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HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

 Romasneque means

a)

Departure from the classic lines

b)

The return to the classic lines

c)

Roman-like art 

d)

architecture of the curve line

2.

Character  of   Romanesque  architecture is

a)

Simplicity & harmony    

b)

Sober & dignified

c)

Lofty & aspiring quality

d)

massiveness & grandeur

3.

The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east & west  end  is 

a)

Cologne Cathedral

b)

Aix-la-Chapelle Cathedral     

c)

Worms Cathedral

d)

Amiens Cathedral

4.

The space between the sloping roof over the aisle and the vaulting is the

a)

Gallery

b)

Triforium

c)

Severy

d)

nave

5.

A type of roof in w/c  four faces rest diagonally bet. the gables  & coverage at the top

a)

Helm

b)

. Mansard

c)

Gable

d)

gambrel.

6.

Gothic in France was called

a)

Stile Liberty

b)

Sezessione

c)

Style Ogivale

d)

Jugendsti

7.

The intermediate ribs between the main ribs of a Gothic vault is the

a)

Tierceron

b)

Ridge rib

c)

Diagonal ribs

d)

formeret

8.

A projecting block or spur of stone carved with foliage to decorate the raking

    lines formed by  angles of spires and canopies is the

a)

Boss 

b)

Crocket

c)

Pendant

d)

pinnacle

9.

The upper portion of a pinnacle, bench-end, or other architectural feature is the     

a)

Crocket

b)

Pinnacle

c)

Finial

d)

turret

10.

A small turret-like termination on the top of buttresses, parapets or elsewhere

  often ornamented with bunches foliage called crockets is

a)

Dome

b)

Pinnacle

c)

Spire

d)

tower bolt

11.

The ornamental pattern work in stone filling the upper part o a Gothic window is

a)

Stained glass

b)

Billet moulding

c)

Tracery

d)

. cresting

12.

The characteristic Renaissance  wall which have cut stones having strongly

  emphasized recessed joints and smooth or roughly textured block faces is

a)

Polychrome brickwork    

b)

Sgraffito

c)

Rusticated masonry

d)

polygonal facing

13.

Under the High Renaissance period, there was a phase where in buildings were

     conceived in a non-Roman way

a)

Gothic revival

b)

Baroque

c)

Rococo 

d)

Mannerist

14.

It is known as the architecture of the curve line

a)

Renaissance

b)

Art Noveau    

c)

Roman

d)

Baroque

15.

The principal floor of the Italian palazzo

a)

Entresol

b)

Piano nobile

c)

Oeil-de-boeuf          

d)

sgrafitto

16.

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

a)

Plateresque

b)

Rococo

c)

Churrigueresque

d)

Baroque

17.

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

a)

Long Gallery  

b)

Withdrawing Room    

c)

Winter Room

d)

Grand Staircase

18.

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.

a)

Mannerist Phase 

b)

Queen Anne Style

c)

Jacobean Architecture

d)

Stuart Architecture

19.

It is the principal decorations for walls & ceilings of ren. palaces  as well as churches

a)

Mosaic

b)

Rustication

c)

Brick facing

d)

Fresco painting

20.

It is the lavishly ornamented Spanish Baroque style of the early 18th century

       characterized by a reaction from the correct and frigid formalism

a)

Plateresque

b)

Moorish

c)

Arrabesque

d)

Churrigueresque