Etruscan + Rome

Question 1

Cylindrical containers used by wealthy women as cases for toiletry

Answer 1

Cistae

Question 2

Central courtyard

Answer 2

Atrium

Question 3

Circular pannels

Answer 3

Roundels

Question 4

Rectangular, columnlike upright strips

Answer 4

Pilasters

Question 5

Unfluted shaft and simplified version of Doric Order

Answer 5

Tuscan Order

Question 6

Combination of Ionic Order with leaves of the Corinthian Orders

Answer 6

Composite Order

Question 7

Base or pedistol of a column, statue, wall, building, or peice of furniture

Answer 7

Plinth

Question 8

Lower part of a wall, differentiated from upper section

Answer 8

Dado

Question 9

Interest in faithful reproduction of visual and tactile appearance of subjects

Answer 9

Vernism

Question 10

Ser into the wall

Answer 10

Engaged

Question 11

Arch that displaces most weight along curving side

Answer 11

Round arches

Question 12

Outward pressure caused by weight of vault and supported by buttressing

Answer 12

Thrust

Question 13

Wedge shaped peices in an arch

Answer 13

Voussoirs

Question 14

Added support to an arch

Answer 14

Buttressing

Question 15

Wooden scaffolding holding an arch in place until it’s locked together

Answer 15

Centering

Question 16

Points from where curves of the arch rises

Answer 16

Springings

Question 17

Wall areas adjacent to the arch

Answer 17

Spandrel

Question 18

Empty space encompassed by the arch

Answer 18

Arcade

Question 19

Supports of the arch

Answer 19

Bay

Question 20

A gemstone carved in low relief

Answer 20

Cameo

Question 21

Monumental tomb

Answer 21

Mausoleum

Question 22

Roman Town center

Answer 22

Forum

Question 23

Pool for catching rain water

Answer 23

Impluvium

Question 24

Hand-held support for artists to mix colors

Answer 24

Pallette

Question 25

Method of giving thr impression of reception by visual instinct

Answer 25

Intuitive perspective

Question 26

Method of rendering the effect od spacial distance

Answer 26

Atmospheric perspective

Question 27

Seven branched lamp holder

Answer 27

Menorah

Question 28

Tunnel made of arches

Answer 28

Barrel vault

Question 29

2/4-way barrel vault

Answer 29

Groin vault

Question 30

Rounded vault

Answer 30

Dome

Question 31

Circular opening

Answer 31

Oculus

Question 32

Gilded-bronze shield-shaped ornaments

Answer 32

Cartouches

Question 33

Technique for rapidly cutting grooves with straight sides

Answer 33

Drill work

Question 34

Large rectangular building with extensive interior space

Answer 34

Basilica

Question 35

Large central area

Answer 35

Nave

Question 36

Rounded extensions at each end of a building

Answer 36

Apses

Question 37

Circular room

Answer 37

Rotunda

Question 38

Sunken pannels

Answer 38

Coffers

Question 39

Niches; rectangular alternating with semicircular ones

Answer 39

Exedrae

Question 40

Technique in sculpture in which material is cut back under edges so remaining forms cast deep shadows

Answer 40

Undercutting

Question 41

Pair of pannels attatched with hinges; used for sending nmeszages written in wax

Answer 41

Diptych

Question 42

Wealthy and powerful upperclass in the Republic

Answer 42

Patricians

Question 43

Lower class in the Republic

Answer 43

Plebeians

Question 44

Widely circulated coin in Rome

Answer 44

Denarius

Question 45

Torso armor

Answer 45

Cuirass