UNIT 1 CLASS TEST ON 16TH – JAN 2018

5 marks
1. Transepts and crossing TOTAL MARKS OUT OF 100
2. Squinch and Pendentives
3. Clerestory and Flying Buttresses
4. Byzantium
5. Greek cross and Latin cross plans
6. Evolution of Basic church form
7. Old St. Peters Basilica
8. Hagia Sophia
9. Byzantine dome

Essay
1. Byzantine Architecture materials used for construction.
2. Romanesque Architecture its evolution and planning principles.
3. Pisa Cathedral
4. Pisa complex
5. Explain the salient features of Early Christian architecture. Elaborate the answer with neat sketches of an
Early Christian churches.
6. Elaborate on the techniques adopted to construct domes in byzantine period taking Hagia Sophia as an
example.
7. Portray the planning principles and characteristics of Romanesque Church architecture through Pisa
Cathedral complex.
8. Explain early Christian and byzantine architecture in planning and construction technology and compare
them.
9. Discuss and compare the architecture and planning of byzantine churches and Romanesque with examples.
10. Elaborate on the techniques adopted to construct domes in byzantine period taking Hagia Sophia as an
example.