UNIVERSITY OF MALTA

FACULTY FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

B. SC. (HONS.) IN BUILT ENVIRONMENT STUDIES
YEAR III
MAY/JUNE 2015 EXAMINATION SESSION
Unit Code: AUD3212

Unit Title: The Architecture of the

Early Modern World I

Date: Friday 5th June 2015

Reading Time: 10:00 10:05

Examination Time: 10:05 11:35
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SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS:
ANSWER ANY TWO (2) QUESTIONS, ILLUSTRATING YOUR ANSWERS WITH
SKETCHES.
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1. Discuss the contribution of Filippo Brunelleschi to the transformation of Medieval Florence
into a Renaissance city.
(50 marks)

2. According to Giorgio Vasari, the Divine Michelangelo was one on the most outstanding
personalities of the Renaissance world of art and architecture. Discuss this statement with
particular reference to Michelangelos contribution to the completion of the Sistine chapel in
Rome.
(50 marks)

3. Andrea Palladio was one of the most influential architects of the Italian Renaissance. Discuss
this statement.
(50 marks)

4. Compile illustrated notes about one (1) of the following themes:

a. Leon Battista Albertis De Re Aedificatoria.
b. Leonardo da Vincis architectural projects
c. The building of St Peters in Rome.
d. Giulio Romanos interventions in Mantova
(50 marks)

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