PCC Art History Final Exam Questions & Answers
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Terms in this set (319)
"Art is the organized visual expression of ideas or
PCC Definition of art
feelings."
Who wrote ten books on Vitruvius
architecture?
True/False: Flat ceilings False
are a characteristic of
Romanesque style
Minoan civilization is King Minos
named after
Art communicates... a message
1. Corbel arch
2.Post and lintel
3.Powerful sense of structure
Lion Gate at Mycenae
4.Sole surviving piece of
characteristics
Mycenaean sculpture
5.Largest sculpture in
prehistoric Aegean
1. Landscape architecture
2. Construction materials
What are books 1-5 on 3. Temples (pt. 1)
architecture? 4.Temples (pt. 2)
5.Public places (square, meeting hall, theatre, park,
gym, harbor)
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, Portal meaning Doorway
True/False: St. Mary True
Magdalene Cathedral had
eastern influence
Philosophy definition The love of wisdom
6. Private dwellings
7.Finishes and colors
What are books 6-10 on
8.Water supply
architecture?
9.Sundials and clocks
10. Mechanical engineering
1. Post and lintel
Royal Tomb (Treasury of 2. Beehive shaped dome
Atreus) characteristics 3.Corbel vaulting
4.Tholos (beehive shaped stone tomb)
Biblisophy definition Bible wisdom
Beehive-shaped stone tomb of Mycenaen Greece
Tholos definition roofed by corbel vault and usually built into the side
of a hill
Who said, "In perfect Vitruvius
buildings, the different
members must be in exact
symmetrical relations to
the whole general
scheme."
1. Pointed arches (allows for large windows)
2. Grand tall naves, which swept upward/light interior
3.Flying buttresses
Seven characteristics of
4.Vaulting ceiling
Gothic architecture
5.Rose window and tracery
6.Gargoyles
7. Jamb statues/ornamentation
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Save
Terms in this set (319)
"Art is the organized visual expression of ideas or
PCC Definition of art
feelings."
Who wrote ten books on Vitruvius
architecture?
True/False: Flat ceilings False
are a characteristic of
Romanesque style
Minoan civilization is King Minos
named after
Art communicates... a message
1. Corbel arch
2.Post and lintel
3.Powerful sense of structure
Lion Gate at Mycenae
4.Sole surviving piece of
characteristics
Mycenaean sculpture
5.Largest sculpture in
prehistoric Aegean
1. Landscape architecture
2. Construction materials
What are books 1-5 on 3. Temples (pt. 1)
architecture? 4.Temples (pt. 2)
5.Public places (square, meeting hall, theatre, park,
gym, harbor)
1/11
, Portal meaning Doorway
True/False: St. Mary True
Magdalene Cathedral had
eastern influence
Philosophy definition The love of wisdom
6. Private dwellings
7.Finishes and colors
What are books 6-10 on
8.Water supply
architecture?
9.Sundials and clocks
10. Mechanical engineering
1. Post and lintel
Royal Tomb (Treasury of 2. Beehive shaped dome
Atreus) characteristics 3.Corbel vaulting
4.Tholos (beehive shaped stone tomb)
Biblisophy definition Bible wisdom
Beehive-shaped stone tomb of Mycenaen Greece
Tholos definition roofed by corbel vault and usually built into the side
of a hill
Who said, "In perfect Vitruvius
buildings, the different
members must be in exact
symmetrical relations to
the whole general
scheme."
1. Pointed arches (allows for large windows)
2. Grand tall naves, which swept upward/light interior
3.Flying buttresses
Seven characteristics of
4.Vaulting ceiling
Gothic architecture
5.Rose window and tracery
6.Gargoyles
7. Jamb statues/ornamentation
2/11
