Contemporary Art & Architecture Class Trivia

What is the purpose of an aqueduct bridge?

What is the name for the grotesque birds or beasts that sit on their haunches on a building?

Who are the main characters of the Cretan labyrinth myth?

Art Deco featured common and cheap materials, such as brick, concrete, and stone.

What is one of the best examples of Art Deco skyscraper architecture in New York, and was the headquarters for a car co?

Which is true about Chartres Cathedral Labyrinth?

There is a connection between art and archeology.

What helped Theseus to get through the labyrinth?

The Romans were the first to systematically use ___________ in a wide range of structures.

In Gothic architecture, a ________ is a decorated circular window often glazed with stained glass.

An important element of Roman technology was __________, because the empire was always building new things.

This is a form of Japanese street theater and storytelling that was popular during the Great Depression of the 1930s.

This artist is linked to conceptual and minimalistic movements ("Structures"), and envisioned the 54 columns in Atlanta!

Gargoyles have only 1 function: to divert water away from buildings to reduce erosion damage

To express an emotion, the angles of the eyebrows and the shape of the mouth play the most important role.

This style of architecture is symmetrical and geometric. It represents luxury, and faith in tech progress.

Mazes have one path while labyrinths have multiple paths.

Why is Antarctica considered a continent?

A flying buttress covers a wide space, and is composed of crossed arched ribs.

Greco-Roman, Mesoamerican, Ancient Egyptian, and African elements are found in Art Deco architecture.

The Roman architect Vitruvius, says that a good building has...