Deck 14: Designed Settings

Question 1

Sea Ranch ,designed by Lawrence Halprin in California,is __________.

A) an attempt to control urban sprawl
B) a plan to provide living space in an environmentally sound situation
C) a means of preventing human access to environmentally sensitive places
D) a wildlife refuge

Answer 1

B

Question 2

During the twelfth century a manual called the Sakuteiki was published in Japan which __________.

A) established strict rules for who could have a garden and who could not
B) set forth principles of garden design
C) was a catalog of gardener's tools
D) criticized Buddhist monks for the time spent in gardens

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The project called Pteris Multifida in Dallas,Texas by the artist Patricia Johanson is intended to __________.

A) create a location for political rallies about environmental issues
B) relocate a garbage landfill away from the downtown area
C) biologically restore a formerly stagnant lagoon
D) create a playground for children

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Japanese stone gardens resulted from __________.

A) a prolonged drought in Japan
B) designs created in desert regions
C) the adoption of Zen Buddhism and its more austere ways
D) an effort by poor people to make gardens when they couldn't afford plants

Question 5

The architect Frank Lloyd Wright's view of residential architecture was to __________.

A) see it as a single whole
B) relate inside to outside with natural materials
C) unify the space by designing the furniture as well as the structure
D) all of the above

Question 6

In Japanese Kabuki theater,the actors __________.

A) use highly stylized gestures
B) wear symbolic masks
C) use their bodies as armatures for large, ornate costumes
D) all of the above

Question 7

During the Mughal period,a garden belonging to a Prime Minister was so envied by the emperor that the emperor __________.

A) had the Prime Minister killed
B) threw the Prime Minister out of his house, so he could move in
C) shut off the water supply to deny the Prime Minister the garden's beauty
D) built his own garden to rival the Prime Minister's

Question 8

In theater design,forced perspective is __________.

A) the use of stage scenery to imitate outdoor scenes
B) an exaggeration of the speed at which parallel lines converge toward a vanishing point
C) the use of a semicircle stage
D) the use of symbolic costuming

Question 9

The gradual creation of Jesus' Place in the devotional community outside Delhi is an example of __________.

A) the emotional and psychological value people place on decorating their environments
B) the need for a church at that location
C) the conversion of Hindus and Muslims to Christianity
D) none of the above

Question 10

In Kabuki the atmosphere of illusion is created by __________.

A) elaborate costumes
B) the make-up representing a particular character
C) the stylized gestures and poses of the actors
D) all of the above

Question 11

The use of mirror-work on the bedroom walls of Khimsar Desert Resort cottages is an example of__________.

A) ornamentation
B) using folk art in modern interiors
C) blending ancient and modern interior design ideas
D) all of the above

Question 12

Evidence of gardens has been found __________.

A) only since the Renaissance
B) beginning in the sixth century
C) in very few places
D) in the ruins of the earliest civilizations

Question 13

The goal of establishing an atmosphere of make-believe in the performing arts is achieved through __________.

A) set design
B) costumes
C) masks
D) all of the above

Question 14

Which architect and city planner is quoted as saying that,"A city is a complex series of events"?

A) Frank Lloyd Wright
B) Lawrence Halprin
C) Gian Lorenzo Bernini
D) Asaf Khan

Question 15

In some performing arts,the bodies of performers are deliberately turned into __________.

A) a model community
B) design elements like parts of a painting or sculpture
C) costumes that are complex to create
D) an audience who participates

Question 16

Urban planning is the name given to the effort to __________.

A) tear down decrepit buildings in bad neighborhoods
B) create balanced environments in urban areas
C) build recreational areas in the inner city
D) design road and highway plans so as not to interfere with housing

Question 17

One way in which Frank Lloyd Wright unified the Solar Hemicycle House in Wisconsin was to __________.

A) use the same wood and stone on the exterior and the interior
B) make the furniture the same curved shape as the house
C) make some of the furniture out of stone
D) none of the above

Question 18

As seen in the main parlor of the home of a merchant ,Japanese tradition dictates that __________.

A) less is more
B) there should be no ornamentation at all
C) home is not a place to display material abundance
D) they reject a consumer society

Question 19

In the Shinto religious tradition,the Japanese people revered rocks as __________.

A) ancestors of the modern world
B) examples of natural evolution
C) beautiful forms
D) dwelling places of spirits

Question 20

The intensely stimulating environment of Greg Natale's Conano Apartment bedroom come from the wallpaper and bedding patterns designed by __________.

A) Gianlorenzo Bernini
B) Florence Broadhurst
C) Frank Lloyd Wright
D) Eric Kuhne

Question 21

The ancient Greeks used elaborate scenery to convey the story of plays they were performing.

Question 22

Cultivated gardens have been found only in Western societies.

Question 23

Frank Lloyd Wright often designed the interior furnishings as well as the architectural structure of houses.

Question 24

Interior design necessarily involves a relationship with the architecture of the place.

Question 25

Because the samurai warrior class embraced Zen Buddhism during the Kamakura Period,they sponsored the designing of gardens for the purposes of contemplation.