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WorksheetsHistory of Architecture
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The private house of the Roman is the
Megaron
Villa
Domus
Insula
The dry sweating room in the thermae is the
Unctuaria
Sudarium
Palaestra
Apodyteria
The dressing room in the thermae is called
Frigidarium
Hypocaust
Apodyteria
Laconicum
The room containing the oil and perfume in the thermae is the
Laconicum
Unctuaria
Sudatorium
Tepidarium
The Pantheon, Rome is known today as the
Sta Maria, Rotunda
Sta Maria della Strada
Sta Maria Maggiore, Rome
Sta Maria Cancellaria, Rome
The arched waterways erected to supply most parts of Rome with water is the
Cistern
Aqueduct
Agger
Alatorium
A circular projecting portico is
Cyclostyle
Apteral
Cyrtostyle
Consoles
The Estruscans invented the
Tuscan
Doric
Ionic
Composite
The triangular surface bounded by the sloping and horizontal cornices of a pediment is the
Metope
Pateras
Taenia
Tympanum
The continuation of the fluted shaft in the Greek Doric column is called
Hypogeum
Hypotrachelion
Trachelion
Entasis
The architects of the Parthenon are
Ictinus and Callicrates
Anthemius and Ictinus
Pheidias and Mnesicles
Theron and Phedias
The architect of the Erectheion is
Callicrates
Mnesicles
Theron
Ictinus
The Erectheion which stands on the Acropolis north of the Parthenon has an unusual feature which is the
Composite Columns
Caryatid Porch
Atlantes Porch
Osiris Pillars
The intercolumniation of an Araeostyle is
5D
2.5D
4D
3.25D
The intercolumniation of a Pycnostyle is
1.5D
2.5D
3.5D
4.5D
The intercolumniation of Diastyle is
2D
3D
4D
5D
Roman bridges are called
Pons
Gryse
Facet
Moat
The favorite of the Romans among the Five Orders is the
Composite
Ionic
Doric
Corinthian
Orientation of Greek temple is towards the
South
East
Agora
Bouleuterion
The vault which was formed by the intersection of two semi-circular vaults of equal span and used over a square apartment is the
Sexpartite Vault
Cupola
Fan Vault
Cross Vault
