Week 5

Question 1

a pedestal of platform

Answer 1

Podium

Question 2

a variation on the Greek Doric Order. Used primarily by the Romans

Answer 2

Tuscan order

Question 3

clay / earthenware.

Answer 3

Terra cotta

Question 4

the ornamentation of metal by hammering from the inside to create the reliefs

Answer 4

Repousse

Question 5

the center of a Roman city. The meeting place, market place.

Answer 5

forum

Question 6

Roman apartment block for the lower and middle class

Answer 6

Insula

Question 7

Roman house for the wealthy

Answer 7

Domus

Question 8

An elevated structure made of arches to transport water to the city

Answer 8

Aqueduct

Question 9

Used for construction. A material made of cement, sand, crushed stone, tile, or brick, and mixed with water.

Answer 9

Concrete

Question 10

wedge-shaped blocks used in the construction of an arch

Answer 10

Voussoirs

Question 11

the main voussoir in arch construction that “locks” the arch in place

Answer 11

Keystone

Question 12

a series of arches parallel to each other. Similar to a tunnel

Answer 12

Barrel Vault

Question 13

created when two barrel vaults intersect at right angles

Answer 13

Groin vault

Question 14

a Roman Order of architecture similar to the Corinthian with small Ionic volutes placed above acanthus leaves

Answer 14

Composite order

Question 15

a series of dentils in a row

Answer 15

Dentil Course

Question 16

small projecting blocks located in a cornice. In the Ionic and Corinthian Orders

Answer 16

Dentil

Question 17

a flat vertical projection. Usually contains a base, shaft, and capital in details of an Order of Architecture

Answer 17

Pilaster

Question 18

a circular or oval building with an area in the center of entertainment

Answer 18

Amphitheater

Question 19

the substructure of the Colosseum

Answer 19

Hypergeum

Question 20

a retractable awning

Answer 20

Velarium

Question 21

a monumental archway erected to commemorate a noteworthy event

Answer 21

Triumphal Arch

Question 22

sunken element in the ceiling of a dome or vault. Usually contains ornament

Answer 22

Coffer

Question 23

a circular domed building

Answer 23

Rotunda

Question 24

“eye” Circular opening in the center of a dome

Answer 24

Oculus

Question 25

Central area in a Roman house with an opening above it

Answer 25

Atrium

Question 26

a pool below the opening in a Roman atrium to collect rainwater

Answer 26

Impluvium

Question 27

main living and social area of a Roman house. Visitors received here. Also used for the storage of family records.

Answer 27

Tablinium

Question 28

dining room of a Roman house

Answer 28

Triclinium

Question 29

bedroom of a Roman house

Answer 29

Cubiculum

Question 30

“to fool the eye”- the technique of creating illusionistic imagery on a two dimensional surface

Answer 30

Trompe l’eoil

Question 31

a Roman bed or couch

Answer 31

Lectus

Question 32

Roman stool.

Answer 32

Sella

Question 33

Roman x-shaped folding stool for people of importance

Answer 33

Sella curulis

Question 34

a small table with a three-legged support.

Answer 34

Tripod stand

Question 35

decoration with the body of a lion and the head and wings of a eagle.

Answer 35

Griffin

Question 36

an ornament with scrolls and leaves

Answer 36

Rinceau

Question 37

a garland of leaves, flowers, or fruits draped between two points

Answer 37

Festoon

Question 38

decorative ox skulls that appear on friezes of Roman architecture

Answer 38

Bucranium

Question 39

Who built tomb mounds or tumuli, to bury their dead in

Answer 39

Etruscans

Question 40

It is thought that three cella’s were standard. Each one was dedicated to an individual deity.

Answer 40

Etruscans / Tuscan

Question 41

The guiding characteristics of permanence, sophistication, and grandeur are the basis of which type of architecture

Answer 41

Roman

Question 42

the colosseum is also known as the -

Answer 42

Flavian theater