According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Greece, a megaron was a rectangular enclosed space used for
  • The distant landscape, home of heroes, gods and mortal man
  • all of the above (correct)sacrifice guests of the king to stay overnight poetry
  • all of the above (correct) a monument to himself and his queen Nefertari a monument to his exploits in war carved completely of solid rock.
  • all the above
Greek architecture reflected societal culture through the overarching concept of
  • the Fertile Crescent
  • nature and geometric proportions
  • b and c, Minoa and Mycenaean
  • proportional relationships
Megalithic tomb at ____________, Carnac, France, ca. 4200 B.C.E. This structure presents an early example of corbeled construction, in which stones are laid without mortar in layers, with each course projecting slightly beyond the previous one, to enclose space.
  • shikhara
  • Catal Huyuk
  • Er-Mane
  • stupa
This diagram illustrates the ____________ where the traditional practice of placing stones and earth over the graves of distinguished people evolved into the construction of a hemispherical form that incorporated the cosmological associations of a circle (in plan), the world-mountain and dome of the heavens, and the vertical world axis.
  • the earth (or ground), the celestial rotation of the planets and the heavens
  • Catal Huyuk
  • the Fertile Crescent
  • origin of the stupa
Hindu temple designs are based on symbolic forms derived from
  • nature and geometric proportions
  • at the meeting of four roads
  • proportional relationships
  • the sacred mountain
Buildings at_____________ abut one another, forming a continuous grouping broken occasionally by open courts. The buildings represent a mixture of dwelling houses, workshops, and shrines, all which were accessed from roofttops
  • Panathenaic Way
  • Catal Huyuk
  • shikhara
  • stupa
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Egypt, the Temple complex at Abu Simbel created by Pharaoh Ramesses II in the 13th century BC was
  • all of the above (correct) a monument to himself and his queen Nefertari a monument to his exploits in war carved completely of solid rock.
  • all the above
  • at the meeting of four roads
  • all of the above (correct)sacrifice guests of the king to stay overnight poetry
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Egypt, a BENBEN stone is named after the
  • all of the above (correct)sacrifice guests of the king to stay overnight poetry
  • a and c (correct answer) first mound to emerge from the water the location on which the first rays of the sun fell
  • all of the above (correct) a monument to himself and his queen Nefertari a monument to his exploits in war carved completely of solid rock.
  • b and c, Minoa and Mycenaean
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Ancient India and Asia, the Buddha himself specified that the tomb of a Buddha should be built
  • at the meeting of four roads
  • the Fertile Crescent
  • Panathenaic Way
  • b and c, Minoa and Mycenaean
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Greece, the ultimate backdrop of any Greek play was
  • the Fertile Crescent
  • The distant landscape, home of heroes, gods and mortal man
  • all of the above (correct)sacrifice guests of the king to stay overnight poetry
  • at the meeting of four roads
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Ancient India and Asia, the________ derives its form and primary meaning from the primitive funerary cairnor tumulus erected over the mortal remains of distinguished persons.
  • shikhara
  • the Fertile Crescent
  • Panathenaic Way
  • stupa
The exterior form of the Hindu temple is a symbol of
  • the earth (or ground), the celestial rotation of the planets and the heavens
  • the sacred mountain
  • 14,000 seats
  • nature and geometric proportions
This diagram illustrates the fundamental basis for most Hindu temples:
  • a and c (correct answer) first mound to emerge from the water the location on which the first rays of the sun fell
  • all of the above (correct)sacrifice guests of the king to stay overnight poetry
  • the earth (or ground), the celestial rotation of the planets and the heavens
  • The distant landscape, home of heroes, gods and mortal man
According to Professor Tilson's lecture on Acient India and Asia, the Lingaraja temple in Bhubaneshawar is organized around a "world axis" that connects heaven and earth. From the exterior this axis is realized in a tower called a
  • shikhara
  • stupa
  • the Fertile Crescent
  • Panathenaic Way
The shown above is an example of how New Kingdom pharaohs arranged for their bodies to be buried in concealed tombs in the Valley of the Kings (behind these cliffs) where priests guarded against robbers
  • b and c, Minoa and Mycenaean
  • the Fertile Crescent
  • Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple
  • at the meeting of four roads
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