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WorksheetsHistory of Architecture & Culture - I
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 10mins
A continuous base of structure on which a colonnade is placed?
Stereobate
Stylobate
Crepidoma
Base
Systyle intercolumnation
1.5 x cd
2.5 x cd
2 x cd
3 - 4 x cd
Imposing entrance to acropolis and erected by architect mnesicles?
Propylaea
Erechtheion
Poseidon
Hypostyle
The art of sculpture had a diminished role in the churches because of the biblical prohibition of graven images. How did the artists represent the saints?
Wall carving
wall carving letters
Wall paintings
Cut out of figures made of cloth
Glass mosaic
Atrium type of house, characteristic of roman times is believed to have originated w/ the?
Etruscans
Aegeans
Corsicans
None
The shaft of the Greek order terminates in which part?
Trachelion
Hypotrachelion
Abacus
Echinus
The great pyramid at gizeh was built in the 4th dynasty by?
Rameses I
Rameses II
Cheops
Chepren
The Roman rectangular temples stood on a _____________
Crepidoma
Stylobate
Podium
Pedestal
What capital order was used in the parthenon?
Doric
Ionic
Tuscan
Corinthian
How did romans create a structures with great spans?
Use of arch
Use of stones pile together
Stone corbel systems
Large column and stone beams
In Mesopotamian arch., religion called for temples made of sun dried bricks is?
Megarons
Thakamus
Ziggurats
None
If a greek temple has a total of 14 columns with a breakdown of 4 in front, 4 at the back and the rest at both sides, what type of temple is this?
Peripteral
Prostyle
Amphiprostyle
Dipteral
Temple whose most remarkable feature is use of all 3 greek orders, Doric outside, ionic & Corinthian within is
Artemus
Parthenon
Apollo epicurius
None
Identify the parts of a vault in the figure shown in letter "a"?
Groin
Lierne
Bose
Ridge
In egyptian arch., tomb of nobility was the?
ziggurat
mastaba
Pyramid
Stepped pyramid
Greek architecture was essentially?
Arch and vaulted
Buttressed and domed
Columnar and trabeated
Massive columns
Architect of temple of apollo epicurius?
Ictinus x
Callicrates
Callimachus
Millichinosus
The third phase of gothic architecture?
Rayonnant
Flamboyant
Lancet
Consonant
Greatest patron of Romanesque architecture?
Roman church
Traders
Civil govt
All the above
Egyptian architecture was principally designed for?
External adoration
Light and color
Internal effect
Life after death
An ornate architectural style which developed during the latter part of the renaissance period?
Baroque
Art nouveau
Romanesque
Gothic
Finest and remaining example Of Byzantine architecture?
S. Irene, Constantinople
S. Sophia, Constantinople
S. Mark, Venice
S. Glorie, Venice
Which of the order was added by Romans to the orders used by the Greeks?
Ionic
Composite
Corinthian
Tuscan
The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is world-renowned and has the largest brick dome ever constructed, it is also known as?
Sienna cathedral
Florence cathedral
Basilica of the holy blood
Basilica of the holy cross
A temple has 8 columns in front and rear with 15 columns on both sides, including the 2 columns at the front?
Octastyle
Prostyle
Peristyle
Dipteral
Splendid example of early gothic?
St paul’s cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Cathedral of Notre Dame
None
What do you call a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head as in the figure shown above?
Gargoyle
Caryatid
Atlantes
Statuettis
In gothic church, what is the purpose of the flying buttress?
to support the weight and horizontal thrust of a roof, dome or vault.
to enable the building to become much taller and more elaborate
to strengthen large walls - decreasing its thickness and allow light to pass through
All the above
In the given figure, what part of the capital is letter A?
Cornice
Dentils
Frieze
Architrave
Through gothic centuries, English lancet arch style is closest to the?
Spanish style
French style
Italian style
Moorish style
