AM Terms: Architecture, Sculpture, & Painting

Question 1

Distorting the shape of a column or building to counteract optical illusions is called

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entasis

Question 2

Series of sunken panels in the shapes in a ceiling, dome, or vault, it lightened weight & was decorative

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Coffers

Question 3

Spotted outside The Pantheon! A symbol from Ancient Egypt, a stone pillar with a pyramidal top

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obelisk

Question 4

Relief sculpture is classified by the level to which it projects from its background

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True

Question 5

What is this building called and where is it located?

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Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amun-Re, in Egypt

Question 6

Standard part of Greek architecture, a decorative area above the columns and below the roof line

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Frieze

Question 7

What is this temple called and where is it located?

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Parthenon, on the Acropolis

Question 8

What is this building called and where is it located?

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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, in Egypt

Question 9

In sculpture, any work in which the figures project from a supporting background

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Relief

Question 10

In French, "to trick the eye," it creates an optical illusion of 3D space on 2D surfaces

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Trompe l&#x27;oeil

Question 11

Central public space in ancient Greek city-states, literally meaning "gathering place" or "assembly"

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Agora

Question 12

A round arch, seen here, used by the Romans is also called a

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Barrel arch

Question 13

What is this structure called and what culture is it from?

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Ziggurat, from Mesopotamia

Question 14

Painting done on wet plaster on a wall or ceiling, so the colors penetrate the plaster & become fixed as it dries

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Fresco

Question 15

The top part of a column is called the

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capital

Question 16

The basic structure of a Greek temple is based on what type of construction?

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post and lintel

Question 17

Persian kings ceremonially received in this (equivalent to Greek hypostyle)

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Apadana (audience hall)

Question 18

In a Roman domus, it served as the focus of the house plan, the main room in the public part of the house

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Atrium

Question 19

A horizontal band containing decorative or narrative imagery

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Register

Question 20

What is this building called and where is it located?

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White Temple and Ziggurat, in Ur

Question 21

An interior room with a flat roof supported by many columns is called

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hypostyle hall

Question 22

A "rule" by Polykleitos about ideal mathematical proportions for the parts of the human body in sculpture

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Canon

Question 23

This sculpture demonstrates which of the following with its pose?

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Contrapposto

Question 24

Greek styles of architecture are called

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orders

Question 25

Which Greek order does this building use?

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Ionic

Question 26

Which Greek order does this building use?

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Corinthian

Question 27

Which Greek order does this building use?

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Doric

Question 28

The Winged Victory of Samothrace shows a high level of skill with which technique?

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Wet drapery

Question 29

Section of wall of openings that allowed light & air into the otherwise dark space below, first seen w/ Egyptians

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Clerestory

Question 30

This structure is called a _________ and is used in ______________.

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pylon; Egyptian temples

AM Terms: Architecture, Sculpture, & Painting

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AM Terms: Architecture, Sculpture, & Painting

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