A beam or slab projecting a substantial distance beyond its supporting post or wall creates an overhanging portion called a __________.
a. curtain wall
b. buttress
c. pendentive
d. cantilever
d. cantilever
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What will be an ideal response?
A dome can be supported by
a. a cylindrical drum. b. pendentives. c. squinches. d. All these answers are correct.
The Baroque era was born in __________, at least in part as a reaction to the spread of Protestantism resulting from the __________
a. Florence; Catholic Counter-Reformation b. Rome; Reformation c. Madrid; papacy d. Flanders; rise of the middle class e. Paris; French Revolution
What is one feature Duccio di Buoninsegna’s Maestá shares with the Maestà of Simone Martini?
a. They are precisely the same size. b. They both employ buon fresco. c. They both include messages expressing hope for civic welfare. d. They were designed for the same church.