CTD 321 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How is calligraphy used in Islamic design - Answers - Used in art & writing as a motif
(no faces)
Why do Egyptian houses have small high windows - Answers - Keeping cool and
ventilated
Why do Egyptian chairs have the legs sitting on "drums" - Answers - so symbolic chair
would not rest on the dirt.
What is the blue and white ceramic used in Islam design called - Answers - iznik
What was the signature product of Islamic culture - Answers - carpet
Which design culture does the key hole arch belong to - Answers - Islam
7. The inlay of metal into metal in Islamic design is called what - Answers -
damascening
The quality of a carpet is not based on the type of knot but rather the - Answers -
Density
Which culture used their artifacts to placate spirits or confuse them - Answers - African
What do we use to study the history of interior design - Answers - Motif and ornament
Which culture used the repeating cycles and patterns of nature in the stylized
decoration/ motif and ornament of their material culture - Answers - (Trick question)
Egyptian and Islamic
Which culture had a dry climate that preserved artifacts for study - Answers - Egyptian
Which culture used the Book of the Dead - Answers - Egyptian
Which cultures used a yoke for sleeping - Answers - African and Egyptian
What is the x-form - Answers - Basic furniture for of a stool
Which culture advocated that self expression was not necessary to produce good art -
Answers - African
How is calligraphy used in Islamic design - Answers - Used in art & writing as a motif
(no faces)
Why do Egyptian houses have small high windows - Answers - Keeping cool and
ventilated
Why do Egyptian chairs have the legs sitting on "drums" - Answers - so symbolic chair
would not rest on the dirt.
What is the blue and white ceramic used in Islam design called - Answers - iznik
What was the signature product of Islamic culture - Answers - carpet
Which design culture does the key hole arch belong to - Answers - Islam
7. The inlay of metal into metal in Islamic design is called what - Answers -
damascening
The quality of a carpet is not based on the type of knot but rather the - Answers -
Density
Which culture used their artifacts to placate spirits or confuse them - Answers - African
What do we use to study the history of interior design - Answers - Motif and ornament
Which culture used the repeating cycles and patterns of nature in the stylized
decoration/ motif and ornament of their material culture - Answers - (Trick question)
Egyptian and Islamic
Which culture had a dry climate that preserved artifacts for study - Answers - Egyptian
Which culture used the Book of the Dead - Answers - Egyptian
Which cultures used a yoke for sleeping - Answers - African and Egyptian
What is the x-form - Answers - Basic furniture for of a stool
Which culture advocated that self expression was not necessary to produce good art -
Answers - African
