Art and Architecture Quiz

What is the definition of fresco?

• A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling

• A technique of metalwork hammered into relief from the reverse side

• The topmost member of a column

• A focus on human achievement and potential

What is the definition of repousse?

• A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling

• A technique of metalwork hammered into relief from the reverse side

• The topmost member of a column

• A focus on human achievement and potential

What is the definition of column capital?

• A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling

• A technique of metalwork hammered into relief from the reverse side

• The topmost member of a column

• A focus on human achievement and potential

What is the definition of humanism?

• A painting done rapidly in watercolor on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling

• A technique of metalwork hammered into relief from the reverse side

• The topmost member of a column

• A focus on human achievement and potential

Which order is the oldest, simplest, and most massive?

• Doric order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

• Frieze

Which order is characterized by a scrolled capital on top of the columns?

• Doric order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

• Frieze

Which order has more ornate capitals carved with stylized curly acanthus leaves?

• Doric order

• Ionic order

• Corinthian order

• Frieze

What is the definition of frieze?

• A horizontal band or border of decoration on the top of a building or wall

• A triangular space or decoration that forms the gable of a roof

• The vertically channeled tablets of the Doric frieze

• The space between two triglyphs of a Doric frieze

What is the definition of pediment?

• A horizontal band or border of decoration on the top of a building or wall

• A triangular space or decoration that forms the gable of a roof

• The vertically channeled tablets of the Doric frieze

• The space between two triglyphs of a Doric frieze

What is the definition of triglyph?

• A horizontal band or border of decoration on the top of a building or wall

• A triangular space or decoration that forms the gable of a roof

• The vertically channeled tablets of the Doric frieze

• The space between two triglyphs of a Doric frieze