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HTC:modern Lec 2
Reformation
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Architecture
Undergraduate 2
04/22/2009

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________________________ was the first architectural theorist to discover and write that there was not a fixed set of proportions in the Classical orders.
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Perrault
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Under what monarch was engineering first separated from architecture?
Definition
Louise XIV
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The first scientist to investigate the structural properties of materials was:
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Galileo
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What three requirements did the Council of Trent establish for Counter-Reformation art?
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1. clarity
2. realistic interpretation
3. emotional stimulus to piety
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What is considered to be the start of the Counter-Reformation?
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The start of the counter reformation is the council at trent.
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Is Baroque Architecture Classical?
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no, it breaks the static mold
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The founder of English empiricism was
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Francis Bacon
Term
I think, therefore, I am” is a quote from
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Descrates
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The best example of Louis XIV architectural style prior to Versailles was
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East front of the Louvre
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Was the architecture of Louis XIV Baroque?
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No, neo-classical
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What two kinds of beauty did Perrault make a case for in the Ordonnance of 1683?
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positive- symmetry/harmony

objective- style/trend

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The first school founded for the formal education of civil engineers was located in
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France?
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