HOA (RANDOM)

• Pyramid


  In Egyptian architecture, the tomb of the pharaohs
• Cheops


  The great pyramid at Gizeh was built during the 4th dynasty by
• Rameses 1


  The beginner of the great hypostyle hall at karnak and the founder of the 19th dynasty
• Marble


  The mineral of greatest importance to Greek architecture of which Greece and her domains had ample supply of
• Columnar trabeated


  Greek architecture was essentially
• Propylaea


  Forming the imposing entrance to the acropolis and erected by the architect Mnesicles
• Parthenon


  The building in the acropolis generally considered as being the most nearly perfect building ever erected
• Arch and vault


  With the use of concrete made possible by pozzolan, a native natural cement, the Romans achieved huge interiors with the
• Composite


  Which of the order was added by the Romans to the orders used by the Greeks
• Domical roof construction


  From the 5th century to the present, the character of Byzantine architecture is the practice of using
• St. Sophia, Constantinople


  The finest and remaining example of Byzantine architecture
• Sober and dignified


  The architectural character of the Romanesque architecture is
• Marble


  Romanesque architecture in Italy is distinguished from that of the rest of Europe by the use of what material for facing walls
• Pantheon


  The most famous and perfect preservation of all ancient buildings in Rome
• Pteroma


  The space between the colonnade and the naos wall in Greek temple
• Gladiatorial Contests


  Amphitheaters are used for
• Stoa


  An ancient Greek Portico, a long colonnaded shelter used in public places
• Acropolis


  The fortified high area or citadel of an ancient Greek City
• Antefix (Antefixae)


  An upright ornament at the eaves of a tile roof, concealing the foot of a row of tiles that cover the joints of the flat tiles
• Acroterion / Acroterium


  Strictly, a pedestal at the corners or peak of a roof to support an ornament, more usually, the ornament itself
• Anthemion


  Also called a 'Honeysuckle' ornament
• Apotheca


  In ancient Greece and Rome, a storeroom of any kind, but especially for storing wine
• Anthemion


  The characteristic of Greek ornament
• Marble


  The use of ___ for facing walls distinguishes Romanesque architecture in Italy from that of the rest of Europe
• Pisa


  The outstanding group of Romanesque is found in
• Refectory


  The dining hall in a monastery, a convent, or a college
• Baroque


  The architecture of the curved line is known as
• Cortel


  The open court in an Italian palazzo
• Tracery


  The ornamental pattern work in stone, filling the upper part of a Gothic window
• Cha-sit-su


  Japanese tea house
• Masjid


  A Muslim temple, a mosque for public worship, also known as place for prostration
• Stupa


  Domical mound containing a relic
• Bale


  Ifugao house (southern strain)
• Ziggurat


  In Mesopotamian architecture, religion called for temples made of sub-dried bricks
• Doric


  The style of the order with massive and tapering columns resting on a base of 3 steps
• Pyramid


  Tomb of the pharaohs
• Tumuli


  Earthen burial mounds containing upright and lintel stones forming chambers for consecutive burials for several to a hundred persons
• Apse


  A semi-circular or semi-polygonal space, usually in church, terminating in axis and intended to house an altar
• Dipteral


  Temples in Greece that have a double line of columns surrounding the naos
• Prytaneion


  Senate house for chief dignitaries in Greek architecture