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- Discuss the emergence of the Baroque art in the context of various developments in politics, religion, and science. Why did some of these development present challenges to the ruling Church?
- Discuss various strategies developed by Baroque architects to deal with the challenges presented by the above developments.
- Explain the role of the Jesuit order in the evolution of the 17th century art and architecture. Give examples.
- How do you understand the term such as “Skepticism” as applied to 17th century’s philosophy? Also, explain why the 17th century development of Western-European philosophy is often described as a “shift from ontology to epistemology.”
- How can the concept such as “Skepticism” help explain the architecture of the Baroque period?
- Discuss the essence of the “Debate between the Ancients and the Moderns.”
- Why did “the Ancients” think that the use of double columns was not acceptable?
- How did Claude Perrault justify his belief that the use of double-columns was acceptable?
- Explain the notion of “natural beauty” vs. “customary beauty” as applies to the “Debate between the Ancients and the Moderns.”
- Describe the difference between “the Ancients” and “the Moderns” in terms of the attitude they had toward the relationship between the theory and practice.
- Explain the term such as “the society of the spectacle.” What is the essence of Guy Debord’s critique of the “the society of the spectacle.”
- Explain the shift away from mathematics that took place in Western-European architectural theory in the seventeenth century in the context of Guy Debord’s critique of the “the society of the spectacle.”
- Explain the term such as “the Architectural Grand Tour.”
- Describe the paradigm shift (a significant change in the ways the entire society interprets the natural and the social laws that govern their life) that produced a phenomenon such as “the Architectural Grand Tour.”
- Explain the shifts in 18th century philosophy of knowledge and society that prompted the interest towards “the primitive.”
- Describe the significance of eighteenth century’s voyages to Greece, such as those by Revett and Stuart, and Julien-David Le Roy.
- What was Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s major contribution to art history?
- How did Johann Joachim Winckelmann come to his conclusion that the ancient Roman art was inferior to the ancient Greek art?
- How do you interpret Winckelmann’s phrase “Noble simplicity and quiet grandeur?”
- Describe how the “search for origins” that emerged in the eighteenth century is related to the value our culture accords to the “originality” of a piece of art.
- Discuss how the tradition of architectural travels affected architectural education
- Why did Peter Eisenman argue that his architectural tour with Colin Rowe was “the last grand tour?”