Please be prepared to answer the following 12 questions – 7 will appear on the final exam.
There will be a total of 12 questions on the final with 5 new questions based on readings/lecture/film material since April 9. See the study guide for the new material on page 3.
1. Proponents of Neoclassicism disagreed about whether Greek or Roman architecture was superior.
Describe Giovanni Battista Piranesi's position on this issue. (1-2 sent.)
How did his architectural etchings reinforce his ideas? (2-3 sent.)
Describe Stuart and Revett's position on this issue. (1-2 sent.)
How did their architectural drawings and designs reinforce their ideas? (2-3 sent.) (6 pts.)
2. Name at least three qualities of the sublime in architecture. (1.5 pts.)
Choose either Etienne-Louis Boullee’s Cenotaph for Newton or Robert Adam's Culzean Castle.
Describe the project's primary features – how it looked, what its purpose was, what made it unique as a proposal/building? (3-4 sent.) (3 pts.)
How does the project exemplify the qualities of the sublime in architecture? Be specific about the project details. (1.5 pts) (=6 pts. total)
3. Choose one of these projects – Comedie-Francaise (Theatre de l’Odeon), Place Louis XV (Place de la
Concorde), or John Nash's Regent Street.
Describe the project and how it addresses itself to the public, i.e. what makes it an example of 'new public architecture’? (3-4 sent.)
What does the project show about changes in urban planning at the time, i.e. new strategies to intervene in the existing city? (2-3 sent.) (6 pts.)
4. The 1851 Crystal Palace was a big shock to architects at the time. Explain why it caused so much controversy. (2-3 sent.) (2 pts.)
Gottfried Semper and E.E. Viollet-le-Duc each responded to the Crystal Palace with new theories about architecture. Choose either Semper or Viollet-le-Duc and summarize his thinking as discussed in class and in the readings. (3-4 sent.) (3 pts.)
What was the significance of the Caribbean Hut drawing for Semper and how was it different from
Laugier’s primitive hut? (1-2 sentences) (1 pts.) (6 pts. total)
5. Describe how Paris was physically transformed by Hausmann’s interventions. (2-3 sentences) (2 pts.)
How did the design for Charles Garnier’s Opera House relate to these changes, i.e. how was the building situated within the transformed city? (1-2 sentences) (1 pt.)
Describe three notable qualities of Garnier’s Opera House as a building (you might consider its form within the city, its lobby, the stage, the seating, the fly space, or any other feature). (1-2 sentences per quality) (3 pts.) (6 pts. total)
6. Choose one example of a project built in India during British rule.
Describe the project in terms of overall design and its relationship to architectural ideas from Britain and the rest of Europe.
(4-5 sentences) (4 pts.)
How does this example show why style and identity politics can be useful frameworks for the discussion of global examples? (2-3 sentences) (2 pts.) (6 pts. total)
7. Vienna was the center of an active discussion about art, architecture and design around 1900.
Summarize the attitude to design among the Vienna Secessionists. (2-3 sent.) (2 pts.)
Summarize Adolf Loos's attitude toward design. (2-3 sent.) (2 pts.)
How did the Secession Gallery as a building show the approach of the Secessionists to art, architecture and design? (2-3 sent.) (2 pts.) (6 pts. total)
8. Louis Sullivan was the first architect to theorize the "tall office building."
Name the 5 parts of a Sullivan tall office building. (2.5 pts.)
Describe the typical construction method of a Chicago skyscraper as designed by Adler and Sullivan. (2-3 sent.) (2.5 pts.)
What did the surface of a Louis Sullivan tall building look like? (1-2 sent.) (1 pt.) (6 pts. total)
9. Choose one of the following projects, circle your choice:
Maison de Peuple (Horta)
Romans Concert Hall (Guimard)
Amsterdam Exchange
