5B CAT ENGLISH TEST on Tue. 27th November

PAPER 1 : TEST on your skills in listening. A mark will be given out of 10. Click here to do some practice.

PAPER 2: MINI-TEST on your knowledge related to the history of architecture. A mark will be given out of 4.

Topics you have to study for the test:

• Renaissance architecture in Britain (cf notes, p. 238)
• the Renaissance
• Pietro Torrigiano and Hans Holbein as those who brought the new ideas of the Renaissance to Britain
• Inigo Jones as the responsible for introducing the classical architecture of Rome to Britain
• Inigo Jones's works in England
• Hampton Court Palace in Surrey, England

-> Here the slides shown in class.

• Baroque architecture (cf notes, pp. 240-241)
• what factors influenced the development of the Baroque building style
• Christopher Wren as one of the English prominent Baroque architects
• Saint Paul's Cathedral in London

-> Here the slides shown in class.

• Georgian architecture (cf notes, p. 242)
• townhouse as a typical Georgian building

-> Here the slides shown in class.

• Gothic Revival (cf notes, p. 243)
• Augustus Pugin as a leading figure in the English Gothic Revival
• the Palace of Westminster and Tower Bridge in London

-> Here the slides shown in class.

• Neoclassicism (cf notes, p. 243)
• Robert Adam as an important figure in the English Neoclassicism
• the British Museum, Mansion House and the Royal Opera House in London

-> Here the slides shown in class.