Buildings Across Time 4th Edition By Michael Fazio – Test Bank
Buildings Across Time
Chapter 11
Multiple Choice
1. The “Vitruvian Man” is
a. an ideal ancient Roman man
b. a man’s figure inscribed inside a circle and a square
c. an ideal Renaissance citizen
d. a man’s figure seen in dramatic perspective
e. none of these
answer: b
2. Masaccio’s “The Trinity”
a. demonstrates Brunelleschi’s method of linear perspective
b. depicts the ideal Renaissance central-plan church
c. depicts the father, son, and holy spirit
d. demonstrates the Renaissance technique of sfumato
e. none of these
answer: a
3. Brunelleschi left Florence after losing the bronze-door competition to
a. Masaccio
b. Donatello
c. Leonardo da Vinci
d. Ghiberti
e. all of these
answer: d
4. The medieval inspiration for Brunelleschi’s Florence Cathedral dome is revealed by its
a. concealed flying buttresses
b. pointed-arch profile
c. exposed ribs
d. Gothic ornamentation
e. all of these
answer: d
5. The church of S. Spirito in Florence illustrates Brunelleschi’s use of
a. the ideal Renaissance central-plan
b. groin vaults
c. modular planning
d. the ancient Roman system of measurement
e. none of these
answer: c
6. To frame, or set off, architectural elements on the Pazzi Chapel’s interior, Brunelleschi used
a. marbleized plaster
b. gray pietra serena
c. polychromatic mosaic tiles
d. carrara marble
e. all of these
answer: b
7. To give his Medici Palace in Florence a fortified appearance, Michelozzo used
a. a moat
b. crenelations
c. corner turrets
d. rustication
e. all of these
answer: d
8. Leon Battista Alberti’s Della pittura was dedicated to
a. Luca della Robbia
b. Ghiberti
c. Masaccio
d. Donatello
e. all of these
answer: e
9. Alberti based his De re aedificatoria, or On Building, on
a. Vitruvius’s The Ten Books of Architecture
b. his close study of classical ruins in Florence
c. an unfinished treatise by Brunelleschi
d. Pliny the Elder’s On Architecture
e. none of these
answer: a
10. At the Rucellai Palace façade, Alberti used
a. the nearby Medici Palace as a model
b. twin cortile, or courtyards
c. Brunelleschi as a consultant
d. superimposed orders
e. all of these
answer: d
