Reviewer Flashcards
(83 cards)
A cistern storage of collected rainwater underneath the azotea of bahay na bato
ALJIBE
In Egyptian architecture, the tomb of the pharaoh is the_____
PYRAMID
The great pyramid at Gizeh was built during the 4th dynasty by ________
Cheops
The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at Karnak and the founder of 19th dynasty
Rameses I
The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of _____
MARBLE
Greek Architecture was essentially
Columnar and Trabeated
Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the Architect Mnesicles is the _______
PROPYLAEA
The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most perfect building erected ________
PARTHENON
With the use of concrete made by possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, The Romans achieved huge interiors with the ________
ARCH AND VAULT
Which of the order was added by the romans to orders used by the Greeks?
COMPOSITE
From the 5th century to the present, the character of byzantine architecture is the practice of using ______
DOMINICAL ROOF CONSTRUCTION
The finest and remaining example of Byzantine Architecture
St. Sophia, Constantinopole
The architectural character of the Romanesque Architecture
SOBER AND DIGNIFIED
Romanesque Architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing wall
MARBLE
The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient building in Rome
PANTHEON
The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple is _____
PTEROMA
Ampitheaters are used for
GLADIATORAL CONTESTS
Ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places
STOA
The fortified high area of citadel of an ancient greek city
ACROPOLIS
An upright ornament at the eaves of tile roof, concealing the foot of a row to support the ornament, more usually, the ornament itself.
ACROTERION/ACROTERIUM
Also called honeysuckle ornament
ANTHEMION
In ancient Greece, and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine
APOTHECA
The characteristics of Greek ornament
ANTHEMION
The use of _______ for facing walls distinguishes Romanesque architecture in Italy from that of the rest of Europe
MARBLE
