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WorksheetsHISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
1. A large, four - storey portal covered in glazed bricks, colourful tiles and decorative figures of bulls and dragons.
ZIGGURAT OF UR
TOWER OF BABEL
ISHTAR GATE
PERSEPOLIS
TEMPLE
1. A temple dedicated to the moon god built by a Sumerian ruler (Ur Nammu).
ZIGGURAT OF UR
TOWER OF BABEL
ISHTAR GATE
PERSEPOLIS
TEMPLE
An edifice or place dedicated to the worship or presence of a deity.
ZIGGURAT OF UR
TOWER OF BABEL
ISHTAR GATE
PERSEPOLIS
TEMPLE
1. An imaginary creature having the body of a lion and the head of a man, ram or hawk.
SPHINX
ANDROSPHINX
CRIOSPHINX
HIERACOSPHINX
LAMASSU
1. A small chamber inside a mastaba containing a statue of the deceased.
URAEUS
SERDAB
NECROPOLIS
CAVETTO
SYRINX
1. A narrow rock - cut corridor in an ancient Egyptian tomb.
URAEUS
SERDAB
NECROPOLIS
CAVETTO
SYRINX
1. An egyptian monolithic four - sided standing stone, tapering to a pyramidal cap (pyramidion), often inscribed with hieroglyphics and erected as a monument.
PYLON
OBELISK
SPHINX
HYPOSTYLE HALL
PYLON TEMPLE
1. A gateway guarding a sacred precinct consisting of either a pair of tall truncated pyramids and a doorway between them, often decorated with painted reliefs.
PYLON
OBELISK
SPHINX
HYPOSTYLE HALL
PYLON TEMPLE
Enclosed part of the temple where the cult imagine was kept.
OPISTHODOMOS
POSTICUM
PRONAOS
CELLA
PROPYLAEA
An open vestibule before the cella.
OPISTHODOMOS
POSTICUM
PRONAOS
CELLA
PROPYLAEA
Another term for epinaos.
OPISTHODOMOS
POSTICUM
PRONAOS
CELLA
PROPYLAEA
1. A small room in the cella.
OPISTHODOMOS
POSTICUM
PRONAOS
CELLA
PROPYLAEA
1. The principal chamber.
OPISTHODOMOS
POSTICUM
PRONAOS
CELLA
PROPYLAEA
1. The oldest, simplest and most massive of the Greek orders.
TUSCAN
DORIC
IONIC
CORINTHIAN
COMPOSITE
1. The market or meeting place in a Greek City.
TEMENOS
PROPYLAEA
AGORA
THEATRON
PRYTANEION
1. A public town hall for the citizens of ancient Greece, containing state banquet halls and hospitality suites.
TEMENOS
PROPYLAEA
AGORA
THEATRON
PRYTANEION
1. A carved statue of a draped female figure which functions as a column.
ATLAS
HERM
CANEPHORA
CARYATID
ERECHTHEION
1. A large hall having many columns in rows supporting a flat roof.
PYLON
OBELISK
SPHINX
HYPOSTYLE HALL
PYLON TEMPLE
1. A carved statuesque column of a draped female figure carrying a basket, or with a basket on her head.
ATLAS
HERM
CANEPHORA
CARYATID
ERECHTHEION
1. A massive carved statuesque stooping male figure, often serving as a columnar support for a pediment.
ATLAS
HERM
CANEPHORA
CARYATID
ERECHTHEION
1. A square tapered column capped with a carved head, but or torso of a figure, usually Hermes.
ATLAS
HERM
CANEPHORA
CARYATID
ERECHTHEION
An ancient Greek centre for sports, with buildings, playing areas and baths.
ODEION
STADION
HIPPODROME
PALAESTRA
GYMNASION
1. An ancient greek elongated sports venue with rounded ends, surrounded on all sides by banked spectator stands; venue for foot racing.
ODEION
STADION
HIPPODROME
PALAESTRA
GYMNASION
1. A place used for the instruction and practice of wrestling and athletics.
ODEION
STADION
HIPPODROME
PALAESTRA
GYMNASION
1. A greek monumental gateway to a scared enclosure, fortification, town or square.
PROPYLAEA
TEMENOS
ACROPOLIS
NAOS
PODIUM
A semicircular or polygonal projection of a building, usually vaulted and used especially at the sanctuary or east end of a church.
TRIBUNE
BEMA
APSE
ALTAR
NAVE
The bishop’s throne, occupying a recess or apse.
TRIBUNE
BEMA
APSE
ALTAR
NAVE
A transverse open space separating the nave and the apse.
TRIBUNE
BEMA
APSE
ALTAR
NAVE
1. Also called communion table.
TRIBUNE
BEMA
APSE
ALTAR
NAVE
1. The principal or central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the choir or chancel and usually flanked by aisles.
TRIBUNE
BEMA
APSE
ALTAR
NAVE
1. Any of the longitudinal divisions of a church, separated by a row of columns or piers.
NAVE
AISLE
NARTHEX
CANTHARUS
ATRIUM
1. A portico or vestibule before the nave of an early Christian or Byzantine church, occupied by those not yet christened.
NAVE
AISLE
NARTHEX
CANTHARUS
ATRIUM
1. A basin for a ritual cleansing with water.
NAVE
AISLE
NARTHEX
CANTHARUS
ATRIUM
1. The covered walk.
STOA
ATRIUM
CANTHARUS
AMBULATORY
SANCTUARY
The forecourt of an Early Christian Church.
STOA
ATRIUM
CANTHARUS
AMBULATORY
SANCTUARY
1. A sacred or holy place, as that part of a church in which the altar is placed.
ALTAR
SANCTUARY
BAPTISERY
ESONARTHEX
EXONARTHEX
A part of a church or a separate building in which baptism is administered.
ALTAR
SANCTUARY
BAPTISERY
ESONARTHEX
EXONARTHEX
1. Orientation of the Medieval Churches which usually uses Latin type of plans:
NORTH
SOUTH
BASILICA
EAST
WEST
The Erechtheion of Mnesicles is from what architecture?
ASSYRIAN
GREEK
ROMAN
EARLY CHRISTIAN
BYZANTINE
The Pantheon is from what architecture?
ASSYRIAN
GREEK
ROMAN
EARLY CHRISTIAN
BYZANTINE
The Stoa is from what architecture?
ASSYRIAN
GREEK
ROMAN
EARLY CHRISTIAN
BYZANTINE
Which of the following corresponds to the Greek naos?
NAVE
AISLE
CELLA
CHANCEL
PRONAOS
A famous Florentine sculptor and painter of the roof of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican.
RAPHAEL SANTI
DONATO BRAMANTE
MICHAELANGELO BOUNAROTTI
LEONARDO DA VINCI
DONATELLO
1. This famous Architect was the mentor of Frank Lloyd Wright and is considered as the Father of Sky- scrapers.
HENRY HOBSON RICHARDSON
LOUIS SULLIVAN
IM PEI
DANKMAR ADLER
JOHN WELLBORN ROOT
The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is world renowned and has the largest brick dome ever con- structed. It is also known as
SIENNA CATHEDRAL
FLORENCE CATHEDRAL
BASILICA OF THE HOLY BLOOD
BASILICA OF THE HOLY CROSS
BASILICA OF THE HOLY WISDOM
