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WorksheetsReview: History of Architecture (Part 1)
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 50mins
The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty.
Imhotep
Rameses I
Zoser
Khufu
The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of was.
Marble
Limestone
Mica
Quartz
Greek architecture was essentially
Grand Façade
Small openings
Columnar trabeated
Dark and solemn
Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the:
Menhir
Torri
Pailou
Propylaea
The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the:
Parthenon
Pantheon
Temple of Nike
Tempietto
With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the.
Dome
Arch and vault
Pediment
None of the above
Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks.
Doric
Ionic
Composite
Tuscan
From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using.
Domical roof construction
Onion Dome
Arches
Vault
Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls.
Quartz
Pozzolana
Limestone
Marble
The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome.
Parthenon
Pantheon
Temple of Nike
Tempietto
The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple.
Naos
Pteroma
Peristyle
None of the above
Amphitheaters are used for ___.
Gladiatorial Contests
Chariot Racings
Gymnasium
Theater Plays
An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places.
Stoa
Insulae
Villa
Acropolis
The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City.
Stoa
Insulae
Villa
Acropolis
An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of convex tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles.
Antefix
Peristyle
Pediment
Menhir
Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself.
Stylobate
Volute
Shaft
Acroterion
Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.
Corinthian
Chevron
Anthemion
None of the above
In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine.
Apotheca
Palaestra
Forum
Agora
The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window.
Buttress
Tracery
Vault
Gargoyles
The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college
Ambulatory
Baptistery
Refectory
Campanile
Not among the three pyramids in Gizeh
Khufu
Khafre
Zoser
Menkaure
A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap.
Console
Builderbill
Ogee
Beak
Finest example of French-Gothic architecture
Amiens Cathedral
Reims Cathedral
Chartres Cathedral
Worms Cathedral
Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.
Rectangular
Octagonal
Circular
Pentagonal
A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art.
Tokonama
Engawa
Tatami
Takobashira
The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its large dome.
Florence Cathedral
St. Basils Cathedral
Hagia Sophia
St. Peters Basilica
An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar in a church.
Baldachino
Pediment
Pulpit
Dome
A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue.
Tabernacle
Gargoyle
Pediment
Baldachino
A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church.
Narthex
Nave
Apse
Exedra
A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small items.
Apse
Niche
Baldachin
Ambulatory
A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century architecture.
Mudejar
Rococo
Gothic
Islamic
Architect of the famous Propylaea, Acropolis.
Imhotep
Ictinus
Mnesicles
Callicrates
A Greek building that contains painted pictures.
Pinacotheca
Stoa
Insulae
Thermae
A kindred type to the theater.
Palaestra
Epidauros
Stoa
Odeion
The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters.
Theatre of Dionysus in Athens
Epidauros
Delphi theatre
Ancient theatre of Argos
A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks.
Opus Mixtum
Opus Recticulatum
Opus Incertum
Opus Tesselatum
A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly resembling polygonal work.
Opus Mixtum
Opus Recticulatum
Opus Incertum
Opus Tesselatum
A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect
Opus Incertum
Opus Recticulatum
Opus Mixtum
Opus Quadratum
A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints.
Opus Incertum
Opus Recticulatum
Opus Mixtum
Opus Quadratum
Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes.
Opus Mixtum
Opus Recticulatum
Opus Incertum
Opus Tesselatum
In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the ___.
Naos
Anta
Dipetral
Pseudoperipteral
From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear.
Protsyle
Pseudoperipteral
Amphi-Prostyle
Naos
Corresponds to the Greek naos.
Stylobate
Cella
Colonnade
Antis
The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante.
Latin Cross
Rectangular
Greek Cross
Patriarchal
The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Carlo Maderna.
Latin Cross
Rectangular
Patriarchal
Greek Cross
On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are:
Ambo
Apse
Bema
Pulpit
In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later developed into the transept, this is the ___.
Ambo
Apse
Bema
Pulpit
In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the church called ___.
Ambo
Apse
Bema
Pulpit
Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the ___.
Basilica
Forum
South
East
Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the ___.
Basilica
Forum
South
East
Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the ___.
North
West
South
East
Orientation of the Medieval Church
North
West
South
East
The space for the clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from the body of the church called ___.
Pulpit
Clerestory
Ambulatory
Cancelli
Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period)
Little Metropole Cathedral, Athens
Tempietto
Hagia Sophia
Sistine Chapel
Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.
Domed
Centralized
Semi-complex
Four-columed
First school which offered architecture in the Philippines
Mapua Institute of Technology
University of Santo Tomas
Liceo de Manila
University of the Philippines
The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west ends.
Sienna Cathedral
Worms Cathedral
Reims Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral
The council house in Greece.
Bouleuterion
Amphitheater
Stoa
Prytaneion
The senate house of the Greeks.
Bouleuterion
Amphitheater
Stoa
Prytaneion
The oldest circus in Rome.
Circus Maximus
Circus of Nero
Circus of Variano
Circus Caligula
The oldest and most important forum in Rome
Piazza Navona
Forum Romanum
Coliseum Rome
Basilica
The warm room in the Thermae
Calidarium
Tepidarium
Sudatorium
Unctuaria
The Hot room of the Thermae
Calidarium
Tepidarium
Sudatorium
Unctuaria
The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.
Apodyteria
Tepidarium
Sudatorium
Unctuaria
The dressing room of the Thermae.
Apodyteria
Tepidarium
Sudatorium
Unctuaria
The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.
Apodyteria
Tepidarium
Sudatorium
Unctuaria
The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon'.
Knossos Palace
Heraion of Argos
Treasury of Atreus
None of the above
Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'?
Artaxerxes
Xerxes
Darius
Isodorus
The private house of the Romans.
Domus
Villa
Insulae
Thalamus
The sleeping room of the 'megaron'.
Domus
Villa
Insulae
Thalamus
Roman apartment blocks
Domus
Villa
Insulae
Thalamus
Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site
Domus
Villa
Atrium House
Thalamus
A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.
Atrium House
Balneum
Thalamus
Menhir
A megalithic structure consisting of several large stones set on end with a large covering slab
Megalith
Cromlec
Menhir
Stonehenge
A massive funerary structure of stone or brick with a square base and four sloping triangular sides meeting at the apex; used mainly in ancient Egypt
Royal Pyramids
Stupa
Temples
Pagoda
Principal room of Anatolian House
Atrium House
Villa
Megaron
Thalamus
It consists of the upright column or support including the capital, base, if any, and the horizontal entablature or part supported.
Column
Order
Pediment
Abacus
The steps forming the base of a columned Greek temple
Crepidoma
Stylobate
Echimus
Capital
Roman apartment block that rose four or more storey high
Villa
Chateau
Insula
Basilica
A method of forming stonework with roughened surfaces and recessed joints, principally employed in Renaissance building.
Palladian
Rustication
Opus Mixtum
Machicolations
Designer of the Crystal Palace, London
Sir Norman Foster
Antoni Gaudi
Sir Joseph Paxton
Christopher Wren
Architect of the Sagrada Familia, Barcelona
Sir Norman Foster
Antoni Gaudi
Sir Joseph Paxton
Christopher Wren
Architect of the White House, D.C.
James Hoban
Sir Joseph Paxton
Christopher Wren
Sir Norman Foster
Second Filipino registered architect after the well-known Tomas Mapua
Carlos Baretto
Leandro Locsin
Juan Arellano
Carlos Viola
A mosque principal place of worship, or use of the bldg. for Friday prayers
Kibla
Masjid
Muezzin
Minaret
Man who leads the congregation at a prayer
Kibla
Masjid
Muezzin
Minaret
Architectural style characterized by Friezes and Crestings
Gothic
Chinese
Japanese
Islamic
Sacred enclosure found at walls of Damascus great mosque
Kibla
Masjid
Muezzin
Minaret
Erected to the memory of his favorite wife Mumtaz Mahal, it was the culminating work in the life of the emperor.
Chandragupta Maurya
Chanakya
Shah-Jehan
Shah-Zafar
General characteristic of the Romanesque empire was ___________.
Grand Façade
sober & dignified
simple and massive
none of the above
Vaulting compartment into six parts known as
Tripartite
Quadripartite
Sixtite
Pentatite
Is a circular tower 16 m (52 ft.) in diameter rising in 8 stories of encircling arcades.
Campanile
Altar
Ambulatory
Pulpit
Roughly carved of men and beasts used as support columns of projecting porches and of bishops throne.
Caryatids
Gargolyes
Ambrogio
None of the above
Secular architecture
Market
Church
Villa
Castle
The first Frankish king who became roman emperor, was crowned in 800 at Rome by the pope, and ruled over the franks, which included central Germany and northern France
Charlamagne
Henry XIII
James
Alexander
A projecting wall or parapet allowing floor openings, through w/c molten lead, pitch, stones were dropped only on an enemy below.
Merlons
Battlement
Bailey
Machicolations
A parapet having a series of indentions or embrasures, between which are raised portions known as merlons
Merlons
Battlement
Bailey
Machicolations
The upstanding part of an embattled parapet, between two crenels/ embrasure openings.
Merlons
Battlement
Bailey
Machicolations
A squared timber used in bldg. construction or a low ridge of earth that marks a boundary line
Merlons
Battlement
Bailey
Machicolations
A roman house with a central patio.
Domus
Villa
Atrium House
Thalamus
