Homework answers / question archive / University of Alabama ARH 252 Art History Quiz 3 1)This skeleton type construction is common in housing developments around Tuscaloosa and the Southeast—   Thomas Jefferson borrowed this architectural feature (among others) from the Roman Pantheon, using it in many of his building designs in Virginia—   This building technique, that supports a horizontal stone with two verticals, can be seen in ancient construction, from Stonehenge to the Parthenon—   Which type of arch, which is made up of stones that are progressively stepped inwards, was used by many ancient cultures, from the Mayans to the Mycenaean’s?— Which of these features, the walls of Gothic cathedrals were not load­bearing, allowing them to have large stained­glass windows—   This feature of Gothic cathedrals allowed them to be built much taller and wider than their Romanesque predecessors—   This extrusion of the rounded arch is a common feature of Romanesque cathedrals—   This kind of shape is mathematically regular and precise—   If an architect wanted to build a large square building with a domed roof, he or she would use this structural feature to transfer the load of the roof, and to smooth the transition of the round dome to the cubed base—     The construction of the sail and wave­like shapes of the Sydney Opera house was possible because of this relatively new building material—  

University of Alabama ARH 252 Art History Quiz 3 1)This skeleton type construction is common in housing developments around Tuscaloosa and the Southeast—   Thomas Jefferson borrowed this architectural feature (among others) from the Roman Pantheon, using it in many of his building designs in Virginia—   This building technique, that supports a horizontal stone with two verticals, can be seen in ancient construction, from Stonehenge to the Parthenon—   Which type of arch, which is made up of stones that are progressively stepped inwards, was used by many ancient cultures, from the Mayans to the Mycenaean’s?— Which of these features, the walls of Gothic cathedrals were not load­bearing, allowing them to have large stained­glass windows—   This feature of Gothic cathedrals allowed them to be built much taller and wider than their Romanesque predecessors—   This extrusion of the rounded arch is a common feature of Romanesque cathedrals—   This kind of shape is mathematically regular and precise—   If an architect wanted to build a large square building with a domed roof, he or she would use this structural feature to transfer the load of the roof, and to smooth the transition of the round dome to the cubed base—     The construction of the sail and wave­like shapes of the Sydney Opera house was possible because of this relatively new building material—  

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4. Which type of arch, which is made up of stones that are progressively stepped inwards, was used by many ancient cultures, from the Mayans to the Mycenaean’s?—
5. Which of these features, the walls of Gothic cathedrals were not load­bearing, allowing them to have large stained­glass windows—

6. This feature of Gothic cathedrals allowed them to be built much taller and wider than their Romanesque predecessors—

7. This extrusion of the rounded arch is a common feature of Romanesque cathedrals—

8. This kind of shape is mathematically regular and precise—

9. If an architect wanted to build a large square building with a domed roof, he or she would use this structural feature to transfer the load of the roof, and to smooth the transition of the round dome to the cubed base—

10. The construction of the sail and wave­like shapes of the Sydney Opera house was possible because of this relatively new building material—