AP Art History : Answering other questions about fourteenth- through sixteenth-century architecture
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Example Question #3 : Fourteenth Through Sixteenth Century Architecture
A key difference between churches built after the Protestant Reformation and those before the Protestant Reformation in Protestant areas is that __________.
the architectural details are more ornate
there is more division between the spaces for clergy and spaces for congregants
there is less statuary and religious imagery
the altar becomes a more central part of the church structure
there is less statuary and religious imagery
Protestant theology greatly changed church architecture in Northern Europe after the sixteenth century. Catholic churches, even for the tiniest, poorest parishes, featured ornate statuary and imagery before the Reformation. The Protestant-built churches, by contrast, were much less ornate, featuring fewer images, with altars creating less of a barrier between clergy and congregants.
Example Question #1 : Renaissance To Contemporary Architecture
Who was the Renaissance architect whose guidebook and personal neoclassical style was widely influential during the Enlightenment?
Leonardo da Vinci
Christopher Wren
William de Keyser
Inigo Jones
Andrea Palladio
Andrea Palladio
The Italian architect Andrea Palladio was well known for his own buildings in his native Venice, but gained greater fame for the work of architectural theory he composed in 1570, The Four Books of Architecture. Drawing on Greek and Roman influences, Palladio called for symmetry, domes, columns, and grand spaces. Each of these elements would become hallmarks of neoclassical architecture during the eighteenth century.
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