Compare and contrast the architectural style of the Opéra and the Wainwright Building
What will be an ideal response?
Essay responses should include these points:
The Wainwright Building featured steel and elevators.
The Wainwright Building used new technologies, and architects of the "Chicago School" adapted the formal vocabulary and basic compositional rules of the Beaux-Arts tradition; it is divided into a base, body, and crowning cornice, making it more vertical than horizontal.
The Opéra is constructed from cast iron with a lavish overlay of nonstructural "neo-Baroque" decoration.
Gilded decoration, exuberant sculpture, and a lavish mix of expensive, polychrome materials cover the Opéra's foyer with a great sweeping staircase.
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A comparison of the Doric and Ionic orders of columns reveals that
A. the Ionic is more decorated than the Doric. B. most of the early temples were built with Doric columns. C. the Ionic column has a capital that looks like a scroll or the horns of a ram. D. All these answers are correct.
One of the simplest types of polyphonic textures is
A. Balinese gamelan. B. the 12-bar blues form. C. a melody accompanied by a drone. D. unison texture.