History of Architecture Flashcards

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In Egyptian architecture, the tomb of the pharaohs is the.

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Pyramid

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The great pyramid at Gizeh was built during the 4th dynasty by?

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Cheops

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The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty.

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Rameses 1

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The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of was ________.

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Marble

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Greek architecture was essentially.

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Columnar trabeated

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Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles is the _________.

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Propylaea

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The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the ________.

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Parthenon

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With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the ________.

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Arch and vault

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The outstanding group of Romanesque is found in ___.

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Pisa

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The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college.

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Refectory

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A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for prostration.

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Masjid

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In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sun-dried bricks.

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Ziggurat

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Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons.

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Tumuli

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Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture

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Prytaneion

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What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style?

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Art Noveau

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Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement.

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Embrasures

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Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis.

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Senusret I

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The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh

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Pyramid of Khufu

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Caryatid porch is from what architecture?

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Greek

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A hall built in Roman Empire for the administration of justice.

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Basilica

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A compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture.

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Masu-gumi

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A Filipino architect whose philosophy is ‘the structure must be well oriented’.

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Caesar Homer Concio

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Major contribution of the Renaissance Architecture.

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Baroque for of Ornamentation

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King Zoser’s architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty.

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Imhotep

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Art Noveau style first appeared in what structure.
Tussel House
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Less is more.
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe
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Formal architecture, one of the principles of composition.
Balance
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The falling water by Frank Lloyd Wright is also known as ___.
Kaufman House
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Architect of the national library, Philippines.
Felipe Mendoza
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The convex projecting molding of eccentric curve supporting the abacus of a Doric capital.
Echinus
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A slight vertical curvature in the shaft of a column.
Entasis
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cubicula or bedroom is from what architecture.
Roman
33
Memorial monuments of persons buried elsewhere in Roman architecture.
Cenotaphs
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A shallow cistern or drain area in the center of a house.
Impluvium
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A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Christian churches.
Bema
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A roman house with a central patio.
Atrium House
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The style emerging in western Europe in the early 11th century, based on Roman and Byzantine elements, characterized by massive articulated wall structures, round arches, and powerful vaults, and lasting until the advent of Gothic architecture.
Romanesque
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The public square of imperial Rome.
Forum
39
How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral?
176
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A plant whose leaves form the lower portions of the Corinthian capital.
Acanthus
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A windowed wall that rises above the roof of adjacent walls that admit light into the interior.
Clerestory
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A line of counterthrusting arches on columns or piers.
Arcade
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Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom.
"Cornice Frieze Architrave"
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A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art.
Tokonama
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Triangular piece of wall above the entablature.
Pediment
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The principal or central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the choir or chancel and usually flanked by aisles.
Nave
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A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church.
Exedra
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A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small items.
Niche
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The Buddhist temple in ancient Cambodia which feature four faces of the compassionate Buddha.
Bayon
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A slab forming the crowning member of the capital.
Abacus
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A low screen wall enclosing the choir in early Christian church.
Chancel
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The palace proper in Assyrian palaces.
Seraglio
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Private family apartments in Assyrian palaces.
Harem
54
Favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians.
Palm, Lotus, and Papyrus
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Structure whose corners are made to face the four cardinal points.
Ziggurat
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The use of monsters in doorways is prevalent in what architecture?
Persian
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A single line of columns surrounding the Naos.
Peripteral
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A building in Greek and Roman for exercises or physical activities.
Gymnasium
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Temple with a portico of columns arranged in front.
Prostyle
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Intercolumniation of 4 diameters.
Areostyle
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Diastyle intercolumniation has how many diameters.
3 Diameters
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Roman building for which gladiatorial battles took place.
Colosseum
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A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front.
In Antis
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Greek order that has no base.
Doric
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What allowed the Romans to build vaults of a magnitude never equaled till the birth of steel for buildings.
Use of Concrete
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Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'?
Xerxes
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Master sculptor of the Parthenon.
Phidias
68
The oldest circus in Rome.
Circus Maximus
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A water clock or an instrument for measuring time by the use of water.
Clepsydra
70
Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia.
Libon
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A quadrigas is a ___.
4-horse Chariot
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Greek sculptures may be classified as "architectural sculpture, free standing statuary, and the ___".
Sculptured Reliefs
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The wall or colonnade enclosing the Temenos
Peribolus
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Roman large square tiles.
Bepidales
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A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect.
Opus Recticulatum
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A type of monument erected to support a tripod, as a prize for athletic exercises or musical competitions in Greek festivals.
Choragic Monument
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Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes.
Opus Tesselatum
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The origin of the door architrave.
Timber-enframed Portal
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A building in classic architecture decorated with flowers and plants with water for the purpose of relaxation.
Nymphaeum
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The dominating personality who became an ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance style.
Iñigo Jones
81
Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria.
Ptolemy III
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Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines.
George Ramos
83
The cold or unheated pool in the Thermae.
Frigidarium
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The room for oils and unguents in the thermae.
Unctuaria
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Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the ___.
South
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On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are called.
Ambo
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The iconoclastic movement during the Byzantine period forbade the use of ___.
Statues
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The supreme monument of Byzantine architecture.
St. Sophia, Constantinople
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A tower raised above a roof pierced to admit light.
Lantern
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The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west ends.
Worms Cathedral
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The final plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Carlo Maderna.
Latin Cross
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The granary in traditional Bontoc House.
Falig
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The part of the Corinthian capital without flower.
Balteus
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The senate house of the Greeks.
Prytaneion
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In the Doric Order, the shaft terminates in the ___.
Hypotrachelion
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This temple is dedicated to 'Wingless Victory'.
Temple of Nike Apteros, Athens
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From what architecture is the Stoa?
Greek
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A small private bath found in Roman houses or palaces.
Balneum
99
A is a machine to live in.
Le Corbusier
100
Invented reinforced concrete in France.
Hennevique
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Sculptor for the Bonifacio Monument.
Guillermo Tolentino
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Like Caryatids and Atlantes, this is a three-quarter length figures.
Herms
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Where "Constructivism" originated?
Moscow
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Combination of the new art and the graphing of the old art.
Eclecticism
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Architect of the Batasang Pambansa.
Felipe Mendoza
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The architect of the Quiapo Church before its restoration.
Juan Nakpil
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Architect of SM Megamall.
Antonio Sin Diong
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The tower atop the torogan where the princess and her ladies in waiting hide during occasions.
Lamin
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The flat, open terrace open to the toilet, bath, and kitchen areas and also used as a laundry and drying space and service area for the servants.
Azotea
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Quiapo Mosque is designed by which architect?
Jorge Y. Ramos
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Who was the designer of the Regina Building in Manila?
Andrea Luna de San Pedro
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Who was the architect of the 1st Manila City Hall Building?
Edgar Bourne
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Works of National Artist Leandro Locsin.
Makati Stock Exchange / Philippine Plaza Hotel / Benguet Corporation Building / Church of the Risen Lord / Cultural Center of the Phil. / The Parish of the Holy Sacrifice, UP Diliman
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In which architectural work was the brutalist finish first used?
Asian Development Bank Headquarters
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Father of Philippine Architecture and the very first National Artist for Architecture
Juan Nakpil
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The recommended proportions of a plaza, according to the Law of the Indies
01:01.5
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The walls of Intramuros would be first begun under which Spanish Governor General?
Gov. Gen. Gomez Perez Dasmariñas
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The main purpose of implentation of the Laws of the Indies was for:
Evangelization
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the SSS building was designed by?
Juan Nakpil
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The proskenion is found in a:
Skene
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Patrons of a therma would change clothes in the:
Apodyterium
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A quarter round concave greek molding:
Cavetto
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An in antis temple was:
Aegean
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An acropolis would usually be entered through a:
Propylea
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Term for the rear room or area of a greek temple
opisthodomos
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Spanish colonial roof tiles:
tejas
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The parian district of manila during the spanish colonial period was meant for:
Chinese
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The star vault was developed during which period?
English Gothic
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Who is the architect of Manila City hall?
Antonio Toledo
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The Taj Mahal is an indictive style of what architecture?
Mughal Architecture
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Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks.
Composite
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From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using ________.
Domical roof construction
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The finest and remaining example of Byzantine architecture.
St. Sophia, Constantinople
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The architectural character of the Romanesque architecture is.
Sober and dignified
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Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls.
Marble
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The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome.
Pantheon
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The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple.
Pteroma
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Amphitheaters are used for ___.
Gladiatorial Contests
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The architecture of the curved line is known as ___.
Baroque
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The open court in an Italian palazzo.
Cortel
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Domical mound containing a relic.
Stupa
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The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps.
Doric
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A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in church, terminating in axis and intended to house an altar.
Apse
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Architect of the Einstein Tower.
Erich Mendelsohn
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From what architecture is the Angkor Vat?
Cambodian
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Taj Mahal temple is located in ___.
Agra
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Jubilee festivals of the pharaohs.
Heb-sed
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A vault created when two barrel vaults intersect at the right angles.
Groin Vault
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Female statues with baskets serving as columns.
Canephora
150
The Parthenon is from what architecture.
Greek
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A concave molding approximately quarter round.
Cavetto
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What is not required as a feature in modern Muslim mosque.
Pinnacle
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"A house is like a flower pot"
Richard Josef Neutra
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The council house in Greece.
Bouleuterion
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A faced without columns or pilaster in renaissance architecture.
Astylar
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First school which offered architecture in the Philippines.
Liceo de Manila
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Different historical styles combined.
Eclecticism
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First president and founder of PAS.
Juan Nakpil
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The xerxes hall of hundred columns was introduced during the Mesopotamian architecture, which palace was it used.
Palace of Persepolis
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Pantiles used for Chinese roofings.
S-tiles
161
The very ornate style of architecture developed in the later renaissance period.
Baroque
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From the Greek forms of temple, the three where it lies is known as ___.
Crepidoma
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The three pyramids in Gizeh
"Cheops Chefren Mykerinos"
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In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the ___.
Naos
165
A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap.
Console
166
Revival of classical Roman style
Romanesque
167
Architect and furniture designer.
Alvar Aalto
168
Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel.
Welton Becket
169
Agora is from what architecture?
Greek
170
Structure of wedge-shaped blocks over an opening.
Arch
171
A standard, usually of length, by which the proportions of a building are determined.
Module
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In the classical order, the lowest part or member of the entablature; the beam that spans from column to column.
Architrave
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Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda.
Octagonal
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Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda.
Square
175
A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the polygonal plan of its supporting structure.
Pendentive
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The covered walk of an atrium.
Ambulatory
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An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar in a church.
Baldachino
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A tower in the Muslim Mosque used to call people to prayer.
Minaret
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A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century architecture.
Mudejar
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The crowning member of a column.
Capital
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The cold section of a Roman Bath.
Frigidarium
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Holy mountains.
Ziggurat
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The most stupendous and impressive of the rock-cut-temples.
Great Temple, Abu Simbel
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Two main classes of temples in Egyptian Architecture.
Mortuary and Cult Temples
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Structure whose sides are made to face the four cardinal points.
Pyramid
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The Greek male statues used as columns.
Atlantes
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The uppermost step in the crepidoma.
Stylobate
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The three chamber of a Greek temple.
Pronaos, Naos, and Epinaos
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The clear space in between columns.
Intercolumniation
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Intercolumniation of 2 diameters.
Systyle
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A kindred type to the theater.
Odeion
192
What sporting event takes place in the Palaestra?
Wrestling
193
A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front and rear.
Amphi-Antis
194
The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters.
Epidauros
195
The finest of all illustrations of Roman construction.
Pantheon
196
Who completed the 'hall of hundred columns'?
Artaxerxes
197
In Roman fountains, the large basin of water.
Lacus
198
The colosseum in Rome also known as the "flavian amphitheater" was commenced by whom and completed by whom?
Vespasian / Domitian
199
The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon'.
Treasury of Atreus
200
Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius.
Cossutius
201
The water-leaf and tongue is a usual ornament found in the ___.
Cyma Reversa
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One of the best examples of a surviving megaron type of Greek domestic building.
House #33
203
The private house of the Romans.
Domus
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A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks.
Opus Mixtum
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A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints.
Opus Quadratum
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A type of ornament in classic or renaissance architecture consisting of an assemblage of straight lines intersecting at right angles, and of various patterns.
Fret
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Conceptualized the Corinthian capital.
Callimachus
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The atrium type of house originated with the ___.
Etruscans
209
15th to 18th century architecture.
Renaissance
210
A pillared hall in which the roofs rests on the column in Egyptian temples.
Hypostyle Hall
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He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine for living".
Buckminster Fuller
212
The warm room in the Thermae.
Tepidarium
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The dry or sweating room in the Thermae.
Sudatorium
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Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the ___.
Forum
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Orientation of the Medieval Church.
West
216
In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later developed into the transept, this is the ___.
Bema
217
Type of plan of the Byzantine churches.
Centralized
218
Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period)
Little Metropole Cath., Athens
219
The covered passage around an open space or garth, connecting the church to the chapter house, refectory and other parts of the monastery.
Cloisters
220
The term applied to the Episcopal church of the diocese and also the important structure of the Gothic period.
Cathedral
221
He erected the entrance Piazza at St. Peter's Basilica.
Bernini
222
Architect of the World Trade Center.
Minoru Yamasaki
223
The Pantheon is from what architecture.
Roman
224
Architect of the Bi-Nuclear House, the H-Plan.
Marcel Lajos Breuer
225
In what Order is the Parthenon.
Doric
226
This structure in Greece was erected by Andronikos Cyrrhestes for measuring time by means of a clepsydra internally and sun dial externally.
Tower of the Winds, Athens
227
The Egyptian Ornament symbolizing fertility.
Papyrus
228
Corresponds to the Greek naos.
Cella
229
Architect of the Chicago Tribune Tower.
Eliel Saarinen
230
First elected U.A.P. president.
Jose Herrera
231
Designer of the Taj Mahal.
Shah Jahan
232
This is a pedestal with human, animal, or mythological creatures at the top.
Terms
233
Expressionist Architect.
Erich Mendelsohn
234
Return in the use of Roman Orders in modern age.
Neo-Classism
235
Architect of the Philippine Heart Center.
George Ramos
236
Built by the Franciscan priest Fr. Blas dela Madre, this church in Rizal whose design depicts the heavy influence of Spanish Baroque, was declared a national treasure.
Morong Church
237
Central Bank of the Philippines, Manila.
Gabriel Formoso
238
Found in the ground floor of the bahay na bato, it is where the carriages and floats are kept.
Zaguan
239
In the kitchen of the bahay kubo, the table on top of which is the river stone, shoe-shaped stove or kalan is known as ___.
Dapogan
240
The united architects of the philippines was formally organized in?
1975
241
Who designed St. La Salle Hall, St. La Salle University/ Librada Avelino Hall, Centro Escolar University/ Philippine General Hospital Nurses Home?
Tomas Bautista Mapua
242
Which National Artist for Architecture designed the Loyola Memorial Parks?
Ildefonso Santos
243
Works of National Artist Jose Maria Zaragoza.
Meralco Building / Tala Leposarium / Sto. Domingo Church & Convent / The Pink Sisters Convent / Vira Mall Greenhills / Redesign of Quiapo Church / St. John Bosco Parish Church
244
The following would all be commonly found on the exterior walls of a bahay na bato:
Persiana / Ventanilla / Espejo
245
The architect of the 1st skyscraper building in the Philippines with 12 storey
Angel Nakpil
246
Where would the guests be able to watch the procession during a fiesta?
Volada
247
Spanish colonial cuadricula meant:
Grid Street Formation
248
The hammered concrete, or exposed concrete finish was 1st used in the ph by:
Cresenciano de Castro
249
The Rizal Memorial Stadium was designed by?
Juan Arellano
250
What type of greek temple would have a spacing between its columns as 4.5 units and the diameter of its column bases as 3 units?
Pyknostyle
251
Greek temples having four columns fronting its pronoas and epinoas only:
amphiprostyle tetrastyle
252
A greek prostyle decastyle temple would have how many columns on one of its sides?
21
253
The heating system of a therma was the:
Hypocaust
254
World's first high rise building is located in which american city?
Chicago (Home Insurance Building 10 storey)
255
Greek temples having columns only at the front and rear:
amphiprostyle
256
What would a doric temple use to hide the ends of its roof rafters?
Triglyphs
257
The piazza of st. Peter's basilica was designed by:
Bernini
258
The architect of the Palazzeto dello Sport:
Pier Luigi Nervi
259
In Islamic Architecture, it is a niche in the wall of a mosque that indicates the direction to Mecca?
Mihrab
260
Which Art Nouveau inspired structure by Antonio Gaudi remains to be unfinished in Spain until today?
Sagrada Familia
261
An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places.
Stoa
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The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City.
Acropolis
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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 (Antefixae)
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Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself.
Acroterion / Acroterium
265
Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament.
Anthemion
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In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine.
Apotheca
267
The characteristic of Greek ornament.
Anthemion
268
The use of ___ for facing walls distinguishes Romanesque architecture in Italy from that of the rest of Europe.
Marble
269
The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window.
Tracery
270
Japanese tea house.
Cha-sit-su
271
Ifugao house (southern strain).
Bale
272
Tomb of the pharaohs.
Pyramid
273
Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns surrounding the naos.
Dipteral
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Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art.
Walter Gropius
275
The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y.
Van Alen
276
In the middle kingdom, in Egyptian architecture, who consolidate the administrative system, made a survey of the country, set boundaries to the provinces, and other helpful works.
Amenemhat I
277
The world's first large-scale monument in stone.
Pyramid of Zoser
278
Sarimanok is a décor reflecting the culture of the ___.
Visayan
279
A small tower usually corbelled at the corner of the castle.
Bartizan
280
A roof in which 4 faces rests diagonally between the gables and converge at the roof.
Helm Roof
281
Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo.
Carlos Santos Viola
282
Architect of Robinson's Galleria
William Cosculluela
283
Richly carved coffins of Greece and Mesopotamia.
Sarcophagus
284
Elizabethan Architecture is from what architecture.
U.S. / English Renaissance
285
Art Noveau is known as the international style, in Germany it is known as ___.
Jugendstijl
286
Embrasures.
Crenel
287
Architect of TWA airport.
Eero Saarinen
288
Modern architecture need not be western.
Kenzo Tange
289
Taj Mahal is a building example of what architecture.
Saracenic Architecture
290
Greek equivalent of the Roman forum, a place of open air assembly or market.
Agora
291
A multi-storied shrine like towers, originally a Buddhist monument of diminishing size with corbelled cornice and moldings.
Pagoda
292
From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear.
Amphi-Prostyle
293
The cistern storage of collected rainwater underneath the azotea of the bahay na bato.
Aljibe
294
The tomb beneath a church.
Crypt
295
Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site.
Villa
296
The style emerging in western Europe in the early 11th century, based on Roman and
Romanesque
297
First registered architect in the Philippines.
Tomas Mapua
298
Finest example of French-Gothic architecture
Chartres Cathedral
299
Sacred artificial mountains of Babylon and Assyria.
Ziggurat
300
The space between the sloping roof over the aisle and the aisle vaulting, so also called a blind story.
Triforium
301
The triangular or segmental space enclosed by a pediment or arch.
Tympanum
302
In classical architecture, the elaborated beam member carried by the columns.
Entablature
303
Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda.
13
304
The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its large dome.
Hagia Sophia
305
A long arcaded entrance porch in an early Christian church.
Narthex
306
A basin for ritual cleansing with water in the atrium of an early Christian basilica.
Cantharus
307
A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue.
Tabernacle
308
Coffers, sunken panels in the ceiling.
Lacunaria
309
Projecting blocks of stone carved with foliage, typical in Gothic architecture.
Crocket
310
A rectangular or square slab supporting the column at the base.
Plinth
311
This church in the Philippines is the seat of the Malolos Congress.
Barasoain Church
312
Architect of the famous propylaea, Acropolis.
Mnesicles
313
The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II is carved in the pylon of the ___.
Great Temple, Abu Simbel
314
Egyptian temples for ministrations to deified pharaohs.
Mortuary Temple
315
Egyptian temples for the popular worship of the ancient and the mysterious gods.
Cult Temple
316
A recessed or alcove with raised seats where disputes took place.
Exedra
317
The lowest step in the crepidoma.
Stereobate
318
A Greek building that contains painted pictures.
Pinacotheca
319
Intercolumniation of 2.25 diameters.
Eustyle
320
Pycnostyle intercolumniation has how many diameters?
1.5 Diameters
321
Roman building which is a prototype of the hippodrome of the Greek.
Circus
322
A foot race course in the cities.
stadium
323
In Greek, it is the Roman prototype of the Thermae.
Gymnasium
324
What orders did the Etruscans and the Romans add making 5 in all?
Tuscan and Composite
325
The oldest and most important forum in Rome.
Forum Romanum
326
Architects of the Parthenon.
Callicrates and Ictinus
327
Spouting jets in Roman fountain.
Salientes
328
Architect of the Erechtheion.
Mnesicles
329
Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum
Theron
330
Both the regula and the mutule has guttae numbering a total of ___.
18
331
The Corona is usually painted with the ___.
Key Pattern
332
The molding that is often found in the Doric Order.
Bird's Beak
333
Roman rectangular temples stood on a ___.
Podium
334
A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly resembling polygonal work.
Opus Incertum
335
A Roman structure used as hall of justice and commercial exchanges.
Basilica
336
Figures of which the upper parts alone are carved, the rest running into a parallelopiped or diminishing pedestal.
Termini
337
The sleeping room of the 'megaron'.
Thalamus
338
Roman apartment blocks.
Insula
339
Form follows function.
Louis Sullivan
340
Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak?
Thothmes I
341
Tombs built for the Egyptian nobility rather than the royalty.
Rock-Hewn Tombs
342
The Hot room of the Thermae.
Calidarium
343
The dressing room of the Thermae.
Apodyteria
344
Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the ___.
East
345
The space for the clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from the body of the church called ___.
Cancelli
346
In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the church called ___.
Apse
347
Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia, Constantinople)
Anthemius and Isidorus
348
One of the few churches of its type to have survived having a square nave and without cross-arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer walls of the building.
Nea Moni
349
The prominent feature of the facades in Romanesque Central Italy.
Ornamental Arcades
350
The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante.
Greek Cross
351
Used as food storage in the Bahay na Bato.
Dispensa
352
The Erechtheion of Mnesicles is from what architecture?
Greek
353
The architect of the Pantheon.
Agrippa
354
Mexican Architect/Engineer who introduced thin shell construction.
Felix Outerino Candela
355
In what Order is the temple of Nike Apteros, Athens.
Ionic
356
In the Cyma Reversa molding of the Romans, what ornaments are usually found?
Acanthus and Dolphin
357
Egyptian Temple for popular worship of the ancient and mysterious gods.
Cult Temple
358
The large element in the frieze.
Triglyph
359
Architecture is Organic.
Frank Lloyd Wright
360
Designer of the Bonifacio Monument.
Juan Nakpil
361
Male counterpart of the Caryatids.
Telamones or Atlantes
362
A small payer house in Egyptian architecture.
Madrassah
363
Founders of the "Art Noveau".
John Ruskin and William Moris
364
Scheme or solution of a problem in architecture.
Parti
365
Architect of the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Juan Nakpil
366
This church, 1st built by the Augustinian Fr. Miguel Murguia, has an unusually large bell which was made from approximately 70 sacks of coins donated by the towns people.
Panay Capiz
367
G.S.I.S. Building, Roxas Boulevard.
George Ramos
368
The emergency hideout found directly behind the neadboard of the Sultan's bed.
Bilik
369
Who was the architect of the unbuilt capitol building in manila?
George Fenhagen
370
Who was the architect of the meralco building on ortigas avenue?
Jose Maria Zaragoza
371
Who was the designer of the prototypes for Gabaldon Schoolhouses built in the Philippines between 1907 and 1946?
William Parsons
372
The Shrine of Our Lady of Peace in EDSA was designed by which National Artist for architecture?
Francisco "Bobby" Mañosa
373
In which period were the housing project 1 to 8 is developed?
Post Colonial
374
Theaters that was designed by Juan Nakpil
Riza / State / Ever
375
One of two architect of the Iglesia ni Kristo Bishop's Chapel
Juan Nakpil
376
The Manila are of Paco was the settlement of the:
Japanese
377
The Gota de Leche in Sampaloc, Manila was designed by:
Arcadio Arellano
378
A highly ornamented wooden altar framework was termed:
retablo
379
A half round convex greek moulding?
Torus
380
Greek temples having two rows of columns all around with its side columns engaged:
Pseudo-dipteral
381
A corinthian column having a height of 12 units would have a base diameter of :
1.2 units
382
Greek foot races would have been held in the:
Stadion
383
The greek hippodrome was the Roman:
Circus
384
How many columns would be on one side of Greek heptastyle temple?
15
385
In a diastyle corinthian temple, if the spacing between columns is 6 units, the column would therefore be how many units high?
20
386
Which national artist for architecture designed the galaxy, ideal and lyric theaters in manila?
Pablo Antonio
387
The first church that fully used all gothic elements:
Basilica of St. Denis, FRANCE
388
Important civic spaces for thr greeks, was also the essential element in Hippodamus' grid system for planning :
Agora
389
What kind of temple is the Temple of Amun Karnak
Cult Temple
390
Water cistern in a bahay na bato?
Aljibe