Iron and Steam: forging a new architecture
10 important questions on Iron and Steam: forging a new architecture
On page 240 of your text book Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘By the opening of the nineteenth century the confidence apparent in the architecture of the age of elegance in the preceding century had ____________ .’
On page 240 of your text book Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘The agitation brought in by the French Revolution of 1789 had never fully subsided, and a different kind of society began to take shape; by the end of the Napoleonic was, effectively from the 1820’s, changes were becoming obvious. It was an age of uncertainty. It was also an age that witnessed the emergence of a powerful new force in society – the __________________.
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Question 2b (bonus)
The streetscape in this painting was designed by _________________ in the middle of the 19th century and required the demolition of great swathes of existing urban infrastructure to make way for the straight, tree-lined boulevards that have now become the symbol of Paris.
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What, according to Patrick Nuttgens on page 240 of our text book, was the central architectural problem of the 19th century?
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In England, revived Gothic was the style of choice. It had the intellectual backing and moral authority from one of the greatest writers and architectural critics of the day. On page 242 of your text book, Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘His book, the Seven Lamps of Architecture probably had more influence on the history of taste than any other book.’
Who is the subject of the above? Choose the correct answer from one of the options below:
On page 242 of your text book, Patrick Nuttgens states: ‘The competition for a new palace to house Lords and Commons was won by Charles Barry in 1836. Barry’s problem was that the government had decided that the new building should be in the style thought to represent England at its best, Elizabethan or Jacobean. That required greater knowledge of late Gothic than Barry possessed. To make his classical plans gothic, Barry recruited the greatest living authority on Gothic, __________________.
On page 245 of your text book, Patrick Nutgens states: ‘The structural possibilities of iron were first demonstrated on a dramatic scale in England in 1777 at _____________ by the iron bridge that crossed the River Severn.
On page 246 of your text book, Patrick Nutgens states: ‘One building became the most influential innovation of its time, influencing, because thousands of people came to see it, the architecture of the world.’
Which building is Mr Nuttgens referring to?
The author of this sketch was the designer of the Crystal Palace. Who was he?
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Why is the gigantic water lily associated with Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace?
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