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1. French architect, perhaps best known as the architect of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.

a. Charles Ganier b. Joseph Paxton c. Victor Baltard d. Gioseppe Mingoni

2. American inventor and architect, the pioneer of American cast-iron architecture, for which
he took out a patent in 1850.
a. Joseph Paxton b. James Bogardus c. Horace Jones d. Victor Baltard

3. Became known as the “Father of American Skyscraper” for building the first skyscraper.
a. William Le Baron Jenney b. Horace Jones c. James Bogardus d. Charles Ganier

4. Rises almost fifty feet with open cage elevators, marble stairs, and ornate iron railings.
a. Casa Batllo b. Casa Visens c. Bradbury Building d. Beurs Van Berlage

5. The Renaissance is a period from the


a. 13th – 14th Century b. 14th – 17th Century c. 17th – 18th Century d. 18th – 20th

6. Architect of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore.


a. Christopher Wren b. Filippo Brunelleschi c. Antoni Gaudi d. Guiliano Da Sangallo

7. It was built as a memorial to Shah Jahan’s beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal after her death in
1631.
a. Taj Mahal b. St. Paul’s Cathedral c. Fort Liberia d. Pallazo Medici

8. The first building erected in Florence. It was asked by Cosimo the Elder to Michelozzo which
is his favorite architect. The design for the palace was rather simple because Cosimo didn’t
want it to be envied by the citizens.
a. Agra Fort b. Pallazo Medici c. Taj Mahal d. Fort Pate

9. This modernist building is located in Barcelona, as is most of the other Works of Antoni
Gaudí. This building was built from 1906 to 1910, which is distinguished for its unique stone
façade and twisting wrought iron windows and balconies.
a. Pallazo Medici b. Casa Batllo c. Casa Mila d. Sagrada Familia

10. One of the most significant architectural achievements of the entire Renaissance was the
construction of the
a. Façade of Florence Cathedral b. Dome of Florence Cathedral c. Altar of
Florence Cathedral d. Bell tower of Florence Cathedral
11. The basilica stands on the site of one of the oldest churches in Florence which dates to the
4th century and was rebuilt on Romanesque canons in the 11th century.
a. St. Peter’s Basilica b. Basilica de San Lorenzo c. Florence Cathedral d. Sagrada
Familia

12. Major architectural work of the High Renaissance at the Vatican Palace, Rome.
a. St. Peter’s Basilica b. St. Mary Major c. Florence Cathedral d. Cortile del Belvedere
Courtyard

13. Built 1472-1782 under commission from Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza.
a. Basilica of St. Andrea b. Santa Maria Presso San Satiro c. Cortile del Belvedere

14. Built of bricks (Approx. 2 million bricks), considered one of Alberti’s masterpieces.
a. Basilica of St. Andrea b. Florence Cathedral c. St. Peter’s Basilica d. Sagrada
Familia

15. Italian painter, architect, and writer who is best known for his important biographies of
Italian Renaissance artists. Trained within the circle of Andrea del Sarto, and became a
lifelong admirer of Michelangelo.
a. Raphael b. Donato Bramante c. Leon Battista Alberti d. Giorgio Vasari

16. To the aisle, against the pier supporting the dome is a painting, with a mosaic reproduction
of one of the masterpieces of Raphael (1483-1520), the great painter's last work..
a. Altar of Repose b. Monalisa c. Cortile del Belvedere d. Altar of Transfiguration

17. A 16th century confraternity church with a postal address at Via di Sant'Eligio 7, which is in
the rione Regola.
a. Sant’ Eligio degli Orefici b. Cortile del Belvedere c. Altar of Transfiguration

18. The most imposing Italian palace of the sixteenth century.


a. Pallazo Farnese b. Sant’ Eligio degli Orefici c. Ossuary d. Cemetery

19. Construction began at 1551 and ended after Michelangelo’s death in 1956. Located at the
end of the Via Pia.
a. Cortile del Belvedere b. Altar of Trandfiguration c. Porta Pia Rome
20. Dancing, leaping, and running putti occupy a frieze behind the columns in a very shallow
loggia, the background of which is mosaic inlay, inspired by Roman Cosmati work.
a. Cantoria b. Finial c. Spire d. Lantern

References:

- Ching, F. (2012). A Visual Dictionary of Architecture. Hoboken: Wiley. Cruickshank, D. (1896).


- Sir Banister Fletcher’s A History of Architecture. 20th Ed. London: Architectural Press.
- Fazio, M., Moffett, M., & Wodehouse, L. (2008). A World History of Architecture (pp. 133-
145). London: Steve Chapman.
- Hopkins, O. (2014). Architectural Styles: A Visual Guide (pp. 148-165). London: Laurence
King.

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