Architecture. Зайцева И.В. - 22 стр.

      a) Egypt
      b) Assyria
      c) ancient Rome
3) The Acropolis means ...
      a) upper town
      b) a plat form
      c) a cathedral
4) The Parthenon was built by ...
      a) an anonymous architect
      b) Imhotep
      c) Ictinus and Callicrates
5) The Erechtheum was also designed to serve different ...
      a) architects
      b) cities
      c) cults
6) The Propylae was ... to the Acropolis
      a) a temple
      b) a gateway
      c) a staircase
7) The Doric order has ...
      a) a moulded base
      b) a slim fluted column
      c) a baseless column
8) The Doric order was used in ...
      a) the Erechtheum
      b) the Parthenon
      c) the Propylae
9) The Ionic capitals have ...
      a) large volutes
      b) acanthus leaves
      c) geometrical ornament
10) The Corinthian order was ...
      a) the oldest
      b) the simplest
      c) the most ornate

      2.5 Read the text and tell about the architecture of Residential and Public
Buildings of the Roman Empire

                                     Text 2C

                              Roman Architecture

      Many seeds, derived from early Grecian and Etruscan designs, had already been
sown in Rome. Modern knowledge of Roman architecture derives primary from the
remains scattered throughout the area of the empire. Another source of information is a
vast store of records. Especially important is a book on architecture by the architect