History Of Design Midterm Flashcards
The Great Pyramid is aligned along the
West-East axis of the spring and autumn equinox
Which bricks do not have the same structural qualities
Sun baked bricks and kiln baked bricks
Civilization the arch has been accredited to
Sumer
Architectural sculpture is sometimes called
Plastic
Building blocks kf opus isodomum
Ashlar and quoin
Have Hittie and Incan architecture always used mortar
No
Mortar is composed of
Ground limestone, water, sand
Vitruvius placed more value upon
Scholarship rather than manuel skill
What is a Caryatid?
A column in the form of a human
According to Vitruvius, if a city is close to the sea, then the forum should be built far from the harbour for security reasons (T or F)
False
Roman apartment complexes built from
Wood, concrete, brick
Romans had heated floors in some buildings (T or F)
True
Thatched roofs found only among Celts (T or F)
False
Primary reason for constructing roofs that extend almost to ground
Thermal insulation
Countries that havd adobe
Pretty much all
Mud bricks made of
Dirt, chopped straw, water
Mud brick does not last long (T or F)
False
Romans painted buildings in vibrant colors (T or F)
True
Spolia means
Reused materials
Roman concrete is a mix of
Lime and pozzolana (volcanic ash)
Adobe is only used to make mud bricks (T or F)
False
What is a vault
An arched structure or dome
A corbelled vault is a
False vault
More intricate vaults are entirely of stone (T or F)
False
Roof tiles are a type of shingle (T or F)
False
Before nails in 19th century wooden construction used
Hammering wooden dowels through drill holes, snuggly fitting boards into one another, glued using resin, handmade nails
Gravity fountains are older than fountains with hydraulic pumps (T or F)
True
Baked bricks are fired in
Kiln at high temperature
Roman building that still syands featuring a dome built with concrete
The Pantheon
Civilization that first developed basilica building type
The Romans
Cubed capitala came during which period
The middle ages
Bascilcas feature a
Nave
Hall Church features
Two isles of equal height
Lombard bands are
Arcade-like reliefs seperating parts of a facade
An ambulatory are
Radiating altars around choir of church
What is a bundled/compound pier
A pier with what appears to be made of many smaller columns
Combination of vaults and piers represent
A palm tree
Christain churched converted into Islamic mosques
The Grand Mosque of Cordoba and the Umayyad Mosque of Damascus
Stained glass windows are composed of thousands of small glass pieces (T or F)
True
What is significant about Saint Eustache in Paris
Blend of late gothic and renaissance
Mosaics in Cathedral of Aachen are from
19th century
Who coined the term construction research
Armin von Gerkan
What is construction research
Case study based on verification of architectural history
National Socialists used medival castles as stages for propaganda (T or F)
True
East German Palace of the Republic was demolished because it was poorly built (T or F)
False
In its current form, construction research studies the building condition and its relation
from the earliest form until the modern-day, but CAN be augmented by an
archaeological excavation. (T or F)
True
