RANDOM 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
Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks.
COMPOSITE
An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places.
STOA
From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using ________.
DOMICAL ROOF CONSTRUCTION
The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City.
ACROPOLIS
The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty.
RAMESES I
The finest and remaining example of Byzantine architecture.
HAGIA SOPHIA, CONSTANTINOPLE
An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles.
ANTIFIX (ANTIFIXAE)
The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of was ________.
MARBLE
The architectural character of the Romanesque architecture is.
SOBER AND DIGNIFIED
Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself.
ACROTERION / ACROTERIUM
Greek architecture was essentially.
COLUMNAR TRABEATED
Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls.
MARBLE
Also called a ‘Honeysuckle’ ornament.
ANTHEMION
Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the _________.
PROPYLEA
The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome.
PANTHEON
In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine.
APOTHECA
The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the ________.
PARTHENON
The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple.
PTEROMA
The characteristic of Greek ornament.
ANTHEMION
With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the ________.
ARCH AND VAULT
Amphitheaters are used for ___.
GLADIATORS CONTEST
The use of ___ for facing walls distinguishes Romanesque architecture in Italy from that of the rest of Europe.
MARBLE
The outstanding group of Romanesque is found in ___.
PISA
The architecture of the curved line is known as ___.
BAROQUE
The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window.
TRACERY
The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college.
REFECTORY
The open court in an Italian palazzo.
CORTEL
Japanese tea house.
CHA-SIT-SU
A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for prostration.
MASJID
Domical mound containing a relic.
STUPA
Ifugao house (southern strain).
BALE
In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sun-dried bricks.
ZIGGURAT
The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps.
DORIC
Tomb of the pharaohs.
PYRAMID
Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons.
TUMULI
A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in church, terminating in axis and intended to house an altar.
APSE
Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns surrounding the naos.
DIPTERAL
Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture
PRYTANEION
Architect of the Einstein Tower.
ERICH MENDELSOHN
Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art.
WALTER GROPIUS
What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style?
ART NOVEAU
From what architecture is the Angkor Vat?
CAMBODIAN
The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y.
VAN ALEN
In greek architecture, it is the projecting wall or wing at the end of skene
Paracenia
In Greek Architecture, it is in front of skene, used as a speaking place of locelon
Procenium
In Greek Architecture, it’s the raised background to the 2 storey skene building
Episcenium
Which structure is the prototype of all greek theaters?
Theater of Dionysus
Who designed the theater of Epidauros which is considered the most beautiful greek theater?
Polycleitos
Market place or town square and center of social and business life in greece
Agora
In greek architecture, Long colonnaded building used by the public as a shelter and also as a religious shrine
Stoa
In Greek architecture, senate house and used for entertaining distinguish visitors and citizens
Prytaneion
In greek architecture, the council house with banked seats facing inwards
Bouleuterion
In Greek architecture, similar to theater used solely for musical presentation or contest
Odeion
In greek architecture, foor race course
Stadium
In greek architecture, similar to stadium but used for horse and chariot racing, it is also a counterpart of roman circus
Hippodrome
In greek architecture, wrestling school
Palaestra
