ARCH 141 - Architecture and Society I (Final Exam) Study Guide
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ARC 141
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ARC 141
Propylaea Gate (patron) Correct Answer-Mnesicles
Propylaea Gate (year) Correct Answer-437-432 BC
Erechtheion (year) Correct Answer-421-405 BC
caryatids Correct Answer--columns shaped like women
-initially at the Erechtheion ("caryatid porch")
Hellenistic Correct Answer--Greek art that ...
ARCH 141 - Architecture and Society I (Final Exam)
Study Guide
Propylaea Gate (patron) Correct Answer-Mnesicles
Propylaea Gate (year) Correct Answer-437-432 BC
Erechtheion (year) Correct Answer-421-405 BC
caryatids Correct Answer--columns shaped like women
-initially at the Erechtheion ("caryatid porch")
Hellenistic Correct Answer--Greek art that began to display greater
emotion , variety and movement
-followed the conquests of Alexander the Great (336-323 BC)
Temple of Apollo (location) Correct Answer-Didyma (present-day
Turkey)
Temple of Apollo (designed by) Correct Answer-Paeonius and Daphnis
Temple of Apollo (year) Correct Answer-c. 300 BC
Etruscans Correct Answer--used perishable construction materials
-incorporated "true arch" into architecture
,-pre-Roman
SPQR Correct Answer-"Senated People of Rome" (Latin)
"De Architectura"/The Ten Books of Architecture (author) Correct
Answer-Vitruvius
"De Architectura"/The Ten Books of Architecture (year) Correct
Answer-c. 20 BC
"De Architectura"/The Ten Books of Architecture Correct Answer--
provided invaluable insights into ancient Roman architectural practice
and theory
-greatly influential on the architecture of Renaisssance and later periods
roman concrete Correct Answer--tremendous architectural breakthrough
-combined with vaulting possibilities of the arch
-allowed Romans to build some of the most remarkable structures they
ever create
Forum and Markets of Trajan (architect) Correct Answer-Apollodorus
Forum and Markets of Trajan (year) Correct Answer-c. 107-112 BC
Colosseum (patron) Correct Answer-Vespasian
, Colosseum (year) Correct Answer-75-80 AD
Pantheon (patron) Correct Answer-Hadrian
Pantheon (year) Correct Answer-c. 118-128 AD
Baths of Caracalla (patron) Correct Answer-Caracalla
Baths of Caracalla (year) Correct Answer-212-216 AD
Pantheon Correct Answer--use of "relieving arches" and different
concrete composition throughout dome
-"oculus": circular sky light
castrum Correct Answer--basic military camp plan that Roman's
generally used in planning new towns
-composed of a square, fortified grid plan
-primary N/S street and E/W street
-forum near intersection of N/S and E/W streets
cardo Correct Answer--N/S street in castrum plan
decumanus Correct Answer--E/W street in castrum plan
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