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STONES THAT WERE SLIGHTLY SHAPED AND PLACED STANDING UPRIGHT INTO THE GROUND. THE TERM USED FOR THIS WAS DERIVED FROM CELTIC WORDS FOR “STONE” AND “LONG”.
MENHIR
DOLMEN
CROMLECH
STONEHENGE
LARGE, FLAT STONES THAT ARE SUPPORTED BY TWO OR MORE UPRIGHT STONES.
MENHIR
DOLMEN
CROMLECH
STONEHENGE
BURIAL MOUNDS DURING THE PRE – HISTORIC AREA ARE REFERRED TO AS:
MENHIR
DOLMEN
TUMULUS
STONEHENGE
THE LARGEST AND MOST WELL-PRESERVED NEOLITHIC VILLAGE IS:
JERICHO
KHIROKITIA
CATAL HUYUK
PERSOPOLIS
WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING DOES NOT DESCRIBE THE ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA?
TRIPARTITE DESIGN
COURTYARDS
REED ROOFS
PYRAMIDS
WHAT IS THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURE OF AN EGYPTIAN EXTERIOR WALL?
BRACED
STRAIGHT
TAPERED
BENT
A FALCON – HEADED SPHINX IS:
ANDROSPHINX
CRIOSPHINX
HIERACOSPHINX
AMON - RE
A RAM – HEADED SPHINX IS:
ANDROSPHINX
CRIOSPHINX
HIERACOSPHINX
AMON - RE
A COVERED CEREMONIAL ROUTE OR CORRIDOR LEADING FROM A VALLEY TEMPLE TO A MORTUARY TEMPLE AT THE FOOD OF THE PYRAMID.
PYRAMID COMPLEX
MORTUARY TEMPLE
PYRAMID CAUSEWAY
PYRAMID TEMPLE
A TEMPLE PAVILION IN ANCIENT EGYPT USED FOR PREPARING THE PHARAOH FOR HIS FINAL JOURNEY.
PYRAMID COMPLEX
MORTUARY TEMPLE
VALLEY TEMPLE
PYRAMID TEMPLE
THE CIVILIZATION CONSIDERED TO BE THE PRECURSOR TO CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION.
EGYPTIAN
PERSIAN
MYCENAEAN
GREEK
CONSIDERED AS THE GRANDEST OF ALL EGPYTIAN TEMPLES AND WAS NOT BUILT UPON ONE COMPLETE PLAN. IT OWES ITS SIZE, DISPOSITION AND MAGNIFICENCE TO THE WORK OF MANY KINGS.
TEMPLE OF ISIS
DENDERA TEMPLE COMPLEX
THE GREAT TEMPLE OF AMMON RE
THE GREAT TEMPLE OF ABU SIMBEL
WHAT KIND OF TEMPLE IS QUEEN HATSHEPSUT’S TEMPLE? CONSIDER THAT IT IS LOCATED AT THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS --- THE MAIN BURIAL PLACE FOR THE EGYPTIAN ROYALTY
MORTUARY TEMPLE
CULT TEMPLE
MAMMISI
ZIGGURAT
TEMPLE CHARACTERIZED BY A FAÇADE CARVED DIRECTLY INTO A SANDSTONE CLIFF AND DOMINATED BY FOUR COLOSSAL SEATED FIGURES, EACH ABOUT 22 METERS TALL --- ALL THE FIGURES ARE PORTRAYALS OF RAMESSES.
TEMPLE OF ISIS
DENDERA TEMPLE COMPLEX
THE GREAT TEMPLE OF AMMON RE
THE GREAT TEMPLE OF ABU SIMBEL
A STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IN GREEK IN WHICH THE BEAM FORMS THE CONSTRUCTIVE FEATURE.
DORIC
IONIC
PINACOTHECA
TRABEATED
IN GREEK ARCHITECTURE, A RECESS OR ALCOVE WITH RAISED SEAT WHERE THE DISPUTATION OF THE LEARNED TOOK PLACE.
EXEDRAE
TRABEATED
PINACOTHECA
IONIC
IN GREEK ARCHITECTURE, A PICTURE GALLERY OR A BUILDING TO CONTAIN PAINTED
DORIC
IONIC
PINACOTHECA
TRABEATED
THE CHIEF CLASS OF BUILDING IN THE HELLENIC PERIOD.
CHURCHES
TEMPLES
MEGARON
AGORA
THE STEPS FORMING THE BASE OF A COLUMNED GREEK TEMPLE.
PEDIMENT
CREPIDOMA
NAOS
STYLOBATE
THE UPPER STEP FORMING A PLATFORM ON WHICH A COLONNADE IS PLACED.
PEDIMENT
CREPIDOMA
NAOS
STYLOBATE
IN CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE, A TRIANGULAR PIECE OF WALL ABOVE THE ENTABLATURE ENCLOSED BY RAKING CORNICES.
PEDIMENT
CREPIDOMA
NAOS
STYLOBATE
TOOTH LIKE BLOCKS IN IONIC AND CORINTHIAN CORNICES.
ATTIC BASE
FLUTES
PLINTH
DENTILS
IN AN IONIC COLUMN, THE LOWEST SQUARE MEMBER OF THE BASE OF A COLUMN.
ATTIC BASE
FLUTES
PLINTH
DENTILS
IN AN IONIC COLUMN, A SMALL FLAT BAND BETWEEN MOULDINGS TO SEPARATE THEM FROM EACH OTHER.
ATTIC BASE
FILLETS
PLINTH
DENTILS
THE VERTICAL CHANNELING ON THE SHAFT OF A COLUMN.
ATTIC BASE
FLUTES
PLINTH
DENTILS
IN GREEK ARCHITECTURE, A LONG COLONNADED BUILDING THAT SERVES MANY PURPOSES.
PRYTANEION
STOA
BOULEUTERION
THERMAE
IN GREEK ARCHITECTURE, OFTEN RECTANGULAR BUILDINGS WITH BANKED SEATS FACING INWARDS.
PRYTANEION
STOA
BOULEUTERION
THERMAE
IN GREEK ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING THAT SERVES AS A SENATE HOUSE FOR THE CHIEF DIGNITARIES OF THE CITY AND AS A PLACE WHERE DISTINGUISHED VISITORS AND CITIZENS MIGHT BE ENTERTAINED.
PRYTANEION
STOA
BOULEUTERION
THERMAE
PALATIAL BATHS OF IMPERIAL ROME.
PRYTANEION
STOA
BOULEUTERION
THERMAE
A ROMAN DWELLING TYPE THAT IS FOUR OR MORE STOREYS HIGH.
MEGARON
DOMUS
VILLAS
INSULA
A ROMAN DWELLING TYPE THAT COMBINED THE FEATURES OF AN ETRUSCAN DWELLING WITH OTHER ELEMENTS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK HOUSE.
MEGARON
DOMUS
VILLAS
INSULA
IN ROMAN ARCHITECTURE, A RANGE OF COLUMNS SURROUNDING A COURT OR A TEMPLE.
STOA
PERISTYLE
CUBICULUM
TRICLINIUM
A ROMAN DINING ROOM WITH COUCHES ON THREE SIDES.
STOA
PERISTYLE
CUBICULUM
TRICLINIUM
A ROMAN BEDROOM, BUT SOMETIMES USED IN A LESS SPECIFIC SENSE TO DENOTE OTHER ROOMS.
STOA
PERISTYLE
CUBICULUM
TRICLINIUM
A CANOPY SUPPORTED BY COLUMNS GENERALLY PLACED OVER AN ALTAR OR TOMB.
APSE
BALDACHINO
NARTHEX
SOFFIT
A LONG ARCADED ENTRANCE PORCH TO AN EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA CHURCH.
APSE
BALDACHINO
NARTHEX
BEMA
IN EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE, A RAISED STAGE RESERVED FOR THE CLERGY.
APSE
BALDACHINO
NARTHEX
BEMA
THE CHIEF STRUCTURE OF EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE.
AGORA
FORUM
TEMPLE
CHURCH
THE PLAN SHAPE FOR EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCHES.
POLYGONAL
BASILICAN
LATIN CROSS
GREEK CROSS
TERM APPLIED TO THE TRIANGULAR CURVED OVERHANGING SURFACE BY MEANS OF WHICH A CIRCULAR DOME IS SUPPORTED OVER A SQUARE OR POLYGONAL COMPARTMENT.
FRESCO
PENDENTIVE
ARCH
VAULT
THE CHURCH PLAN OF A BYZANTINE CHURCH.
POLYGONAL
BASILICAN
LATIN CROSS
GREEK CROSS
THE CHURCH PLAN OF A ROMANESQUE CHURCH.
POLYGONAL
BASILICAN
LATIN CROSS
GREEK CROSS
THE PORTION OF A WALL ABOVE THE ROOF GUTTER OR BALCONIES
BATTLEMENT
CRENEL
PARAPET
PORTCULLIS
IN GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE LOWER PART OF A MEDIEVAL VAULT WHERE THE RIBS CONVERGE AGAINST THE OUTER WALL AND FORM AN APPROXIMATION OF AN INVERTED HALF-CONE OR HALF-PYRAMID.
STELLAR
CONOID
LIERNE
BOSS
IN GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE, THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A MEDIEVAL VAULT IN WHICH THE RIBS COMPOSE A STAR-SHAPED PATTERN
STELLAR
CONOID
LIERNE
BOSS
GOTHIC IS, IN ESSENCE:
DEPARTURE TO THE CLASSIC LINES
RETURN TO THE CLASSIC LINES
ROMAN – LIKE ART
ARCHITECTURE OF THE CURVED LINE
THE TEMPLE OF ST.PETER IN MONTORIO, A STRUCTURE THAT RESEMBLES A SMALL ROMAN CIRCULAR TEMPLE WITH DORIC COLUMNS, WAS DESIGNED BY:
BENEDETTO DA MAJANO
DONATO BRAMANTE
GIULIANO DA SANGALLO
RAPHAEL SANTI
A VAULT CREATED BY INTERSECTING TWO BARREL VAULTS AT RIGHT ANGLES.
BARREL
GROIN
FAN
LIERNE
A VAULT TO WHICH ADDITIONAL STONES HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE JOINTS TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN IT.
RIB
GROIN
FAN
LIERNE
CHARACTERISTIC VAULT OF MANY ENGLISH CATHEDRALS OF THE 12TH AND 13TH CENTURIES, WHERE RIBS OF VAULTS BECAME WILDLY ELABORATE AND SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE CEILING OF SPACES.
RIB
GROIN
FAN
LIERNE
