Roman

Question 1

Voussoirs

Answer 1

A wedge-shaped block used to construct an arch. The central vousoir
is called a keystone.

Question 2

Keystone

Answer 2

keystone
The wedge-shaped or topmost
central stone of an arch.

Question 3

Springer

Answer 3

The lowest voussoir on each side of an arch.

Question 4

Impost

Answer 4

a projecting block resting on top of a column or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the springer

Question 5

Roman inventions

Answer 5

Concrete, arches, domes, aquaducts

Question 6

Oculus

Answer 6

A circular opening found in the top of a
dome or a round window.

Question 7

Coffered

Answer 7

A ceiling or suspended grid with
recessed geometric panels developed
in the Italian Renaissance.

Question 8

The Pantheon

Answer 8

• Dome
• Coffered ceiling
• Slanted floor, water goes to cistern

Question 9

Insula

Answer 9

Roman apartment building

• up to 16 apartment buildings per block
• retail lowest level
• three to four stories
• quality worsened as they got higher
• top apartments may not have had running water

courtyard

Question 10

Pompeii

Answer 10

• South of Naples
• Mt. Vesuvius in background
• Summer retreat for wealthy
• In 79 AD, was vibrant town. Volcano erupted and burried town in 25 feet of lava.

Question 11

Peristyle

Answer 11

2

A columned porch or open colonnade surrounding a court that may have an internal garden.

• Helps bring light into the plan
• Outdoor dining and bedrooms around the peristyle

Question 12

Vestibulum

Answer 12

3

Covered area directly adjacent to the street, which enters into the main space.

Floor may have mosaics

Question 13

Fauces

Answer 13

4

The narrow passage from the atrium of a Roman house to
the street.

• lowered ceiling

Question 14

Atrium

Answer 14

1

In a Roman house, the principal room or courtyard; later it became
the forecourt of a Christian basilica, and today it is an open space in a
building or building complex.

• natural light
• welcoming area

Question 15

Compluvium

Answer 15

A roof opening in a Roman residence above the
atrium through which rainwater could fall into
the cistern located under the floor, referred to
as the impluvium.

Question 16

Impluvium

Answer 16

A basin or pool in the ancient Roman
house used to collect water from the roof
by means of the compluvium.

Question 17

Lararium

Answer 17

A room within a Roman home reserved for worship of household gods.

Question 18

Ala

Answer 18

6

Small rooms or recesses opening off the atrium in the ancient Roman
house.

Question 19

Tablinum

Answer 19

8

In an ancient Roman house, a room opposite the entrance, off of the atrium, serving as an office and for storing genealogy and other important records.

Question 20

Cubiculum

Answer 20

A Roman bedroom or room for sleeping in a Roman house.

Usually divided by curtains - spaces for an attendant, dressing, sleeping

Located around the atrium

Question 21

Lectus

Answer 21

A Roman bed or reclining sofa designed for
sleeping and dining.

Question 22

Triclinia

Answer 22

7 for indoor (off atrium), #9 for outdoor

Contains three couches (lectus) in a u-shaped formation for dining

Question 23

Dado

Answer 23

Chair rail

Question 24

Frescoes that trick the eye

Answer 24

Trompe l’oeil

Question 25

Main field

Answer 25

Section of interior wall between dado and the frieze

Question 26

Tesserae

Answer 26

Small pieces (tesserae) of glass, stone, marble, or tile set in mortar to form a pattern or design (mosaic).

Question 27

Difference between Greek and Roman furniture

Answer 27

Roman furniture lacks delicate quality and attention to proportions

Question 28

Answer 28

- As a seat of honor and a symbol of legal authority the stool was used by high magistrates or by the emperor. - Romans felt the person seated has a higher status than the person standing beside him. Cove seat like egyptian, but no inlay

Question 29

Answer 29

Roman stool with double reverse curve

Question 30

Trestle table

Answer 30

A table supported by two or more trestles and a long horizontal stretcher, popular throughout history, especially in ancient Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and Colonial America.

Question 31

Quadruped

Answer 31

Head and chest of an animal atached to its leg. Style of table support.

Question 32

Answer 32

cathedra The Roman chair similar to the Greek klismos but much heavier in proportion; also the chair for a bishop from which the term cathedral is derived.

Question 33

Answer 33

Throne chair

Question 34

Answer 34

Lectus A Roman bed or reclining sofa designed for sleeping and dining. Either made of wood or bronze

Question 35

Answer 35

Lectus A Roman bed or reclining sofa designed for sleeping and dining. Either made of wood or bronze

Question 36

Answer 36

Fulcra Often animal heads/busts Head-rest and foot-rest