History of Architecture Flashcards
In Egyptian architecture, the tomb of the pharaohs is the.
Pyramid
The great pyramid at Gizeh was built during the 4th dynasty by?
Cheops
The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty.
Rameses 1
The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of was ________.
Marble
Greek architecture was essentially.
Columnar trabeated
Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the _________.
Propylaea
The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the ________.
Parthenon
With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the ________.
Arch and vault
The outstanding group of Romanesque is found in ___.
Pisa
The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college.
Refectory
A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for prostration.
Masjid
In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sun-dried bricks.
Ziggurat
Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons.
Tumuli
Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture
Prytaneion
What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style?
Art Noveau
Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement.
Embrasures
Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis.
Senusret I
The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh
Pyramid of Khufu
Caryatid porch is from what architecture?
Greek
A hall built in Roman Empire for the administration of justice.
Basilica
A compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture.
Masu-gumi
A Filipino architect whose philosophy is ‘the structure must be well oriented’.
Caesar Homer Concio
Major contribution of the Renaissance Architecture.
Baroque for of Ornamentation
King Zoser’s architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty.
Imhotep
Art Noveau style first appeared in what structure.
Tussel House
Less is more.
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
Formal architecture, one of the principles of composition.
Balance
The falling water by Frank Lloyd Wright is also known as ___.
Kaufman House
Architect of the national library, Philippines.
Felipe Mendoza
The convex projecting molding of eccentric curve supporting the abacus of a Doric capital.
Echinus
A slight vertical curvature in the shaft of a column.
Entasis
cubicula or bedroom is from what architecture.
Roman
Memorial monuments of persons buried elsewhere in Roman architecture.
Cenotaphs
A shallow cistern or drain area in the center of a house.
Impluvium
A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Christian churches.
Bema
A roman house with a central patio.
Atrium House
The style emerging in western Europe in the early 11th century, based on Roman and Byzantine elements, characterized by massive articulated wall structures, round arches, and powerful vaults, and lasting until the advent of Gothic architecture.
Romanesque
The public square of imperial Rome.
Forum
How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral?
176
A plant whose leaves form the lower portions of the Corinthian capital.
Acanthus
A windowed wall that rises above the roof of adjacent walls that admit light into the interior.
Clerestory
A line of counterthrusting arches on columns or piers.
Arcade
Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom.
“Cornice
Frieze
Architrave”
A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art.
Tokonama
Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.
Pediment
The principal or central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the choir or chancel and usually flanked by aisles.
Nave
A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church.
Exedra
A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small items.
Niche
The Buddhist temple in ancient Cambodia which feature four faces of the compassionate Buddha.
Bayon
A slab forming the crowning member of the capital.
Abacus
A low screen wall enclosing the choir in early Christian church.
Chancel
The palace proper in Assyrian palaces.
Seraglio
Private family apartments in Assyrian palaces.
Harem
Favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians.
Palm, Lotus, and Papyrus
Structure whose corners are made to face the four cardinal points.
Ziggurat
The use of monsters in doorways is prevalent in what architecture?
Persian
A single line of columns surrounding the Naos.
Peripteral
A building in Greek and Roman for exercises or physical activities.
Gymnasium
Temple with a portico of columns arranged in front.
Prostyle
Intercolumniation of 4 diameters.
Areostyle
Diastyle intercolumniation has how many diameters.
3 Diameters
Roman building for which gladiatorial battles took place.
Colosseum
A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front.
In Antis
Greek order that has no base.
Doric
What allowed the Romans to build vaults of a magnitude never equaled till the birth of steel for buildings.
Use of Concrete
Who commenced the ‘hall of hundred columns’?
Xerxes
Master sculptor of the Parthenon.
Phidias
The oldest circus in Rome.
Circus Maximus
A water clock or an instrument for measuring time by the use of water.
Clepsydra
Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.
Libon
A quadrigas is a ___.
4-horse Chariot
Greek sculptures may be classified as “architectural sculpture, free standing statuary, and the ___”.
Sculptured Reliefs
The wall or colonnade enclosing the Temenos
Peribolus
Roman large square tiles.
Bepidales
A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect.
Opus Recticulatum
A type of monument erected to support a tripod, as a prize for athletic exercises or musical competitions in Greek festivals.
Choragic Monument
Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes.
Opus Tesselatum
The origin of the door architrave.
Timber-enframed Portal
A building in classic architecture decorated with flowers and plants with water for the purpose of relaxation.
Nymphaeum
The dominating personality who became an ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance style.
Iñigo Jones
Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria.
Ptolemy III
Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines.
George Ramos
The cold or unheated pool in the Thermae.
Frigidarium
The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.
Unctuaria
Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the ___.
South
On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are called.
Ambo
The iconoclastic movement during the Byzantine period forbade the use of ___.
Statues
The supreme monument of Byzantine architecture.
St. Sophia, Constantinople
A tower raised above a roof pierced to admit light.
Lantern
The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west ends.
Worms Cathedral
The final plan shape of the St. Peter’s Basilica by Carlo Maderna.
Latin Cross
The granary in traditional Bontoc House.
Falig
The part of the Corinthian capital without flower.
Balteus
The senate house of the Greeks.
Prytaneion
In the Doric Order, the shaft terminates in the ___.
Hypotrachelion
This temple is dedicated to ‘Wingless Victory’.
Temple of Nike Apteros, Athens
From what architecture is the Stoa?
Greek
A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.
Balneum
A is a machine to live in.
Le Corbusier
Invented reinforced concrete in France.
Hennevique
Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument.
Guillermo Tolentino
Like Caryatids and Atlantes, this is a three-quarter length figures.
Herms
Where “Constructivism” originated?
Moscow
Combination of the new art and the graphing of the old art.
Eclecticism
Architect of the Batasang Pambansa.
Felipe Mendoza
The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration.
Juan Nakpil
Architect of SM Megamall.
Antonio Sin Diong
The tower atop the torogan where the princess and her ladies in waiting hide during occasions.
Lamin
The flat, open terrace open to the toilet, bath, and kitchen areas and also used as a laundry and drying space and service area for the servants.
Azotea
Quiapo Mosque is designed by which architect?
Jorge Y. Ramos
Who was the designer of the Regina Building in Manila?
Andrea Luna de San Pedro
Who was the architect of the 1st Manila City Hall Building?
Edgar Bourne
Works of National Artist Leandro Locsin.
Makati Stock Exchange / Philippine Plaza Hotel / Benguet Corporation Building / Church of the Risen Lord / Cultural Center of the Phil. / The Parish of the Holy Sacrifice, UP Diliman
In which architectural work was the brutalist finish first used?
Asian Development Bank Headquarters
Father of Philippine Architecture and the very first National Artist for Architecture
Juan Nakpil
The recommended proportions of a plaza, according to the Law of the Indies
01:01.5
The walls of Intramuros would be first begun under which Spanish Governor General?
Gov. Gen. Gomez Perez Dasmariñas
The main purpose of implentation of the Laws of the Indies was for:
Evangelization
the SSS building was designed by?
Juan Nakpil
The proskenion is found in a:
Skene
Patrons of a therma would change clothes in the:
Apodyterium
A quarter round concave greek molding:
Cavetto
An in antis temple was:
Aegean
An acropolis would usually be entered through a:
Propylea
Term for the rear room or area of a greek temple
opisthodomos
Spanish colonial roof tiles:
tejas
The parian district of manila during the spanish colonial period was meant for:
Chinese
The star vault was developed during which period?
English Gothic
Who is the architect of Manila City hall?
Antonio Toledo
The Taj Mahal is an indictive style of what architecture?
Mughal Architecture
Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks.
Composite
From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using ________.
Domical roof construction
The finest and remaining example of Byzantine architecture.
St. Sophia, Constantinople
The architectural character of the Romanesque architecture is.
Sober and dignified
Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls.
Marble
The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome.
Pantheon
The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple.
Pteroma
Amphitheaters are used for ___.
Gladiatorial Contests
The architecture of the curved line is known as ___.
Baroque
The open court in an Italian palazzo.
Cortel
Domical mound containing a relic.
Stupa
The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps.
Doric
A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in church, terminating in axis and intended to house an altar.
Apse
Architect of the Einstein Tower.
Erich Mendelsohn
From what architecture is the Angkor Vat?
Cambodian
Taj Mahal temple is located in ___.
Agra
Jubilee festivals of the pharaohs.
Heb-sed
A vault created when two barrel vaults intersect at the right angles.
Groin Vault
Female statues with baskets serving as columns.
Canephora
The Parthenon is from what architecture.
Greek
A concave molding approximately quarter round.
Cavetto
What is not required as a feature in modern Muslim mosque.
Pinnacle
“A house is like a flower pot”
Richard Josef Neutra
The council house in Greece.
Bouleuterion
A faced without columns or pilaster in renaissance architecture.
Astylar
First school which offered architecture in the Philippines.
Liceo de Manila
