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History of Architecture 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 In Egyptian architecture, the tomb of the pharaohs 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 the 19th dynasty. Rameses 1 Domical mound containing a relic. Stupa Bale A Filipino architect whose philosophy is 'the structure must be well oriented'. What is not required as a feature in modern Muslim mosque. Caesar Homer Concio Pinnacle A concave molding approximately quarter round. Architect of Iglesia ni Cristo. A compound bracket or capital in Japanese architecture. A roof in which 4 faces rests diagonally between the gables and converge at the roof. Helm Roof Masu-gumi Cavetto Carlos Santos Viola A small tower usually corbelled at the corner of the castle. A hall built in Roman Empire for the administration of justice. The Parthenon is from what architecture. Female statues with baskets serving as columns. Canephora Bartizan Basilica Greek A vault created when two barrel vaults intersect at the right angles. Sarimanok is a décor reflecting the culture of the ___. Caryatid porch is from what architecture? The highest sloped pyramid in Gizeh Pyramid of Khufu Groin Vault Visayan Greek works. Amenemhat I Who erected the earliest known obelisk at Heliopolis. Senusret I Jubilee festivals of the pharaohs. The world's first large-scale monument in stone. Heb-sed Pyramid of Zoser Taj Mahal temple is located in ___. From what architecture is the Angkor Vat? Embrasures Agra 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 Founder of the Bauhaus School of Art. What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style? Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture Architect of the Einstein Tower. The architect of Chrysler building in N.Y. Another term for crenel or intervals between merlon of a battlement. Pyramid Ifugao house (southern strain). A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in church, terminating in axis and intended to house an altar. Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns surrounding the naos. Apse Dipteral In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sun-dried bricks. Ziggurat Cha-sit-su Masjid Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons. Tumuli Japanese tea house. A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for prostration. The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps. Tomb of the pharaohs. Doric The architecture of the curved line is known as ___. The open court in an Italian palazzo. Baroque Cortel Refectory The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window. Tracery The use of ___ for facing walls distinguishes Romanesque architecture in Italy from that of the rest of Europe. The outstanding group of Romanesque is found in ___. Pisa Marble The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college. the ornament itself. Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament. Anthemion Acroterion / Acroterium In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine. The characteristic of Greek ornament. Anthemion Apotheca The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City. 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. Acropolis Antefix (Antefixae) Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome. Pantheon Marble The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple. Amphitheaters are used for ___. An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places. Pteroma Gladiatorial Contests Stoa Marble domains had ample supply of was. Greek architecture was essentially. Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles Propylaea The architectural character of the Romanesque architecture is. St. Sophia, Constantinople Sober and dignified The finest and remaining example of Byzantine architecture. The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is the. Romans achieved huge interiors with the. Columnar trabeated is the. Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks. From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using. Domical roof construction Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls. Parthenon Arch and vault Composite Prytaneion Erich Mendelsohn Walter Gropius Art Noveau Cambodian Van Alen Page 1 of 5
History of Architecture 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 Triangular piece of wall above the entablature. Pediment A line of counterthrusting arches on columns or piers. Plan shape of a Chinese pagoda. Frieze Architrave Parts of an entablature, in order of top to bottom. Cornice Octagonal a blind story. A windowed wall that rises above the roof of adjacent walls that admit light into the In classical architecture, the elaborated beam member carried by the columns. Entablature Tympanum Arcade Architrave In the classical order, the lowest part or member of the entablature; the beam that spans from column to column. The triangular or segmental space enclosed by a pediment or arch. Ziggurat Acanthus Module Triforium Clerestory Structure of wedge-shaped blocks over an opening. Arch The space between the sloping roof over the aisle and the aisle vaulting, so also called interior. A standard, usually of length, by which the proportions of a building are determined. Architect of Manila Hilton Hotel. Finest example of French-Gothic architecture Welton Becket Chartres Cathedral Sacred artificial mountains of Babylon and Assyria. A plant whose leaves form the lower portions of the Corinthian capital. How many stained glass are there in the Chartres Cathedral? 176 Agora is from what architecture? Greek and powerful vaults, and lasting until the advent of Gothic architecture. Romanesque Architect and furniture designer. First registered architect in the Philippines. The public square of imperial Rome. Alvar Aalto Tomas Mapua Forum A roman house with a central patio. Revival of classical Roman style Atrium House Romanesque 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, A decorative bracket usually taking the form of a cyma reversa strap. Console Bema Crypt Semi-palatial house surrounded by an open site. Villa In Greek temples, the equivalent of the crypt is the ___. Aljibe Impluvium Naos The tomb beneath a church. A raised stage reserved for the clergy in early Christian churches. Cheops The three pyramids in Gizeh Chefren Mykerinos The cistern storage of collected rainwater underneath the azotea of the bahay na bato. A shallow cistern or drain area in the center of a house. From the Greek temples, a temple that have porticoes of columns at the front and rear. Memorial monuments of persons buried elsewhere in Roman architecture. "cubicula" or bedroom is from what architecture. From the Greek forms of temple, the three where it lies is known as ___. Roman Crepidoma Amphi-Prostyle Cenotaphs A slight vertical curvature in the shaft of a column. Entasis Agora The very ornate style of architecture developed in the later renaissance period. A multi-storied shrine like towers, originally a Buddhist monument of diminishing size with corbelled cornice and moldings. Baroque Pagoda The convex projecting molding of eccentric curve supporting the abacus of a Doric capital. Pantiles used for Chinese roofings. Echinus Saracenic Architecture S-tiles Greek equivalent of the Roman forum, a place of open air assembly or market. Architect of the national library, Philippines. The xerxes hall of hundred columns was introduced during the Mesopotamian architecture, which palace was it used. Felipe Mendoza Palace of Persepolis Taj Mahal is a building example of what architecture. Different historical styles combined. Architect of TWA airport. The falling water by Frank Lloyd Wright is also known as ___. Kaufman House Eclecticism Eero Saarinen First school which offered architecture in the Philippines. Liceo de Manila Embrasures. Formal architecture, one of the principles of composition. Crenel Balance Bouleuterion A faced without columns or pilaster in renaissance architecture. Art Noveau is known as the international style, in Germany it is known as ___. Less is more. Astylar Jugendstijl Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe Elizabethan Architecture is from what architecture. Art Noveau style first appeared in what structure. U.S. / English Renaissance Tussel House Baroque for of Ornamentation Architect of Robinson's Galleria William Cosculluela Major contribution of the Renaissance Architecture. "A house is like a flower pot" Plan shape of a Japanese pagoda. The most famous structure of Byzantine architecture and notable of its large dome. Square Hagia Sophia Richly carved coffins of Greece and Mesopotamia. Sarcophagus King Zoser's architect who was deified in the 26th dynasty. Imhotep Richard Josef Neutra 13 A special feature of Japanese houses, used to display a flower arrangement or art. Tokonama The council house in Greece. First president and founder of PAS. Juan Nakpil "Modern architecture need not be western". Kenzo Tange Usual number of stories for a Chinese pagoda. Page 2 of 5
History of Architecture 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the poly- chancel and usually flanked by aisles. The covered walk of an atrium. A basin for ritual cleansing with water in the atrium of an early Christian basilica. Cantharus Ambulatory Nave The principal or central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the choir or A recess in a wall to contain a statue or other small items. A tower in the Muslim Mosque used to call people to prayer. A large apsidal extension of the interior volume of a church. Exedra An ornamental canopy of stone or marble permanently place over the altar in a church. A decorative niche often topped with a canopy and housing a statue. Baldachino Tabernacle A term given to the mixture of Christian, Spanish, and Muslim 12th-16th century Bayon Mudejar architecture. Coffers, sunken panels in the ceiling. Niche Minaret Buddha. The Buddhist temple in ancient Cambodia which feature four faces of the compassionate Lacunaria Crocket Abacus Capital Projecting blocks of stone carved with foliage, typical in Gothic architecture. A slab forming the crowning member of the capital. The crowning member of a column. Plinth Chancel Frigidarium A rectangular or square slab supporting the column at the base. A low screen wall enclosing the choir in early Christian church. The cold section of a Roman Bath. Barasoain Church Seraglio Private family apartments in Assyrian palaces. This church in the Philippines is the seat of the Malolos Congress. The palace proper in Assyrian palaces. Holy mountains. Ziggurat Architect of the famous propylaea, Acropolis. Mnesicles Harem Two main classes of temples in Egyptian Architecture. Egyptian temples for ministrations to deified pharaohs. Mortuary and Cult Temples Mortuary Temple The most stupendous and impressive of the rock-cut-temples. The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses II is carved in the pylon of the ___. Favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians. Great Temple, Abu Simbel Palm, Lotus, and Papyrus Great Temple, Abu Simbel Egyptian temples for the popular worship of the ancient and the mysterious gods. Cult Temple The use of monsters in doorways is prevalent in what architecture? Persian Structure whose sides are made to face the four cardinal points. Structure whose corners are made to face the four cardinal points. Ziggurat Pyramid Gymnasium A single line of columns surrounding the Naos. The uppermost step in the crepidoma. Peripteral Stylobate The Greek male statues used as columns. Atlantes A recessed or alcove with raised seats where disputes took place. Exedra Prostyle The lowest step in the crepidoma. A building in Greek and Roman for exercises or physical activities. The three chamber of a Greek temple. Pronaos, Naos, and Epinaos Stereobate Intercolumniation of 2.25 diameters. Eustyle A Greek building that contains painted pictures. Temple with a portico of columns arranged in front. The clear space in between columns. Intercolumniation Pinacotheca Pendentive gonal plan of its supporting structure. A long arcaded entrance porch in an early Christian church. Narthex Pycnostyle intercolumniation has how many diameters? 1.5 Diameters Diastyle intercolumniation has how many diameters. 3 Diameters Intercolumniation of 4 diameters. Areostyle Intercolumniation of 2 diameters. Systyle Odeion Circus Colosseum Wrestling A kindred type to the theater. Roman building which is a prototype of the hippodrome of the Greek. Roman building for which gladiatorial battles took place. What sporting event takes place in the Palaestra? Epidauros A foot race course in the cities. stadium A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front. A temple with 1-4 columns arranged between antae at the front and rear. In Antis Amphi-Antis What orders did the Etruscans and the Romans add making 5 in all? Tuscan and Composite What allowed the Romans to build vaults of a magnitude never equaled till the birth of Use of Concrete steel for buildings. In Greek, it is the Roman prototype of the Thermae. Gymnasium Greek order that has no base. The most beautiful and best preserved of the Greek theaters. Doric Pantheon Forum Romanum Xerxes Artaxerxes The finest of all illustrations of Roman construction. The oldest and most important forum in Rome. Who commenced the 'hall of hundred columns'? Who completed the 'hall of hundred columns'? Callicrates and Ictinus Phidias Lacus Salientes Architects of the Parthenon. Master sculptor of the Parthenon. In Roman fountains, the large basin of water. Spouting jets in Roman fountain. Architect of the Erechtheion. Mnesicles A water clock or an instrument for measuring time by the use of water. The oldest circus in Rome. Circus Maximus The colosseum in Rome also known as the "flavian amphitheater" was commenced by Vespasian / Domitian whom and completed by whom? Clepsydra Page 3 of 5
History of Architecture 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 The prominent feature of the facades in Romanesque Central Italy. Ornamental Arcades The best example of a German Romanesque church with apses at both east and west Worms Cathedral ends. One of the few churches of its type to have survived having a square nave and without Nea Moni cross-arms, roofed by a dome which spans to the outer walls of the building. A tower raised above a roof pierced to admit light. Lantern the covered passage around an open space or garth, connecting the church to the chapter Cloisters house, refectory and other parts of the monastery. Architects of the Hagia Sophia. (St. Sophia, Constantinople) Anthemius and Isidorus The supreme monument of Byzantine architecture. St. Sophia, Constantinople Smallest cathedral in the world. (Byzantine period) Little Metropole Cath., Athens In early Christian churches, the bishop took the central place at the end of the church Apse called ___. The iconoclastic movement during the Byzantine period forbade the use of ___. Statues Type of plan of the Byzantine churches. Centralized One of the best examples of a surviving megaron type of Greek domestic building. In some churches, there is a part which is raised as part of the sanctuary which later Bema developed into the transept, this is the ___. The molding that is often found in the Doric Order. Bird's Beak The wall or colonnade enclosing the Temenos Peribolus Podium Roman large square tiles. The finest of Greek Tombs, also known as the 'tomb of Agamemnon'. Architect of the Temple of Zeus, Agrigentum Architect of the Temples of Zeus, Olympia. Treasury of Atreus Theron Libon The water-leaf and tongue is a usual ornament found in the ___. The Corona is usually painted with the ___. Greek sculptures may be classified as "architectural sculpture, free standing statuary, and the ___". Roman architect of the Greek Temples of Zeus, Olympius. Cossutius Both the regula and the mutule has guttae numbering a total of ___. A quadrigas is a ___. 18 4-horse Chariot Bepidales The private house of the Romans. Roman rectangular temples stood on a ___. A type of Roman wall facing with alternating courses of brickworks. Opus Mixtum Cyma Reversa Key Pattern Sculptured Reliefs Domus House #33 A type of roman wall facing with rectangular block with or without mortar joints. Opus Recticulatum Opus Quadratum A Roman structure used as hall of justice and commercial exchanges. Basilica A type of Roman wall facing which is made of small stone laid in a loose pattern roughly Opus Incertum resembling polygonal work. A type of Roman wall facing with a net-like effect. of straight lines intersecting at right angles, and of various patterns. Fret Figures of which the upper parts alone are carved, the rest running into a parallelopiped or diminishing pedestal. Termini A type of monument erected to support a tripod, as a prize for athletic exercises or Choragic Monument musical competitions in Greek festivals. A type of ornament in classic or renaissance architecture consisting of an assemblage The origin of the door architrave. Timber-enframed Portal The atrium type of house originated with the ___. Etruscans Marble mosaic pattern used on ceilings of vaults and domes. Opus Tesselatum Conceptualized the Corinthian capital. The sleeping room of the 'megaron'. Callimachus Thalamus !5th to 18th century architecture. Renaissance "Form follows function". Louis Sullivan Roman apartment blocks. Insula A building in classic architecture decorated with flowers and plants with water for the Nymphaeum purpose of relaxation. Who began the building of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak? Thothmes I Architect of the Great Serapeum at Alexandria. Ptolemy III The dominating personality who became an ardent disciple of the Italian renaissance Iñigo Jones style. A pillared hall in which the roofs rests on the column in Egyptian temples. Hypostyle Hall The warm room in the Thermae. Tepidarium The Hot room of the Thermae. Calidarium He created the Dymaxion House, "the first machine for living". Tombs built for the Egyptian nobility rather than the royalty. Architect of the Lung Center of the Philippines. George Ramos Buckminster Fuller Rock-Hewn Tombs The cold or unheated pool in the Thermae. Frigidarium The dry or sweating room in the Thermae. The dressing room of the Thermae. Sudatorium Apodyteria Unctuaria Forum East South The room for oils and unguents in the thermae. Orientation of the Roman temple is towards the ___. Orientation of the Greek temple is towards the ___. Orientation of the Etruscan temple is towards the ___. On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are called. Ambo Orientation of the Medieval Church. West The space for the clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from the body of the Cancelli church called ___. Page 4 of 5