Architecture. Зайцева И.В. - 21 стр.

Notes to the text:

porch – портик, крытая галерея
rival – соперник
shaft – столб, стержень
entablature – антаблемент
flute – каннелюра, желобок
fillet – поясок, углубление
volute – волюта, спираль, завиток
mould – облом; профиль; форма; опалубка
pediment – фронтон


       2.4.1 Give English equivalents for the words given below(B) and fill in the gaps
in the following sentences (A):

A 1) The Greek architects tried to discover ... ... rules of form and proportion.
  2) They wanted ... a classically ideal architecture.
  3) The works of the ancient Greek architects have never been ... .
  4) Buildings of the Anthenian Acropolis had no ... in the Greek world.
  5) The architect Mnesicles had to ... the ... conventions of colonnade
    construction to a ... ... site.

B соперник; превосходить; вечно имеющие силу; круто поднимающийся;
создать; строгий; древний; приспособить

     2.4.2 Choose the correct definition (A) from the words given below (B):
A 1) The upper most member of the entablature.
  2) The simplest order of architecture.
  3) The middle part of the entablature.
  4) The spiral scrolls of the Ionic and Corinthian capitals.
  5) The lowest part of the entablature.
  6) A particular style of column with its entablature, having standard details.
  7) The slenderest and most ornate order of Greek architecture.
  8) The upper part of a classical order between the columns and pediment.
  9) The triangular part at the top of front of building

B volutes; order; frieze; the Corinthian; entablature; cornice; pediment; the Doric;
architrave

      2.4.3. Complete the following sentences:
1) The main aim of the ancient Greek architects was ...
      a) to erect huge temples
      b) to discover rules of form and proportion
      3) to built fortresses
2) The Greek derived the column from ...