Architecture miscellany
If an architect wanted to build a large square building with a domed roof, he or she would use this structural feature to transfer the load of the roof.
pendentive
The Bull-leapers fresco from Knossos is ________ scene.
an acrobatic
It was possible to decipher hieroglyphs because of the ________.
Rosetta stone
Who developed a canon of harmonious proportions to be used for the portrayal of the ideal human body in sculpture?
Polykleitos
The Dome of the Rock is located in ________.
Jerusalem
The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal to ________.
commemorate and entomb his wife
The Sumerian Standard of Ur shows scenes of:
peace and war
Metopes are an element of which architectural order?
Doric
In black-figure painting on Greek pots, the background is ________.
red
The structure of Romanesque churches recalls architectural elements from ________.
ancient Rome
The Taj Mahal features four towers, each 162 ft. high, called ________, a characteristic feature of Islamic architecture.
minarets
A lamassu is a ________.
guardian beast
The Parthenon that still stands today in Athens was built after the city was invaded in 480/479 BCE by the:
Persians
The small pieces of glass that make up mosaics are called ________.
tesserae
The architects of the Renaissance looked to the _______ for their inspiration.
Greeks and Romans
The written language used by the ________ is hieroglyphics.
Egyptians
Carvings of acanthus leaves are found on the top of which kind of columns?
Corinthian
The Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy, is from this period.
Byzantine
Styles of art and architecture that were inspired by the Greeks and Romans are referred to as ________.
Classical
This building material is a mixture of cement and ground stone.
concrete
An Archaic Greek sculpture portraying a nude male is called ________.
kouros
What is the medium used for the depiction of Theodora and Attendants in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy
mosaic