HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE 1

Single upright stones, also known as menhirs, a well-known example 63 feet high, 14 feet in diameter, and weighing 260 tons, being at Carnac, Brittany. Another example is at Locmariaker, also in Brittany

• Monolith/Menhir

• Dolmen

• Cromlech

• Stone Henge

In Egyptian Architecture, the tomb of the Pharaohs is the?

• Stupa

• Pyramid

• Mastaba

• Tumuli

Greek Architecture was essentially?

• Arch and Vault

• Columnar and Trabeated

• Ribbed and Panelled Vaulting

• Domical Roof Construction

Dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, the gate was constructed using a rare blue stone called lapis lazuli with alternating rows of bas-relief mušḫuššu (dragons) and aurochs.

• Ishtar Gate

• Ziggurat

• Hanging Garden of Babylon

• Palace of Sargon

In Egyptian architecture, Mastaba consist of _________ a room where the statue of the dead person is kept.

• Serdab

• Chapel

• Burial Chamber

• Sarcophagus

The Great Pyramid of Gizeh was build during the 4th dynasty by?

• Cheops

• Senusret

• Zoser

• Amenemhat

One of the most stupendous creations of Egyptian architecture, and was entirely excavated out of the solid rock.

• The Great Temple of Abu-Simbel

• Temple of Sethos

• Luxor Temple

• Temple of Knos

In Roman innovation ______ order that is combined elements of both the Ionic and Corinthian.

• Composite

• Ionic

• Tuscan

• Corinthian

The simplest and sturdiest of the three orders in Greek Architecture. Its tapering columns rest directly on the stylobate.

• Doric

• Ionic

• Corinthian

• Tuscan

In Egyptian architecture, ________ where the dead body was placed

• Serdab

• Chapel

• Burial Chamber

• Sarcophagus