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WorksheetsHistory of Architecture1
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Identify the arch in the illustration?
Equilateral Arch
Lancet Arch
Drop Arch
Tudor Arch
The Nile is the longest river in the world, stretching north for approximately 4,000 miles from East Africa to the Mediterranean. What material was used for the construction of the pyramids?
compacted sand
clay
stones
mud bricks
Replicating materials such as marble and wood with paint, but has subsequently come to encompass many other decorative finishes for walls and furniture?
fresco painting
Faux painting
Art Deco
Bas relief
The very ornate architectural style developed in the later renaissance period?
Baroque
Neoclassicism
Flamboyant
Rayonnant
A style influenced by geometric figures?
Renaissance
Gothic
Romanesque
Art deco
Which of the following is NOT one the Antoni Gaudi's project?
Casa mila
Casa batllo
Casa milano
Sagrada familia spires
Who gave the statue of liberty to the US?
Spain
France
Great Britain
Portugal
Egyptian architecture is characterized by?
Massiveness and ornamentation
Monumental & trabeated
Highly decorative
Very ornate
The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is world-renowned and has the largest brick dome ever constructed, it is also known as?
Sienna cathedral
Florence cathedral
Basilica of the holy blood
Basilica of the holy cross
The art of sculpture had a diminished role in the churches because of the biblical prohibition of graven images. How did the artists represent the saints?
wall carving letters
Wall paintings
Cut out of figures made of cloth
Glass mosaic
Where is the term "Bahay Kubo" came from?
Term given by the spaniards
Terminolgy by ancient filipino
From "Balai" for house and Kubo for "cube"
From " balai" for houses and "kubo" for small"
Standard size of ifugao house?
2.5x2.5
3x3
4x4
5x5
The largest religious structure; beehive-shaped towers?
Angkor wat
Borobudur
Stupa
Angkor vat
Standing stones usually capped with a horizontal slab?
Stonehenge
Chromelech
Dolmen
Mehir
What do you call the recess found in the dome to make the structure lighter?
Oculus
Coffers
Pendentive
Podium
What is a common striking feature of a church?
Bell tower
Facade
Butress
Ornated pediments
For muslim architecture and characteristics, it is called gathering place?
Mimbar
Mihrab
Minaret
Kaba
An ancient roman construction technique, using irregular shaped and random placed uncut stones?
Opus caementium
Opus reticulatum
Opus quadratum
Opus incertum
Blocks resting on the vertex or lower extremes of the pediment?
"antrixae"
Raking cornice
Moulding
Acroterian
A continuous base of structure on which a colonnade is placed?
Stereobate
Stylobate
Crepidoma
Base
