HOA Questions

žThe Grandest Temple of all Egyptian temples, it was not built by upon one complete plan but owes its size, disposition and magnificence to the work of many Kings. Built from the 12th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic period.

• —Temple of Queen HATSHEPSUT

• —The Great temple of Abu-Simbel

• —Great Temple of Ammon, Karnak

• —Temple of Ramsesseum, Thebes

ž“The man of learning… can fearlessly look down upon the troublesome accidents of fortune. But he who thinks himself entrenched in defense not of learning but of luck, moves one slippery path, struggling though life unsteadily and insecurely.”

• —a New Architecture

• —Ten books of Architecture by Marcus Vitruvius

• —Space, Time and Architecture by Sigfried Gideon

• —The Poetry of Architecture by John Ruskin

žThe Greek council house which is covered meeting place for the democratically-elected council is called:

• Bouleuterion

• Thersihon

• Prytaneion

• Diathyros

žIt is the eclectic style of domestic architecture of the 1870’s and the 1880’s in England and the USA and actually based on country house and cottage Elizabeth architecture which was characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic, English Renaissance and colonial elements in the USA:

• —Queen Anne style

• —Mannerist Phase

• —Jacobean Architecture

• —Stuart Architecture

žTomb of Atreus, a noted example of the tholos type of tomb is also known as:

• —Thersilion, Megapolis

• —Tomb of Agamemnon

• —Mausoleum, Helicarnassos

• —Tomb of Clytemnestra

Answer explanation

Identify the structure that was designed Antonio Gaudi.

• Palau Guell

• Colonia Guell

• Park Guell

• Pavellons Guell

žThe father of modern picture books of Architecture

• —Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola

• —Andrea Palladio

• —Leon Battista Alberti

• —Philibert De L’orme

žThe memorial column built in the form of tall Doric order and made entirely of marble is;

• —Column of Dioelectian

• —Column of Marcus Aurelius

• —Column of Antoninus Pius

• —Trajan’s Column

žThe building that serve as a senate house for the chief dignitaries of the city and as a palace where distinguished visitors and citizens might be entertained.

• —Bouleuterion

• —Thersihon

• —Prytaneion

• —Diathyros

Answer explanation

žA style in the architecture Italy I the second half of the 16th century and to a lesser extent elsewhere in Europe. It uses classical elements in an unconventional manner.

• —Mannerism

• —Palladianism

• —Abstract

• —Illusionism