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WorksheetsHistory of Architecture (Part 1)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 31mins
High windows above eye level. The purpose is to bring outside light, fresh air, or both, into the inner space.
Oriel Window
Skylight
Awning Window
Clerestory
In the center of early Christian churches, atrium is a fountain of water for ablutions - a custom which is still adapted by Roman Catholics by the use of __________.
Cistern
Stoup
Water Basin
Moat
An ornamented canopy of stone or marble permanently placed over the altar in a church.
Apse
Bema
Ambulatory
Baldachino
It refers to the traditional home of the Navajo people, made of wood, and packed mud and earth in varying amount, with the door facing east to welcome the rising sun for good wealth and fortune. Also considered pioneers of energy-efficient homes.
Catal Huyuk
Earth Lodge
Hogan
Wigwam
The flat slab forming the top of the column capital, plain in Doric style, but molded or otherwise enriched in other styles.
Abacus
Echinus
Flute
Triglyph
Forms the imposing entrance to acropolis.
The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
Parthenon
Propylaea
Erectheion
One of the solid parts between the crenels of a battlement.
Embrasure
Ward
Merlon
Brattice
An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joint of the flat tiles.
Acroterion
Pediment
Tympanum
Antefix
A low screen in an early Christian basilica, separating the clergy and sometimes the choir from congregation.
Bema
Cancelli
Nave
Sanctuary
A small overhanging turret on a wall or tower often at a corner or near a gateway.
Bartisan
Crenel
Merlon
Embrasure
It refers to the public square or marketplace of an ancient Roman city. The center of judicial and business affairs, and place of assembly for the people, usually including a basilica and a temple.
Agora
Forum
Stoa
Colleseum
The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek city.
Agora
Stele
Acropolis
Stoa
Identify the building. It has 5 main domes, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. The design is the culmination of two centuries of Ottoman mosque development, located in Istanbul, Turkey.
Sultan Ahmed Mosque
Sultan Grand Mosque
Hagia Sofia
Hagia Sophia
A figure of an imaginary creature having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram, or hawk, commonly placed along avenues leading to ancient Egyptian temples or tombs.
Syrinx
Pylon
Propylon
Sphinx
An ivory white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra was erected to the memory of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal, it was the culminating work in the life of the emperor __________.
Shah-Jahan
Minare Medrese
Gur-I-Mir
Shao Khan
