HOA 2 (Credits to Reviewer 2015)

Architect of the greatest Mughal tomb that houses Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal behind delicate marble screen and with white marble exterior decorated in pietra dura

• Caliph Abd Al Malik

• Ustad Ahmad Lahauri

• Yazzid Ibn Salam

• Raja Ibn Haywah

Architecture emerged in Italy and Western Europe in the 9th century and lasting until 12th century; characterized by heavy articulated masonry construction with narrow openings, use of round and barrel vault, development of vaulting rib and shaft, and introduction of central and western towers for churches

• Renaissance Architecture

• Early Christian Architecture

• Gothic Architecture

• Romanesque Architecture

Vault in which the ribs support, or seem to support, the web of the vault

• Fan vault

• Rampant vault

• Annular vault

• Rib vault

Usual plan of a Romanesque Cathedral

• Greek cross

• Latin cross

• Green cross

• Calvary cross

Romanesque architecture is a compound of influences from Viking, Celtic, Saracenic, Roman, and:

• Gothic

• Early Christian

• Byzantine

• Greek

Romanesque masterpiece and the earliest European building to use ribbed vaults on large scale. Half-barrel vaults over galley are flying buttresses, geometrically carved piers with chevrons and small repeated patterns, and dog-tooth moulding and cushion capitals

• Worms Cathedral

• Durham Cathedral

• Rheims Cathedral

• St. James Cathedral

Basic elements of Gothic architecture

• Flying buttresses, pointed arch, rib vault

• Transcept spire, pointed arch, flying buttresses

• Buttress pier, rib vault, pointed arch

• Flying buttresses, tracery windows, rose windows

The manifestation of the belief that a cathedral could be an image of the truth communicating a vision of heaven is expressed through

• Transcept spire

• Stained glass

• Rose window

• Tracery window

(A) The purpose of rib vaults was partly aesthetics.

(B) However, rib vaults had great structural advantages too.

• A is true. B is false

• A is false. B is true.

• A and B are true.

• A and B are false.

(A) French Cathedrals' plans are longer and narrower.

(B) English Cathedrals' plans are relatively compact.

• A is true. B is false

• A is false. B is true.

• A and B are true.

• A and B are false.