Art Chapter 13

Front 1

Using steel framework with masonry sheathing, the _____, designed by Louis Sullivan, is thought by many to be the first genuinely modern building.

Back 1

Wainwright building

Front 2

Two factors that decide the success of any structural system are:

Back 2

Weight and tensile strength

Front 3

Stacking and piling is another term for:

Back 3

Load- bearing construction

Front 4

The Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian styles are known as the:

Back 4

Greek orders

Front 5

The Byodo- in Temple in Kyoto, Japan, is an elegant example of:

Back 5

Post and Lintel Architecture

Front 6

The ability of a material to span horizontal distances with a minimum of support is called:

Back 6

Tensile strength

Front 7

Built almost 2000 years ago, the _____ is an editing testament to the Roman use of the arch.

Back 7

Pont due Gard at Nîmes

Front 8

Built for World's Fair in 1889, the _____ was an early experiment in iron construction.

Back 8

Eiffel tower

Front 9

Who was the father of modern american architecture?

Back 9

Frank Lloyd Wright

Front 10

______ is the most famous for his design of the geodesic dome.

Back 10

R. Buckminster Fuller

Front 11

The international style emphasizes:

Back 11

Clean lines, geometric form, and avoidance of superficial decoration.

Front 12

Falling water is a prime example of the "organic" architecture of:

Back 12

Me Corbusier

Front 13

A______ is a horizontal form supported at only one end.

Back 13

Cantilever

Front 14

A dome is generated by rotating_____ 360 degrees about a vertical central axis

Back 14

An arch

Front 15

When a large hall is built using post and lintel construction methods, the resulting "virtual forest of columns" is called a:

Back 15

Hypostyle hall

Front 16

The two basic families of structural systems in architecture are:

Back 16

The shell and the skeleton and skin

Front 17

According to the author,_____ is actually an arch extended in depth, as if there are "many arches placed flush on behind the other".

Back 17

Barrel vault

Front 18

Builders of cathedrals reinforced the walls if their architecture from the outside with:

Back 18

Piers and flying buttresses

Front 19

A flying buttress is an arched exterior support system found on:

Back 19

A Gothic cathedral

Front 20

The Taj Naval was built by the 17th century Moslem emperor for what purpose?

Back 20

As a tomb for his wife

Front 21

The round opening in the come of the pantheon is called a

Back 21

Pendentive

Front 22

The skeleton and skin structure of the crystal palace was designed by ______ in 1851

Back 22

Joseph Paxton