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Class COMPRE
EXAM FINALS MIDTERMS
Status Not started
Subject HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
MEGALITH - What do you call the large stone that has been used to
construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other
stones.
HOGAN - Primitive Indian structure of joined logs.
CUNEIFORM - Wedge-shaped writing and was a great achievement
because it allowed information to be transferred from place to place with
accuracy.
APADANA - Also knows as the Audience Hall of Persepolis, belongs to the
oldest building phase of the palace complex
HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON - A series of irrigated ornamental
gardens planted on the terraces of the Citadel, the palace complex in
ancient Babylon: regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
LAMASSU - A monumental stone sculpture of human headed, winged bulls
or lions that guarded the entrances to the Mesopotamian palaces and
temples
PYRAMID OF KHAFRE - The pyramid in Gizeh near the Great Sphinx
GREAT TEMPLE OF AMMON - The temple dedicated to Amun, the Egyptian
god of sun and air, but also a place for ancient Egyptians to worship Osiris,
Isis, and Ptah, making it one of the most sacred landmarks in the country.
EGYPTIAN GORGE - A characteristic cornice of Egyptian buildings,
consisting of a large cavetto decorated with vertical leaves and a roll
molding below
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, SERDAB - A small chamber inside the mastaba containing the statue of the
deceased
SYRINX - A narrow rock-cut corridor in an ancient Egyptian temple
AVENUE OF SPHINXES- These are rows of monsters (body of lion, head of
man, hawk, ram). It usually leads to a monument
CAUSEWAYS - A raised passageway ceremonially connecting the valley
temple with an ancient Egyptian pyramid
IMHOTEP - He is considered to have been the architect of the step pyramid
of Djoser built at the necropolis of Ṣaqqārah in the city of Memphis.
GREAT TEMPLE OF ABU-SIMBEL - An example of rock-cut temple with 4
rock-cut colossal statues of Rameses sitting over 20 m high
PYLON - A monumental gateway to an ancient Egyptian temple, consisting
either of a pair of tall truncated pyramids and a doorway between them or
of such masonry mass pierced with a doorway, often decorated with
painted reliefs.
PERISTYLE - Greek dwelling-type whose open courtyard is surrounded by
colonnades on all sides, often more luxurious
ACROPOLIS - The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek city.
ABACUS - The flat slab forming the top of a column capital, plain in the
Doric style, but molded or otherwise enriched in other styles
NECROPOLIS - A historic burial ground, esp. a large, elaborate one of an
ancient city.
PROPYLAEA - A monumental gateway to a sacred enclosure, fortification,
town or square.
TEMENOS - The sacred area or enclosure a classical Greek temple
STYLOBATE - A course of masonry forming the foundation for a row of
columns, esp. the outermost colonnade of a classical temple
DIPTERAL - Double line of columns surrounding naos
ANGRON - A Men’s dining room where social events with food and wine
held
PROSTYLE - In classical architecture, referring to a temple or building
which has a row of columns carrying a portico in front of the main entrance,
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Class COMPRE
EXAM FINALS MIDTERMS
Status Not started
Subject HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE
MEGALITH - What do you call the large stone that has been used to
construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other
stones.
HOGAN - Primitive Indian structure of joined logs.
CUNEIFORM - Wedge-shaped writing and was a great achievement
because it allowed information to be transferred from place to place with
accuracy.
APADANA - Also knows as the Audience Hall of Persepolis, belongs to the
oldest building phase of the palace complex
HANGING GARDENS OF BABYLON - A series of irrigated ornamental
gardens planted on the terraces of the Citadel, the palace complex in
ancient Babylon: regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
LAMASSU - A monumental stone sculpture of human headed, winged bulls
or lions that guarded the entrances to the Mesopotamian palaces and
temples
PYRAMID OF KHAFRE - The pyramid in Gizeh near the Great Sphinx
GREAT TEMPLE OF AMMON - The temple dedicated to Amun, the Egyptian
god of sun and air, but also a place for ancient Egyptians to worship Osiris,
Isis, and Ptah, making it one of the most sacred landmarks in the country.
EGYPTIAN GORGE - A characteristic cornice of Egyptian buildings,
consisting of a large cavetto decorated with vertical leaves and a roll
molding below
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, SERDAB - A small chamber inside the mastaba containing the statue of the
deceased
SYRINX - A narrow rock-cut corridor in an ancient Egyptian temple
AVENUE OF SPHINXES- These are rows of monsters (body of lion, head of
man, hawk, ram). It usually leads to a monument
CAUSEWAYS - A raised passageway ceremonially connecting the valley
temple with an ancient Egyptian pyramid
IMHOTEP - He is considered to have been the architect of the step pyramid
of Djoser built at the necropolis of Ṣaqqārah in the city of Memphis.
GREAT TEMPLE OF ABU-SIMBEL - An example of rock-cut temple with 4
rock-cut colossal statues of Rameses sitting over 20 m high
PYLON - A monumental gateway to an ancient Egyptian temple, consisting
either of a pair of tall truncated pyramids and a doorway between them or
of such masonry mass pierced with a doorway, often decorated with
painted reliefs.
PERISTYLE - Greek dwelling-type whose open courtyard is surrounded by
colonnades on all sides, often more luxurious
ACROPOLIS - The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek city.
ABACUS - The flat slab forming the top of a column capital, plain in the
Doric style, but molded or otherwise enriched in other styles
NECROPOLIS - A historic burial ground, esp. a large, elaborate one of an
ancient city.
PROPYLAEA - A monumental gateway to a sacred enclosure, fortification,
town or square.
TEMENOS - The sacred area or enclosure a classical Greek temple
STYLOBATE - A course of masonry forming the foundation for a row of
columns, esp. the outermost colonnade of a classical temple
DIPTERAL - Double line of columns surrounding naos
ANGRON - A Men’s dining room where social events with food and wine
held
PROSTYLE - In classical architecture, referring to a temple or building
which has a row of columns carrying a portico in front of the main entrance,
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