Arch 249- Final Exam Questions and
Monuments-Questions and Answers
2026 Updated.
Stone Henge England Culture and Society - Answer
Stone Henge, England Architect - Answer It is unknown who was the architect of this site
Stone henge England Purpose/Function - Answer It was a grave
Stonehenge, England- Materials - Answer concentric rings of stones, local sandstone (Sarsen)
and blue stone from Wales(this was thought to be weird)
Stone Henge England symbolism - Answer - it was a astronomical computer for predicting
eclipses and solar events
- a place where ancestors were worshipped and a place of healing
Temple of Amun, Karnak Time period - Answer 15th- 13th centuries BCE New Kingdom Period
Temple of Amun, Karnak Architect - Answer - aligned east to west,
- entrances marked by pylons, symbolic of eastern mountain, passage of the sun and source of
rebirth
-hypostyle hall, with 134 columns
-illuminatd by clerestory with grilles in place of windows
- the columns in the center are 69 feet high with papyrus flower capitals side columns are 42
feet with bud capitals
- sunken relief sculptures on columns, showing pharaoh making an offering to the god Osiris
Temple of Amun Purpose and benefactor - Answer
Treasury of Atreus, Myceane Greece, time period - Answer Late Helladic ro Myceanean Period,
1330- 1250
Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae features - Answer corbeling arch with relieving triangle above
door
- corbeled dome- largest dome structure until Roman period
, - tholos tomb
-was a beehive tomb
- ashlar masonry
-corbeling
- megalithic construction
Parthenon, Athens Greece, features - Answer -Elevations of the two main architectural orders:
Doric and Ionic
-Typical plan of a greek peripteral temple
- normal 6 x 13 columns proportions
-entrance was on the front- on the east
-2x+1=y
Parthenon, Athens Greece, patron or sponsor - Answer Sponser- Perikles
Architects: Iktinos and Kallitrates
Master Sculpter:
Phelidias
Parthenon, Athens Greece, time period - Answer Classical period
447-432
Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 125 CE, Time period - Answer Roman high imperial period
Panthon, Rome, Italy - Features - Answer - Interior divided into three zones
- opening at the top is an oculus
dome with coffers diminishing in size and depth
-attic with decorated facade
-Corinthian columns and interior niches at ground level
-Light plays a symbolic part on the equinox and on april 21st( the day rome became rome)
-rotunda shaped cella
-hemispherical concrete dome resting upon a cylindrical drum
Panthon, Rome, Italy - architect- other features - Answer - the architect is unknown however it
is thought to be either Hadrian or Apollodorus,
-Inscripted on the front is "Marcus Agrippa made it"
Monuments-Questions and Answers
2026 Updated.
Stone Henge England Culture and Society - Answer
Stone Henge, England Architect - Answer It is unknown who was the architect of this site
Stone henge England Purpose/Function - Answer It was a grave
Stonehenge, England- Materials - Answer concentric rings of stones, local sandstone (Sarsen)
and blue stone from Wales(this was thought to be weird)
Stone Henge England symbolism - Answer - it was a astronomical computer for predicting
eclipses and solar events
- a place where ancestors were worshipped and a place of healing
Temple of Amun, Karnak Time period - Answer 15th- 13th centuries BCE New Kingdom Period
Temple of Amun, Karnak Architect - Answer - aligned east to west,
- entrances marked by pylons, symbolic of eastern mountain, passage of the sun and source of
rebirth
-hypostyle hall, with 134 columns
-illuminatd by clerestory with grilles in place of windows
- the columns in the center are 69 feet high with papyrus flower capitals side columns are 42
feet with bud capitals
- sunken relief sculptures on columns, showing pharaoh making an offering to the god Osiris
Temple of Amun Purpose and benefactor - Answer
Treasury of Atreus, Myceane Greece, time period - Answer Late Helladic ro Myceanean Period,
1330- 1250
Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae features - Answer corbeling arch with relieving triangle above
door
- corbeled dome- largest dome structure until Roman period
, - tholos tomb
-was a beehive tomb
- ashlar masonry
-corbeling
- megalithic construction
Parthenon, Athens Greece, features - Answer -Elevations of the two main architectural orders:
Doric and Ionic
-Typical plan of a greek peripteral temple
- normal 6 x 13 columns proportions
-entrance was on the front- on the east
-2x+1=y
Parthenon, Athens Greece, patron or sponsor - Answer Sponser- Perikles
Architects: Iktinos and Kallitrates
Master Sculpter:
Phelidias
Parthenon, Athens Greece, time period - Answer Classical period
447-432
Pantheon, Rome, Italy, 125 CE, Time period - Answer Roman high imperial period
Panthon, Rome, Italy - Features - Answer - Interior divided into three zones
- opening at the top is an oculus
dome with coffers diminishing in size and depth
-attic with decorated facade
-Corinthian columns and interior niches at ground level
-Light plays a symbolic part on the equinox and on april 21st( the day rome became rome)
-rotunda shaped cella
-hemispherical concrete dome resting upon a cylindrical drum
Panthon, Rome, Italy - architect- other features - Answer - the architect is unknown however it
is thought to be either Hadrian or Apollodorus,
-Inscripted on the front is "Marcus Agrippa made it"
