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WorksheetsHistory of Architecture 1
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Monumental gateway to the temple consisting of slanting walls flanking the entrance portal
Obelisks
Pylons
Rock-cut or Rock-Hewn Tombs
Mastabas
Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons
Cromlech
Dolmen
Tumuli
Megalith
Burial tomb consisting of 3 or more upright stones and one or more capstone
Dolmen
Cromlech
Tumuli
Menhir
Enclosure formed by huge stones panted in the grave in a circle
Tumuli
Menhir
Dolmen
Cromlech
The tomb of the pharaohs in Egyptian architecture
Pyramid
Dolmen
Menhir
Cromlech
Architect of The Great Pyramid at Giza
Cheops
Rameses I
Senusret I
Imhotep
The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at Karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty
Cheops
Rameses I
Senusret I
Imhotep
Erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis
Cheops
Rameses I
Senusret I
Imhotep
The world's first large-scale monument in stone
Step Pyramid of Zoser
Pyramid of Khufu
Sarcophagus
Crypt
Highest sloped pyramid in Giza
Pyramid of Khufu
Pyramid of Chephren
Pyramid of Mykerinus
None
Richly carved coffins
Pyramid
Crypt
Sarcophagus
Pylon
King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty
Cheops
Imhotep
Senusret I
Rameses I
The tomb beneath a church
Rock-cut or rock-hewn tombs
Tumulus or Passage Grave
Cromlech
Crypt
Dominant tomb type. Corridor inside leading to an underground chamber
Rock-cut or rock-hewn tomb
Tumulus or Passage grave
Cromlech
Crypt
Dry walled rough stone with corbelled roof
Trullo
Wigwam
Tipi
Hogan
Primitive indian structure of joined logs
Trullo
Wigwam
Tipi
Hogan
House constructed of hard-packed snow blocks built up spirally
Sumatran house
Nigerian hut
Igloo
Iraqi Mudhif
For several families, built of timber and palm leaves. The fenced pen underneath is for livestock
Sumatran house
Nigerian hut
Igloo
Iraqi Mudhif
The favorite motifs of design of the Eqgyptians are
(a)
A pillared hall in which the roofs rest on the column in Egyptian temples
Pylon
Hypostyle hall
Obelisk
Prostyle
Tombs built for nobility rather than royalty
Prostyle
Hypostyle Hall
Rock-hewn tombs
Tumulus
A monumental 4 sided stone shaft usually monolithic and tapering to a pyramidial tip
Pylon
Tumulus
Obelisk
Cromlech
Religious buildings built next to temples and on top was a small temple
Obelisk
Pylon
Ziggurats
Pyramid
Colonnaded space forming an entrance or vestibule with roof supported on one side by columns
Hypostyle Hall
Portico
Ziggurats
Pylon
Rectangular flat-topped funerary mound with battered side covering a burial chamber below ground and is the first egyptian tomb
Dolmen
Megaron
Menhir
Mastabas
Monumental gateway to the temple consisting of slanting walls flanking the entrance portal
mortuary temples
cult tmples
obelisk
pylons
A temple for worship in honor of God
Mortuary temple
Cult Temple
Pylon
Obelisk
Grandest temple and the work of many kings
Temple of Ammon Karnak
Temple of Khons
Mammisi Temple
Great Temple of Abu-Simbel
Essential characteristic of Greek architecture
(a)
Entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles
Pteroma
Propylaea
Peripteral
Prytaneion
The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple
Pteroma
Propylaea
Peripteral
Prytaneion
An ancient Greek portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places
Portico
Stooa
Stoa
Stele
The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City
Acropolix
Acropolis
Antefix
Antefis
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
Acropolis
Antefix
Acroterion
Abacus
A pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support and ornament
Acroterion
Antefix
The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
A single line of columns surrounding the Naos
Peripteral
Dipteral
Prostyle
Amphi-Prostyle
Double line of columns surrounding the Naos
Peripteral
Dipteral
Prostyle
Amphi-Prostyle
A slab forming the crowning member of the capital
Hibiscus
Abacus
Echinus
Entasis
A type of roman wall facing with a net-like effect
Opus Mixtum
Opus Incertum
Opus Recticulatum
Opus Tesselatum
Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture
Forum
Prytaneion
Acroterion
Bouleuterion
Female statues with baskets serving as columns
Prytaneion
Canephora
Abacus
Capital
The crowning member of a column
Abacus
Echinus
Capital
Triglyph
Rectangular or square slab supporting the column at the base
Canephora
Plinth
Bouleuterion
Echinus
Convex projecting molding of eccentric cruve supporting the abacus of a Doric capital
Doric
Entasis
Echinus
Papyrus
