Art, Chapter 13 Architecture

tensile strength

the ability for a building material to withstand stretching

What is one advantage of reinforced-concrete construction?

An ability to be molded into nearly any shape or form

What structure feature reinforces and supports the outward thrusts of arches from the outside

Buttresses

cast iron

During the mid 19th century the experimental use of a building material allowed for breakthrough in the development of the skeleton-and-skin structure system

bay

In a vaulted church, each rectangular division of space, consisting of one groin vault,

The construction of the Eiffel Tower

Is a quintessential example of skeleton architecture

In a skeleton-and-skin system, what is the support structure of a building?

It is contained inside more fragile outer layers and is generally not visible,

Which types of materials are suitable in the construction of loas-bearing architecture

Stone, Brick, Adobe, Ice blicks

Adobe

Sun dried brick used as an architectural building material

barrel vault

an arch extended in depth

Rose window, Pointed arches, Flying buttresses

architectural elements are characteristic of Gothic style

Ancient Egypt

culture hypostyle halls were relatively dark with only the very too of the load-bearing walls pierced with small windows

The use of the bracket set and the stepped truss system in Eastern architecture

distributes the weight of the roof evenly across a series columns

In architecture an element in compression is being_______, an element in tension is being_____

pushed, pulled

controlled domes

rows of stones that extend over each other until the opening is bridged

Architrave, Frieze, Cornice

the three basic elements of an entablature, Greek temple

steel-frame

used in building skyscrapers, construction uses a metal cage to support a decorative exterior of another material such as glass, masonry, or stone