Chapter 27

Question 1

pagoda

Answer 1

the stupa form, in East Asia; a tall structure that houses Buddhist relics

Question 2

kondo

Answer 2

“golden hall”; main hall of a Japanese Buddhist temple

Question 3

post-and-lintel

Answer 3

a form of construction using 2 upright posts and laying another across the top of them, generating stability and forming a structure

Question 4

cantilever

Answer 4

horizontal beam, slab, or projecting structural member that is anchored at only one end

Question 5

brackets

Answer 5

wooden supports that channel tha weight of the roof to the supporting lintels and posts

Question 6

finial

Answer 6

decorative knob, usually at the top of a pole or part of a building

Question 7

karma

Answer 7

“what goes around comes around”; relates to the future lives

Question 8

earthenware

Answer 8

pottery fired to a temp below 1200 degrees Celsius

Question 9

ground plane

Answer 9

in linear perspective, appears to recede to the horizon line

Question 10

mandala

Answer 10

comprised of concentric circles and squares, a spiritual diagram of the cosmos