Week 4 Quiz

Question 1

a type of wall painting completed on wet plaster. Pigments are mixed with water or lime water. The artist paints directly on the wet plaster. The image (s) painted dry with the wall and becomes part of it.

Answer 1

Fresco

Question 2

the central hall of Minoan and Mycenaen palaces. Includes a central hearth and four columns.

Answer 2

Megaron

Question 3

an entrance hall or waiting room.

Answer 3

Vestibule

Question 4

concerning humans and human values.

Answer 4

Humanistic

Question 5

a distinct and consistent style of architecture. Includes the pedestal (stylobate), column, and entablature.

Answer 5

Order of architecture

Question 6

Doric, Ionic, Corinthian

Answer 6

Classical Orders of architecture

Question 7

1st century BCE Roman architect and author who wrote “De architectura”. Responsible for codifying the Classical Orders of Architecture.

Answer 7

Vitruvius

Question 8

blocks or steps of a Greek temple. The column rests on this.

Answer 8

Stylobate

Question 9

the continuous parallel grooves in the shaft of a column.

Answer 9

Flutes

Question 10

the individual segmented parts of the shaft of a column.

Answer 10

Drums

Question 11

the slab that forms the top of the capital of a column. Found in the Doric Order.

Answer 11

Abacus

Question 12

the oval shaped portion of the top of a capital. Found in the Doric Order.

Answer 12

Echinus

Question 13

In architecture, the upper horizontal portion of a Classical Order.

Answer 13

Entablature

Question 14

Located in a Doric entablature, the set of three vertical areas in placed in between the metopes.

Answer 14

Triglyph

Question 15

The square space in between the triglyphs. Usually filled with relief sculpture.

Answer 15

Metope

Question 16

The central horizontal portion of an entablature, It will contain triglyphs and metopes in the Doric Order and narrative relief sculpture in the Ionic Order.

Answer 16

Frieze

Question 17

In Greek architecture, a triangular form above the entablature and at the roof line.

Answer 17

Pediment

Question 18

a scroll form found on the capital of the Ionic Order.

Answer 18

Volute

Question 19

the projecting area at the top portion of the entablature. It usually contains moldings.

Answer 19

Cornice

Question 20

in architecture, the lowest portion of the entablature. It rests directly on the column.

Answer 20

Architrave

Question 21

a carved or painted motif that resembles the leafy plant

Answer 21

Acanthus

Question 22

“higher city” above Athens. Location of sacred structures.

Answer 22

Acropolis

Question 23

the front of a building.

Answer 23

Facade

Question 24

the slight curve seen in the shaft of a column. Used to create an optical refinement that appears straight to the naked eye.

Answer 24

Entasis

Question 25

a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court.

Answer 25

Peristyle

Question 26

the main room of a Greek temple.

Answer 26

Cella

Question 27

sculptured female column figure.

Answer 27

Caryatid

Question 28

the body at rest; counterpoise. The standing figure has one engaged leg (straight leg that carries the weight) and the other is free of weight and bent at the knee.

Answer 28

Contrapposto

Question 29

a furniture leg that gently curves outward. Also referred to as a saber leg.

Answer 29

Splayed leg

Question 30

the central vertical panel of the back of a chair.

Answer 30

Splat

Question 31

in furniture the vertical strips on either side of the splat.

Answer 31

Stile

Question 32

the uppermost horizontal part of a chair back.

Answer 32

Crest rail

Question 33

a stool standing on four legs.

Answer 33

Diphros

Question 34

a four legged stool with crossed legs.

Answer 34

Diphros okladias

Question 35

Greek couch with a headboard that could function as a backrest.

Answer 35

Kline

Question 36

Phydias

Answer 36

sculptor of classical style found at the Parthenon