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WorksheetsHISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Romasneque means
Departure from the classic lines
The return to the classic lines
Roman-like art
architecture of the curve line
Character of Romanesque architecture is
Simplicity & harmony
Sober & dignified
Lofty & aspiring quality
massiveness & grandeur
The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east & west end is
Cologne Cathedral
Aix-la-Chapelle Cathedral
Worms Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral
The space between the sloping roof over the aisle and the vaulting is the
Gallery
Triforium
Severy
nave
A type of roof in w/c four faces rest diagonally bet. the gables & coverage at the top
Helm
. Mansard
Gable
gambrel.
Gothic in France was called
Stile Liberty
Sezessione
Style Ogivale
Jugendsti
The intermediate ribs between the main ribs of a Gothic vault is the
Tierceron
Ridge rib
Diagonal ribs
formeret
A projecting block or spur of stone carved with foliage to decorate the raking
lines formed by angles of spires and canopies is the
Boss
Crocket
Pendant
pinnacle
The upper portion of a pinnacle, bench-end, or other architectural feature is the
Crocket
Pinnacle
Finial
turret
A small turret-like termination on the top of buttresses, parapets or elsewhere
often ornamented with bunches foliage called crockets is
Dome
Pinnacle
Spire
tower bolt
The ornamental pattern work in stone filling the upper part o a Gothic window is
Stained glass
Billet moulding
Tracery
. cresting
The characteristic Renaissance wall which have cut stones having strongly
emphasized recessed joints and smooth or roughly textured block faces is
Polychrome brickwork
Sgraffito
Rusticated masonry
polygonal facing
Under the High Renaissance period, there was a phase where in buildings were
conceived in a non-Roman way
Gothic revival
Baroque
Rococo
Mannerist
It is known as the architecture of the curve line
Renaissance
Art Noveau
Roman
Baroque
The principal floor of the Italian palazzo
Entresol
Piano nobile
Oeil-de-boeuf
sgrafitto
It means “silver smith like” the richly decorative style of the Spanish ren.
in the 16th c. & its early phase is also reffered to as Isabelline architecture
Plateresque
Rococo
Churrigueresque
Baroque
Perhaps the most striking feature of the Elizabethan mansion, this ran the whole
length of the upper floor and connected the wings in either side of the central hall
Long Gallery
Withdrawing Room
Winter Room
Grand Staircase
It is the Eclectic Style of domestic architecture of the 1870’s and 1880’s in England & the USA & actually based on country house & cottage Elizabethan architecture
w/c was characterized by a blending of Tudor Gothic,English Ren. & Colonial
elements in the US.
Mannerist Phase
Queen Anne Style
Jacobean Architecture
Stuart Architecture
It is the principal decorations for walls & ceilings of ren. palaces as well as churches
Mosaic
Rustication
Brick facing
Fresco painting
It is the lavishly ornamented Spanish Baroque style of the early 18th century
characterized by a reaction from the correct and frigid formalism
Plateresque
Moorish
Arrabesque
Churrigueresque
