Ancient Greek Architecture

Which ancient civilisation did we study the pillar design from?

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient Sumerian

• Ancient Rome

• Ancient Greek

In Ancient Rome, the technique of puzzling tiles together to form a design of their Mythical Characters like, Zeus, Medusa, and other Gods is called (a)   .

Answer explanation

Look under your feet, we are inspired from the technique!

Mosaic has these characteristics:

• Tiles Can be overlapped

• Tiles cannot be overlapped

• There can be holes and big gap space so that the design looks nicer.

• There is neither holes nor big gap space between tiles. The design is fully covered by tiles.

Answer explanation

We will be tripped and fell down if there were gaps and overlapped tiles!

Which of these are the column/ pillar designs that we have learnt?

• Corinthian

• Iconic

• Ionic

• Doric

Choose the Ionic pillar.

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Answer explanation

Ionic has the Wall-E eyes isn’t it?!

Choose the Corinthian pillar.

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Answer explanation

Corinthian pillar looks like it belongs to the royal palace.

Choose the Doric pillar.

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Answer explanation

Doric pillar looks like the graduation hat!