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Day 1 - Am (History of Architecture)
Day 1 - Am (History of Architecture)
Day 1 - Am (History of Architecture)
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DAY 1 - AM (HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE)
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195 Questions
1. The columns at the Great Hypostyle Hall of Temple of Amun in Karnak were built taller than the
rest, why?
C To direct people to the inner parts of the temple D To let in subdued light into the temple
2. When the dome and the pendentives are part of the same sphere, the dome is classified as ____.
A Simple B Double
C Complex D Acute
3. One of the most important architecture of the Early Victorian period and designed by Sir Joseph
Paxton.
5. The space for clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall called _____.
A Podium B Nave
C Ciborium D Ambo
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6. The architect of the AEG Turbine Factory, Berlin.
A Iconostas B Rajas
8. Style fashionable in the 1920s and 1930s in industrial design, interior design and architecture. One
of the best known building in this style is the Chrysler Building in New York City.
9. In 1903, architects Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin were tasked to translate Ebenezer Howard’s Idea of a Garden
City. This project known as the First Garden City is located approximately 35 miles from London. It is also called
as_______.
10. It is a term used to describe the work of those architects who prefigured the International and
Fucntionalist Period of the Modern Movement. It is the outward manifestation of a design through
an individual articulation.
A Deconstructivism B Expressionism
C Eclectic D Organic
11. A temple arranged with a single line of columns surrounding the naos is called _____. It is also
having a single row of pillars on all sides in the style of the temples of ancient Greece.
A Dodecastyle B Peristyle
C Peripteral D Apteral
12. The palace proper found in Assyrian palaces called _____.
A Caravanserais B Khan
C Thalamus D Seraglio
14. The church which is half-Gothic, half-Renaissance and known present as S. Maria del Fiore is ____.
A Light B Serene
C Vertical D Heavy
17. The period known as the Early English period of the Gothic style in England and which is less
massive in character and simple in ornament is the _____.
A Rayonnant B Rectilinear
C Parallel D Lancet
18. In Gothic architecture, the upper story of the nave walls rising above the aisle roof which is
pierced with windows is the ______.
19. A style of architecture that seeks to harmoniously unify a building with the surrounding site and
environment.
A Minarets B Columns
22. The torus mold in Egyptian temples were used to cover the _____ of the walls
A Base B Cornice
C Angles D Jambs
23. The earliest form of dwelling developed by man is the ______.
A Tipi B Megaron
24. The ornamental pattern work in stone filling the upper part of a Gothic window is _____.
C Keystone D Tracery
25. The space reserved for the bishop at the end of the church is _____.
A NAVE B APSE
C BEMA D DOME
26. The sunk panels found in the ceiling of Greek temples is the______.
A Lacunaria B Agora
C Metope D Quadrigas
27. It is a term used to describe the work of those architects who prefigured the international and
functionalist period of the modern movement. It is the outward manifestation of a design through
an individual articulation.
A Organic B Brutalism
C Expressionism D Deconstructivism
28. The architect whose works clearly express the principle of functionalism and was called the Father of Modern
Architecture in the USA.
A Pyramid B Ziggurat
33. Walls of the Romanesque churches are relieved by shallow buttresses or pilaster strips, connected
at the top by ____.
C Cornice D Columns
34. Structures which corners were made to face the four cardinal points were the _____.
A Tombs B Pyramid
C Temple D Ziggurat
A Marble B Granite
C Brick D Adobe
A Entasis B Plinth
C Abacus D Echinus
A Calado B Dema
C Aljibe D Dulang
38. He defined architecture as: utilitas, firmitas, venustas - generally translated as utility, firmness, and
delight.
39. An architectural style that rejects the international forms but process playful and stimulating results using unorthodox
and ironic elements in unusual contexts.
A Eclecticism B Deconstructivism
A Tampipi B Bangahan
C Calado D Silid
42. A German design school founded in Weimar in 1906. It became the most important and influential design school of
the 20th Century.
43. A movement initiated by Le Corbusier and characte-rized above all by the use of betonbrut raw, unfinished concrete.
A Brutalism B Classicism
44. The passageway leading to the main vault of the tholos is called ______.
A Dromos B Columbaria
C Stele D Spina
45. The four-seated colossal statues of Rameses III are carved in the façade of the ____.
A Thermae B Laconicum
C Gymnasium D Triclinia
A Durham B Oxford
C York D Guildford
49. The characteristic Renaissance wall that have cut stones with strongly emphasized recess joints
and smooth or roughly textured block faces is ____.
A Arcuated B Trabeated
C Cantilevered D Buttressed
51. It is the period in French Gothic which is characterized by flame-like or free-flowing window
tracery.
A Flamboyant B Rectilinear
C Curvilinear D Arcuated
52. The popularly used column in the Greeks is _____.
A Tuscan B Ionic
C Doric D Corinthian
A Latrina B Entresuelo
C Volada D Alcoba
54. It is very usual in English Gothic cathedrals to include a chapel in honor of the Virgin Mary called
_____.
A Tholos B Assuary
C Mastaba D Pyramid
57. Japanese movement founded in 1960 by a group of architects and city planners. Their aim was to ease urban
congestion and expand cities by adopting innovative types of structure.
A Megastructure B Functionalism
C Modernism D Metabolism
58. The high altar is covered above by a canopy called _____.
A Ambo B Carpet
C Baldacchino D Confession
A Plain B Levered
C Embattled D Battered
A Antefixae B Pediment
C Mutules D Triglyph
62. A recess or alcove with raised seat where disputes took place is the ____.
A Rollock B Niche
C Exedrae D Crest
63. The favorite motifs of design of the Egyptians include the lotus papyrus and ______.
A Feather B Rope
C Scarab D Palm
64. The church in Bohol that contains the biggest number of murals on the walls and ceilings.
A Cortes B Laon
C Jagna D Loboc
65. Principle chamber containing the statue of the god or goddess, with porticoes & collonades.
A Opisthodomos B In-antis
C Naos D Peribolus
67. The only surviving structure of the 1945 war in Intramuros is the _____.
A Tholos B Spina
C Amphitheaters D Skene
A Bouleuterion B Palaestra
C Stoa D Gymnasia
70. Architecture characterized by its style with an emphasis on materials, textures and construction,
producing highly expressive forms
A Expressionism B Functionalism
C Brutalism D Minimalism
71. Barasoain Church. What style was used in the columns as seen in the façade?
A Renaissance B Baroque
C Gothic D Romanesque
72. The traditional Maranao house for the ordinary members of the community is ____.
A Walay B Torogan
C Lamin D Dema
73. A style of decoration in architecture and applied art developed principally in France and Belgium
toward the end of the 19th Century, characterized by organic and dynamic forms, whiplash lines
and curving design.
74. Is a style of visual arts, architecture and design that first appeared in France just before World War
I.
C Neo-classic D Beaux-arts
75. It is the academic architectural style taught in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the
19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorporated Gothic
and Renaissance elements, and used modern materials, such as iron and glass.
C Neo-classic D Beaux-arts
76. It is characterized by grandeur of scale, simplicity of geometric forms, Greek—especially Doric (see
order)—or Roman detail, dramatic use of columns, and a preference for blank walls. The new taste
for antique simplicity represented a general reaction to the excesses of the Rococo style.
C Neo-classical D Beaux-arts
A Cha-sit-su B Tokonoma
C Torei D Masu-gumi
A Embrasures B Astylar
C Bartizan D Cavetto
81. Who created the dymaxion house, the first machine for living?
82. What architectural term is termed to be free from any historical style?
A Baroque B Eclecticism
84. Which is most sacred part of a church or temple, which is a holy and consecrated
place?
A Sanctuary B Shrine
C Transept D Scene
85. What is the spherical roof placed like an inverted cup over a circular, square, or multangular
apartment?
A Conoid B Cupola
C Drum D Cymatium
86. What Asian architecture is so rich in design that “no facet of any structure is left unadorned”?
A Malay B Filipino
C Japanese D Thai
87. What is the second oldest institute of higher education in the Philippines, which boasts of ancient Spanish
architecture?
89. What historic style of architecture contributed architectural moldings such as cyma recta, cyma reversa, ovolo, etc?
A Bzantine B Greek
94. The first plan shape of the St. Peter's Basilica by Bramante.
A Apse B Nave
C Naos D Narthex
97. Is an architectural element typical of early Christian and Byzantine basilicas and churches
consisting of the entrance or lobby area, located at the west end of the nave, opposite the
church's main altar
A Narthex B Naos
C Nave D Apse
98. A semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir, chancel, or aisle of a secular or ecclesiastical
building. First used in pre-Christian Roman architecture, the apse often functioned as an enlarged
niche to hold the statue of a deity in a temple.
A Apse B Narthex
C Nave D Naos
99. is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall,
to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel
A Naos B Nave
C Narthex D Apse
100. Who is the architect of the College of Engineering and College of Liberal Arts at the University of the Philippines?
102. Buddhist architecture shown in rock-cut temples with lavishly carved interiors is a characteristic feature of
______style?
A Japanese B Chinese
C Indian D Filipino
A Byzantine B Greek
C Roman D Egyptian
104. A fundamental element of Islamic art and it is a form of artistic decoration consisting of "surface
decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils" or
plain lines, often combined with other elements.
A Arabesque B Doric
C Romanesque D Gothic
105. Is characterized by a plain, unadorned column capital and a column that rests directly on the
stylobate of the temple without a base.
A Gothic B Doric
C Arabesque D Romanesque
106. Is an architectural style that flourished in Europe from the mid-12th until the 16th century. Its
primary features are the rib vault, flying buttress, and pointed arch. These allowed the
construction of very tall structures filled with a maximum of natural light.
A Arabesque B Doric
C Gothic D Romanesque
107. Is one of the three canonic orders of classical architecture originated in the mid-6th century BC.
This was being practiced in mainland Greece in the 5th century BC.
A Doric B Ionic
C Corinthian D Gothic
108. Is one of the three main classical orders (styles) of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. The
other two are the Doric order and Ionic order. It is the most decorative of the three orders. It has
thin columns that have grooves running vertically up the sides.
A Gothic B Ionic
C Corinthian D Doric
109. In ancient Greek architecture, is a covered walkway or portico, commonly for public use.
A Propylae B Pestle
C Agora D Stoa
110. Is any monumental gateway in ancient Greek architecture.
A Pestle B Agora
C Propylae D Stoa
111. It was a central public space in ancient Greek city-states. It is the best representation of city
form’s response to accommodate the social and political order of the polis. The literal meaning of
the word is "gathering place" or "assembly".
A Pestle B Propylae
C Stoa D Agora
115. Which historic style of architecture first introduced the clerestory (is a high section of wall that
contains windows above eye level)?
A Egyptian B Roman
118. Before recorded history, humans constructed earthen mounds, stone circles, megaliths, and structures that often
puzzle modern-day archaeologists. It includes monumental structures such as Stonehenge, cliff dwellings in the
Americas, and thatch and mud structures lost to time.
A POSTMODERNISM B BAROQUE
119. West Asiatic Architecture flourished & developed in the Twin Rivers “Tigris & Euphrates" which refers to Persia,
Assyria & Babylon.
120. After Constantine moved the capital of the Roman empire to Byzantium (now called Istanbul) in
330 AD, Roman architecture evolved into a graceful, classically-inspired style that used brick
instead of stone, domed roofs, elaborate mosaics, and classical forms.
A MESOPOTAMIA B BYZANTINE
121. A return to classical ideas ushered an "age of awakening" in Italy, France, and England. Andrea Palladio and other
builders looked the classical orders of ancient Greece and Rome. Long after the Renaissance era ended, architects in
the Western world found inspiration in the beautifully proportioned architecture of the period.
A GOTHIC B BYZANTINE
C RENAISSANCE D BAROQUE
122. In Italy, the style is reflected in opulent and dramatic churches with irregular shapes and
extravagant ornamentation. In France, this highly ornamented style combines with Classical
restraint. Russian aristocrats were impressed by Versailles in France, and incorporated ideas in
the building of St. Petersburg. Elements of the elaborate Baroque style are found throughout
Europe.
A GOTHIC B BAROQUE
C BYZANTINE D RENAISSANCE
123. During the last phase of the Baroque period, builders constructed graceful white buildings with
sweeping curves. These buildings are elegantly decorated with scrolls, vines, shell-shapes, and
delicate geometric patterns.
A ROCOCO B BAROQUE
C GOTHIC D RENAISSANCE
124. Known as the New Style, it was first expressed in fabrics and graphic design. The style spread to
architecture and furniture in the 1890s. Buildings often have asymmetrical shapes, arches and
decorative surfaces with curved, plant-like designs.
A NEOCLASSICISM B GOTHIC
125. Is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation.
126. In the early twentieth century, this ideas were applied to modern buildings. Gargoyles, arched windows, and other
medieval details ornamented soaring skyscrapers.
A NEO-GOTHIC B NEOCLASSICISM
127. Zigzag patterns and vertical lines create dramatic effect on jazz-age. Interestingly, many of this
motifs were inspired by the architecture of ancient Egypt.
128. The 20th and 21st centuries have seen dramatic changes and astonishing diversity. Modern-day trends include Art
Moderne and the Bauhaus School coined
by Walter Gropius, Deconstructivism, Formalism, Modernism, and Structuralism.
129. A reaction against the Modernist approaches gave rise to new buildings that re-invented historical details and familiar
motifs. Look closely at these architectural movements and you are likely to find ideas that date back to classical and
ancient times.
C NEO-GOTHIC D POSTMODERNISM
130. The groundbreaking of this school of architecture was founded by William Le Baron Jenney (1832-
1907), along with a number of other innovative American architects.
133. From the given figure, identify the architectural style used?
A Renaissance B Modernism
C Pedestal D Crepidoma
136. Building in acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected is?
A Erechtheion B Parthenon
A Torogan B Dama
C Lamin D Walay
A Islamic B Baroque
C Romanesque D Victorian
A Romanesque B Islamic
C Victorian D Baroque
A Bauhaus B Gothic
C Baroque D Victorian
A Bauhaus B Tudor
C Victorian D Gothic
A Tudor B Gothic
C Bauhaus D Romanesque
143. Architecture Styles:
Key feature: Cubic shapes, primary colours of red, blue and yellow, open floor plans, flat roofs,
steel frames, glass curtain walls.
A Romanesque B Tudor
C Gothic D Neo-classical
A Tudor B Romanesque
C Renaissance D Gothic
A Romanesque B Renaissance
C Gothic D Tudor
A Renaissance B Gothic
C Modernist D Tudor
147. Identify:
A VUOSSOIR B INTRADOS
148. Identify:
C INTRADOS D VUOSSOIR
149. Identify:
C VUOSSOIR D HAUNCH
150. A neolithic culture in china centered around the fertile plains of the yellow river, characterized by
pit dwellings and fine pottery painted in geometric designs.
A yang-shao B mirtang
C yin-yang D shang
151. IDENTIFY C:
The triangular space enclosed by the horizontal and raking cornices of a pediment, often
recessed and decorated with sculpture.
A stylobate B acroterium
C tympanum D pediment
152. IDENTIFY D:
A course of masonry forming the foundation for a row of columns, esp. the outermost colonnade
of a classical temple.
A stylobate B acroterium
C tympanum D pediment
153. IDENTIFY E:
A solid mass of masonry visible above ground level and serving as the foundation of a building,
esp. the platform forming the floor and substructure of a classical.
A acroterium B streobate
C pediment D stylobate
154. A sculptured figure of a man used as a column. Also called telamon.
A stele B caryatid
C bimah D atlas
A stele B atlas
C bimah D caryatid
C PERIPTERAL D DIPTERAL
A Mala-A-Qalai B Torogan
C Mala-A-Qalai D Lawig
C Mala-A-Walai D Torogan
A Torogan B Lawig
168. An outpost of the Bruneian Empire in Luzon and later became the City of Manila.
170. The capital and seat of the Sultanate of Sulu. When it was occupied by the Spaniards in the 1870s they converted the
kota into the world's smallest walled city.
C MALONG D DIONGAL
172. Decorations in Torogan houses which intricate carvings, central beams that serves as intestines of the house.
C MALONG D PANOLONG
173. Decorations in Torogan houses which is bright colored weaves hanging from the rafters to signify privacy.
A PANOLONG B MALONG
174. Decorations in Torogan houses which is a wing-like beam located at the ends of the floor. Its usual motifs or designs
ar Pako Rabong or Fern, Naga or Serpent. These are chiseled and painted with bright colors.
A DIONGAL B MALONG
185. Identify
Philippine Church:
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