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5 Written Questions

1. a wedge-shaped block used in the construction of a true arch
2. a pair of truncated, pyramidal towers flanking the entrance to an Egyptian temple.
3. a technique in which a relief is formed on the front by hammering a metal plate from the back
4. a hall with a roof supported by rows of columns
5. a semicircular niche set into the qibla wall of a mosque

5 Matching Questions

1. frieze
2. hierarchical scale
3. kouros
4. enamel
5. kore

1. a the representation of more important figures as larger than less important ones
2. b an Archaic Greek statue of a standing, draped female
3. c an Archaic Greek statue of a standing nude male
4. d continuous horizontal band of sculptural decoration
5. e a technique in which powdered glass is applied to a metal surface in a decorative design

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. painting technique in which pigment is mixed with wax and applied to the surface while hot
   1. mosaic
   2. enamel
   3. encaustic
   4. caryatid
2. the concave triangular section of a vault that forms the transition between a square or polygonal space and the circular base of a dome
   1. encaustic
   2. pendentive
   3. pediment
   4. entablature
3. images composed of small pieces of colored glass or stone
   1. kore
   2. kouros
   3. mihrab
   4. mosaic
4. banning and destroying images
   1. iconoclasm
   2. repousse
   3. kouros
   4. mosaic
5. a vault formed by the piling of stone blocks in horizontal courses, cantilevered until the two walls meet in an arch
   1. corbelled vault
   2. caryatid
   3. kore
   4. frieze

5 True/False Question

1. caryatid → images composed of small pieces of colored glass or stone
   

   True        False

2. contrapposto → an Archaic Greek statue of a standing nude male
   

   True        False

3. pediment → the triangular section of a temple roof often decorated with sculpture
   

   True        False

4. register → one of a series of rows in a pictorial narrative
   

   True        False

5. entablature → the part of a building above the columns and below the roof
   

   True        False