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Download History of Architecture - Midterm Exam with Solutions | ARCH 3115 and more Exams History of Architecture in PDF only on Docsity! J TWELVE WEEK EXAM Architecture 3115, Survey of Architectural History, November 13, 2003 On honor, I have neither given nor received aid on this examination. name and student number: S-" He...",..~(}&."~ ? 4 Z .1 3. 'lAC?4- SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS (3 points each) Answer each question briefl..v (one sentence or less) in the space beside and beneath it. 3 J 3 ) 9. How does the site of a typical English Gothic cathedral differ from the site of a typical French Gothic cathedral? f ('-t,N~ cu.+t-.ut Y"D.-Is ~ V~v~ IiY i tv ~ vr bw~ t\ (~ ~ jl [.~ I,'~ l e~'" Is +;.., "'" ;<\1 -tk (~r'f -II-L j ~nJ</' Y {).r<>.r-/J~ TWELVE WEEK EXAM Architecture 3115, Survey of Architectural History, November 13, 2003 On honor, I have neither given nor received aid on this examination. name and student number: S~M ~M.I"'\C)..~ 10. What does Villard de Honnecourt's Sketchbook reveal about the use of the mason's square in the design of the towers of Laon cathedral? it $\u:,w S ho'W {--k ccd"\,~r~ Wa.5 J.Ls i,jNeJ VJi-fh tk } ro:.-h~5 Dr ~o lV\.o..50l\.l~ s~o...~ ~ 1)/'-.1L, ,.e-~\.L... of ().A.J ~.pc "'D--.hON &J~ (}.N ~I VSL oC ~ rv...()..~o~(s Sqt"'t.-~ I.N! ~tv -ex1'?f1'Nj laui\J",vj 11. Whflt economic role did a pilgrimage church typically play for thy t9wn and region in which it ~~ b~~lt? fi\~y""W\tt~ ch.v~cL VJaJ~ rip- ~N .o\o~" v&S\~ c.f'O-~,,~+- a-ttrQ~-tJtJ R-5 if b~OV6j~~ :1'4 .p) \q r, M ~ ~ ~ \~ 'Ie $ ~ be ) c.-lu.N~ ~ ~'P\IS'" ~ \..ro\f~l1t '-t--\O"J~ +0 tk -h,...,N 12. What functional problem did the chevet or a~bulatory at the east en~ of a typical French pilgrimage churc~ solve? o-.-\lowd ?i\j~:~S ~ "l.col+--~ ~J,~-h"5 ~ J.s ~ ~ o.-(~ 40 k'.siv...k; "'5 (\I\(A.$-$' ) 16. 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