Art Appreciation Ch. 1-17 NEMCC Mrs.Shinn FINAL
Questions With Complete Solutions
Architecture is the art and science of:
Designing and constructing buildings for practical, aesthetic,
and symbolic purposes
This is an overhanging beam or slab that is extended a
substantial distance beyond a supporting column or wall:
cantilever
One of the world's oldest surviving structures, it consists of large
boulders massed together to form a tomb:
dolmen
An invention of the Romans, this strong, stone-like building
material allowed reduced cost, higher speed of construction, and
building on a massive scale:
concrete
A building technique in which vertical posts or columns support
horizontal beams is called:
post and lintel
In constructing a Roman arch, the keystone is:
The final stone placed in the top of an arch to make it self-
supporting
This American architect was one of the most important in the
20th century and among the first to use open planning in houses.
,He was strongly influenced by Japanese design and a pioneer in
using cantilevered design:
Frank Lloyd Wright
This architectural advance was used in Gothic cathedrals to
allow for higher walls, wider naves, and the addition of large
stained glass windows:
pointed arch
An arch rotated 180 degrees on its vertical axis creates a:
dome
A triangular framework traditionally used to span, reinforce, or
support roofs, it consists of two sloping side bars connected by a
third at the bottom to create a rigid triangle:
Truss
This building in Istanbul, Turkey was constructed by the
Romans and shows the use of concrete in combination with
dome style architecture. It has transformed through the
centuries, beginning first as an Eastern Orthodox Christian
Church, then as a mosque, and finally as a museum today:
Hagia Sophia
This famous architectural structure was created in London in
1851 with prefabricated parts made of cast iron and glass. It was
built in six months and covered nineteen acres:
Crystal Palace
,In Egyptian figurative painting, the technique of combining the
most recognizable angles of a figure into one form is called:
Fractional representation
The special advantage of our ability to conceive mental images
known as __________ and the use of our hands to form these
images sets us apart from other animals:
imagination
This Mesopotamian civilization developed the world's first
writing known as cuneiform:
Sumerian
This well-known Egyptian pharaoh's tomb is the only one
discovered in modern times with most of its contents intact:
King Tut
The area in the Middle East between the Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers whose name means "the land between the rivers" is
known as:
Mesopatamia
This type of rock art carving is made by scratching or pecking
the surface of exposed stone. One of the largest complexes
depicting these types of works is in Northwest Australia:
petroglyph
Ancient Egyptian picture writing which used pictures as
symbols is called:
Hieroglyphics
, Huge platforms or artificial mountains that stood at the center of
each city-state and on which the Sumerians built their temples
were called:
Ziggurats
The pharaoh in Egyptian painting and sculpture appears larger
than all the other figures. When the size of the human figure is
determined by social rank, it is known as:
hierarchic scale
What enabled Egypt to develop distinctive styles of architecture,
painting, and sculpture that remained unchanged for 2500 years?
deserts
The chancellor and architect, Senenmut, designed this well
preserved Egyptian temple that had wide ramps and colonnades
and was cut into the rock cliffs in the Valley of the Kings:
Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
This New Stone Age megalithic structure in England has been
associated with the Druids, as a center for ritual, and as a lunar
temple:
Stonehenge
Early Christian churches were adapted from which type of
building for public worship:
Roman Basilica
The large rock outcropping above the city of Athens that was
covered with sacred temples:
Questions With Complete Solutions
Architecture is the art and science of:
Designing and constructing buildings for practical, aesthetic,
and symbolic purposes
This is an overhanging beam or slab that is extended a
substantial distance beyond a supporting column or wall:
cantilever
One of the world's oldest surviving structures, it consists of large
boulders massed together to form a tomb:
dolmen
An invention of the Romans, this strong, stone-like building
material allowed reduced cost, higher speed of construction, and
building on a massive scale:
concrete
A building technique in which vertical posts or columns support
horizontal beams is called:
post and lintel
In constructing a Roman arch, the keystone is:
The final stone placed in the top of an arch to make it self-
supporting
This American architect was one of the most important in the
20th century and among the first to use open planning in houses.
,He was strongly influenced by Japanese design and a pioneer in
using cantilevered design:
Frank Lloyd Wright
This architectural advance was used in Gothic cathedrals to
allow for higher walls, wider naves, and the addition of large
stained glass windows:
pointed arch
An arch rotated 180 degrees on its vertical axis creates a:
dome
A triangular framework traditionally used to span, reinforce, or
support roofs, it consists of two sloping side bars connected by a
third at the bottom to create a rigid triangle:
Truss
This building in Istanbul, Turkey was constructed by the
Romans and shows the use of concrete in combination with
dome style architecture. It has transformed through the
centuries, beginning first as an Eastern Orthodox Christian
Church, then as a mosque, and finally as a museum today:
Hagia Sophia
This famous architectural structure was created in London in
1851 with prefabricated parts made of cast iron and glass. It was
built in six months and covered nineteen acres:
Crystal Palace
,In Egyptian figurative painting, the technique of combining the
most recognizable angles of a figure into one form is called:
Fractional representation
The special advantage of our ability to conceive mental images
known as __________ and the use of our hands to form these
images sets us apart from other animals:
imagination
This Mesopotamian civilization developed the world's first
writing known as cuneiform:
Sumerian
This well-known Egyptian pharaoh's tomb is the only one
discovered in modern times with most of its contents intact:
King Tut
The area in the Middle East between the Tigris and Euphrates
Rivers whose name means "the land between the rivers" is
known as:
Mesopatamia
This type of rock art carving is made by scratching or pecking
the surface of exposed stone. One of the largest complexes
depicting these types of works is in Northwest Australia:
petroglyph
Ancient Egyptian picture writing which used pictures as
symbols is called:
Hieroglyphics
, Huge platforms or artificial mountains that stood at the center of
each city-state and on which the Sumerians built their temples
were called:
Ziggurats
The pharaoh in Egyptian painting and sculpture appears larger
than all the other figures. When the size of the human figure is
determined by social rank, it is known as:
hierarchic scale
What enabled Egypt to develop distinctive styles of architecture,
painting, and sculpture that remained unchanged for 2500 years?
deserts
The chancellor and architect, Senenmut, designed this well
preserved Egyptian temple that had wide ramps and colonnades
and was cut into the rock cliffs in the Valley of the Kings:
Funerary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut
This New Stone Age megalithic structure in England has been
associated with the Druids, as a center for ritual, and as a lunar
temple:
Stonehenge
Early Christian churches were adapted from which type of
building for public worship:
Roman Basilica
The large rock outcropping above the city of Athens that was
covered with sacred temples:
