URBS 110 Final UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
what two institutions governed medieval Europe? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The church
and the Feudal nobility
what were conditions like in medieval cities? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Congested and
unsanitary
What type of street configuration was characteristic of medieval cities? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Irregular street patterns
What were design innovations, constructed together, supported Romanesque cathedrals and
castles. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pointed arch and Rib vault
what features allowed Gothic cathedrals to be built to greater heights with massive windows?
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔posted arch, rub vault, and flying buttress.
what factors led to the waning of the Middle Ages? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Change in
warfare which emphasized the archer of foot solider
-gunpowder
-Black Death
-Babylonian captivity of the church
What force superseded the feudal system and the church? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Commerce and Finance
How did Renaissance paintings differ from Medieval? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Medieval
figures were flat and two dimensional.
Renaissance subjects are fuller which resembled human anatomy.
What new painting techniques decorated the walls of early renaissance chapels? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Buonfresco. painting on wet plaster
, What was innovative about Brunelleschi's dome? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It has a double
shell of masonry that combines both Gothic and renaissance elements.
Contrast a Renaissance cathedral with high Gothic and Romanesque - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Renaissance cathedrals were less elaborate with a cleaner design
-Gothic cathedrals were heavier
what was the Renaissance perspective? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The artists developed
mathematical system based upon proportions to enable the artists to represent the visual
world.
What was distinctive about the Medici palace? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The façade was
also comprised of large rusticated blocks, blocks with their outer faces left rough.
what types of structure is the new Saint Peter's? How did Michelangelo influence the design?
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Basilica
-Michelangelo simplified Bramante's design by creating a single unifying space, covered with
a hemisphere.
what new style of architecture did Michelangelo pioneer? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-
Baroque
-He bypassed the Renaissance emphasis on proportion and opened up new concepts of scale
and space.
How was the mannerist style a major departure from previous architecture? Why is it
considered as a "joke" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mannerism.
Lets through out the rules and have a playful design.
It was joke bc it did not follow the rules.
What made Andrea Palladio's style unique from architecture in other parts of Italy? Provide
two examples - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Palladio is known for two prominent structures in
the region. First the church of San Georio Marggiore
Questions and CORRECT Answers
what two institutions governed medieval Europe? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The church
and the Feudal nobility
what were conditions like in medieval cities? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Congested and
unsanitary
What type of street configuration was characteristic of medieval cities? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Irregular street patterns
What were design innovations, constructed together, supported Romanesque cathedrals and
castles. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Pointed arch and Rib vault
what features allowed Gothic cathedrals to be built to greater heights with massive windows?
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔posted arch, rub vault, and flying buttress.
what factors led to the waning of the Middle Ages? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Change in
warfare which emphasized the archer of foot solider
-gunpowder
-Black Death
-Babylonian captivity of the church
What force superseded the feudal system and the church? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Commerce and Finance
How did Renaissance paintings differ from Medieval? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Medieval
figures were flat and two dimensional.
Renaissance subjects are fuller which resembled human anatomy.
What new painting techniques decorated the walls of early renaissance chapels? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Buonfresco. painting on wet plaster
, What was innovative about Brunelleschi's dome? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It has a double
shell of masonry that combines both Gothic and renaissance elements.
Contrast a Renaissance cathedral with high Gothic and Romanesque - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Renaissance cathedrals were less elaborate with a cleaner design
-Gothic cathedrals were heavier
what was the Renaissance perspective? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The artists developed
mathematical system based upon proportions to enable the artists to represent the visual
world.
What was distinctive about the Medici palace? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The façade was
also comprised of large rusticated blocks, blocks with their outer faces left rough.
what types of structure is the new Saint Peter's? How did Michelangelo influence the design?
- CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-Basilica
-Michelangelo simplified Bramante's design by creating a single unifying space, covered with
a hemisphere.
what new style of architecture did Michelangelo pioneer? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-
Baroque
-He bypassed the Renaissance emphasis on proportion and opened up new concepts of scale
and space.
How was the mannerist style a major departure from previous architecture? Why is it
considered as a "joke" - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Mannerism.
Lets through out the rules and have a playful design.
It was joke bc it did not follow the rules.
What made Andrea Palladio's style unique from architecture in other parts of Italy? Provide
two examples - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Palladio is known for two prominent structures in
the region. First the church of San Georio Marggiore
