History of Architecture1

Identify the arch in the illustration?

• Equilateral Arch

• Lancet Arch

• Drop Arch

• Tudor Arch

The Nile is the longest river in the world, stretching north for approximately 4,000 miles from East Africa to the Mediterranean. What material was used for the construction of the pyramids?

• compacted sand

• clay

• stones

• mud bricks

Replicating materials such as marble and wood with paint, but has subsequently come to encompass many other decorative finishes for walls and furniture?

• fresco painting

• Faux painting

• Art Deco

• Bas relief

The very ornate architectural style developed in the later renaissance period?

• Baroque

• Neoclassicism

• Flamboyant

• Rayonnant

A style influenced by geometric figures?

• 
  Renaissance

• 
  Gothic

• 
  Romanesque

• Art deco

Which of the following is NOT one the Antoni Gaudi's project?

• Casa mila

• Casa batllo

• Casa milano

• Sagrada familia spires

Who gave the statue of liberty to the US?

• Spain

• France

• Great Britain

• Portugal

Egyptian architecture is characterized by?

• Massiveness and ornamentation

• Monumental & trabeated

• Highly decorative

• Very ornate

The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is world-renowned and has the largest brick dome ever constructed, it is also known as?

• Sienna cathedral

• Florence cathedral

• 
  Basilica of the holy blood

• 
  Basilica of the holy cross

The art of sculpture had a diminished role in the churches because of the biblical prohibition of graven images. How did the artists represent the saints?

• 
  wall carving letters

• Wall paintings

• Cut out of figures made of cloth

• Glass mosaic