buildings have Baroque traits. He
works with contrasting forms, curves which change from concave to convex, and interpenetrating
architectural volumes
In class we discussed the villas of Andrew Palladio- especially the Villa Rotunda. Rasmussen makes a
number of references to Palladio's work but devotes several pages in particular to his Villa Foscari of
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