Art Appreciation Final Exam Module 3, 7 - 11 | Module 8 out 11

What term is used to describe the amount of stress or weight a material can withstand before breaking or bending?

• Tensile strength

• Turgor pressure

• Load point

• Key point

• None of these answers is correct.

Stacking and piling is another term for

• post-and-lintel.

• arch and vault.

• load-bearing construction.

• the mending of stone fences.

• None of these answers is correct.

The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles are known as the

• International style.

• shell system.

• hypostyle.

• Gothic architecture.

• Greek orders.

An early example of load-bearing construction is displayed in the 13th century adobe structure __________________ in Djenne', Mali.

• The Taj Mahal

• The Great Friday Mosque

• The Hagia Sophia

• The Temple of Luxor

Built almost 2000 years ago, the ________ is an enduring testament to the Roman use of the arch.

• Pont du Gard at Nimes

• Hagia Sophia

• Reims Cathedral

• Acropolis in Athens

• None of these answers is correct.

Built for the World's Fair in 1889, the ________ was an early experiment in iron construction.

• Wainwright Building

• Crystal Palace

• Eiffel Tower

• Lever House

• Chrysler Building

________ is most famous for his design of the geodesic dome.

• Jorn Utzon

• Joseph Paxton

• Louis Sullivan

• R. Buckminster Fuller

The International style emphasizes:

• clean lines.

• geometric form.

• avoidance of superficial decoration.

• all of these: clean lines, geometric form, and avoidance of superficial decoration.

• None of these answers is correct.

Fallingwater (the Kaufmann House in Bear Run, Pennsylvania) is a prime example of the "organic" architecture of:

• Frank Lloyd Wright.

• Le Corbusier.

• Frank Gehry.

• I. M. Pei.

A _____________ is a horizontal form supported at only one end.

• cornice

• keystone

• pendentive

• flying buttress

• cantilever