1C- HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1- FINAL EXAM

Their architecture is characterized by construction systems based on mathematical ratios completed with sophisticated optical corrections for perspective.

• ROMAN

• GREEK

• RENAISSANCE

• CLASSICAL REVIVAL

Large stones without mortar on clay bedding; utilized during the Aegean Period in Greece.

• BATTERED WALL

• TAPERED WALL

• CYCLOPEAN WALL

• OPUS WALLING

Entrance gate to the citadel palace of King Agamemnon; a massive entrance characterized by cyclopean walls and a corbelled arch.

• ISHTAR GATE

• THE LION'S GATE

• PYLON

• PROPYLAE

36.  The slight vertical convex curvature in the length of a column shaft to give it the appearance of straightness under load.

• TRABEATION

• ENTASIS

• TROMPE L'OEIL

• BENDING

A Greek city stronghold or fortress constructed on higher ground thaN surrounding urban fabric. In Athens, it is where the Parthenon and other notable temples are found

• CITADEL

• POLIS

• ACROPOLIS

• PERSEPOLIS

What do you call a temple with its inner columns attached to the naos wall and the outer freestanding?

• PROSTYLE

• PSEUDO-DIPTERAL

• AMPHIPROSTYLE

• AMPHI-ANTIS

The systematic spacing of columns in classical Greek architecture expressed as multiples of column diameters

• PERISTYLE

• INTERCOLUMNIATION

• COLONNADES

• COLUMNAR ARRANGEMENT

The spacing of road columns in classical architecture at a distance of two and a quarter column diameter

• PYCNOSTYLE

• EUSTYLE

• SYSTYLE

• DIASTYLE

Pyconstyle is the spacing of rowed columns at a distance of _______ column diameters

• 1 1/2

• 2 1/4

• 3

• 4

An open roofed track or arena for chariot and horse racing in ancient Greece.

• AMPHITHEATRE

• STADIUM

• CIRCUS

• HIPPODROME