Answering other questions about seventeenth- and eighteenth-century architecture
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The neoclassical artistic movement of the eighteenth through the twenty-first centuries was inspired by which ancient civilization or civilizations?
The ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans
The ancient Greeks
The ancient Romans
The ancient Egyptians
Mesopotamians
Explanation
Neoclassicism was inspired by both ancient Greek and ancient Roman civilizations. This can be seen in its use of columns and other characteristics commonly associated with Greek and Roman art and architecture. Neoclassical sculptures also greatly resemble ancient Greek and ancient Roman sculptures.
The Baroque artistic and architectural movement was superseded by a movement that developed in the early eighteenth century in Paris. What was the name of this movement?
Rococo
The Renaissance
Neoclassicism
Mannerism
Art Deco
Explanation
The Baroque movement was superseded by the artistic and architectural movement Rococo in the eighteenth century. Rococo was a deviation from the grandeur and strict symmetry of the Baroque movement, which dominated western and central Europe during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Some describe Rococo as delicate and intricate.
The building shown here was located __________________.
on a plantation
in a city
in a palace complex
on a religious site
Explanation
The main building of Monticello, pictured here, sat in the middle of Thomas Jefferson's plantation. As such, it was both a grand house and the administrative center for the plantation, which housed and worked hundreds of slaves in various agricultural projects. The building's remote location from other settlements was key to its size and situation in its surroundings.
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