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Greek vocabulary and architecture

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where was the original Parthenon constructed?
a)
Athens
b)
Paris
c)
Egypt
d)
Memphis
2.
This  is the wide central section part of an entablature and may be plain in the Ionic or Doric order, or decorated with bas-reliefs.
a)
Base
b)
Capital
c)
Frieze
d)
Abacus
3.
A shallow carved scupture in a flat surface.
a)

High Relief

b)

Bas relief

4.

Architectural element that consisted of the triangular section found above the entablature

a)

Architrave

b)

Pediment

c)

Cornice

d)

Entasis

5.

Sculptural term for when statue appears to have weight on one leg and other leg slightly forward

a)

Cornice

b)

Caryatid

c)

Contrapposto

d)

Encaustic

6.

Slightly curved or bulge of classical columns that were used as an optical illusion

a)

Caryatid

b)

Contrapposto

c)

Fluting

d)

Entasis

7.

Columns shaped like a female figure

a)

Caryatid

b)

Entasis

c)

Pediment

d)

Contrapposto

8.

Pottery that was used to transport and store various products- 2 handles with long, narrow neck

a)

Amphora

b)

Hydria

c)

Bas relief

d)

Metope

9.

The lintel or beam that rests on the capitals of the columns

a)

Cornice

b)

Architrave

c)

Caryatid

d)

Amphora

10.

"ledge"; generally any horizontal decorative molding that crowns a building

a)

Cornice

b)

Entasis

c)

Caryatid

d)

Frieze

11.

Fills space between two triglyphs in Doric frieze

a)

Metope

b)

Cornice

c)

Pediment

d)

Entablature

12.

Wax painting that was practiced by Ancient Greeks and Romans which was painted on panels and walls

a)

Encaustic

b)

Hydria

c)

Pediment

d)

Contrapposto

13.

Pottery used for carrying water- 3 handles that 2 horizontal handles and the 3rd was a handle used to pour

a)

Amphora

b)

Hydria

c)

Metope

d)

Bas- relief

14.

The ledge that is protruding above the pediment

a)

Cornice

b)

Raking Cornice

c)

Entablature

d)

Architrave

15.

More than half of the sculpture comes out from the background

a)

Bas relief

b)

High relief

c)

Encaustic

d)

Amphora

16.

Shallow grooves running vertically along a column

a)

High relief

b)

Bas relief

c)

Fluting

d)

Cornice