Quiz#3_Arhist113

Constantinople had a good building stone and local materials such as clay or bricks and rubble or concrete were imported

• true

• false

Byzantine architecture devoid of statues, has always been and still remains the official style of the Romans.

• true

• false

Byzantine architecture is characterized by the novel development of the dome to cover either polygonal or rectangular plans for churches, tombs and monasteries.

• true

• false

identify the image above ;

• chevron

• herring bone pattern

• meannder fret

• none of these

The _______ which had been the traditional feature in the east became the prevailing motif of Byzantine Architecture

• vault

• dome

• arch

• pendentives

The most important church in Constantinople.

• Hagia Sophia

• St.Peter Basilica

• S.Mark, Venice

It is the part of the cruciform church, projecting at right angles to the main building.

• Drum

• transept

• pendentives

• dome

It is characterized by the use of flutting treatment on its outer surface.

• simple dome

• compound dome

• melon shaped dome

It is usually a mosaic pavement consisting of geometrical figures in black and red tesserae on white ground

• opus sectile

• Opus alexandrinum

• iconastasis

It is the upright part below the dome or cupola, in which window might be placed to light the central area of the building

• drum

• transept

• pendentives