Architectural Styles Through History

It comes from the Greek word Lithos (stone) and megas (big).

• Menhir

• Megaliths

• Cromlech

What are the characteristics of Ancient Egypt Architecture?

• Thin Sloping walls and windows

• Covered with hieroglyphics

• Surrounded by rows and Columns

What is the Pyramid of Giza?

• A funerary structure

• A temple

• A tomb

This Architecture is dedicated to Goddess Athena.

• Parthenon

• Collosseum

• Hagia Sofia

This architecture has a lot in common with the early Christian Architecture.

• Gothic Architecture

• Ancient Egyptian Architecture

• Byzantine Architecture

This architecture include two new devices: Pointed arch and vaulting borne

• Gothic Architecture

• Byzantine Architecture

• Romanesque Architecture

What is the first high Gothic Cathedral with thousands of sculpted figures and splendid stained- glass windows.

• Cathedral of Chartres

• Hagia Sophia

• Groin- vaulted crypt of Worcester Cathedral

The oldest order, the most simplest and most massive order in ancient Greek Architecture.

• Doric

• Ionic

• Corinthian

What is the Ionic Order characterized by?

• Scroll-like ornaments

• Stylized acanthus leaves

• Concave curves

What defines the Corinthian Order?

• Stylized Acanthus leaves

• scroll- like Ornaments

• Simplest order