Arts & literature
The “Sculpture and architecture” quiz — Arts & literature. It has 25 questions in five categories: Orders & styles, Stone & bronze, Domes & vaults, Sculptor's craft, Master architects. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which classical Greek architectural order is seen on this capital, adorned with carved acanthus leaves?
What name is given to the large circular stained-glass window on the facade of a Gothic cathedral?
Which 18th-century decorative style…
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Which French sculptor created this monumental bronze group, 'The Burghers of Calais', as well as 'The Gates of Hell'?
What is the name of this ancient Greek marble goddess, found on an Aegean island, crowning a staircase in the Louvre?
Which master of Roman…
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What is the name of this Roman temple, famed for the world's largest unreinforced concrete dome with an open oculus?
What is the name for this exterior masonry arch that transfers the lateral thrust of a Gothic vault to a buttress?
Which Renaissance master engineered…
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In the gameWhat term describes low sculpture relief where forms project less than half their depth from the background plane?
What is the name for this sculpted female figure used as an architectural column or pillar?
Which Italian term describes…
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Which Catalan architect spent over 40 years of his life designing this Barcelona basilica, the Sagrada Família?
Which American pioneer of organic architecture designed this famous residence, Fallingwater, built over a waterfall?
Which Iraqi-British architect, celebrated…
In the gameWhich Swiss-French modernist formulated…
In the gameWhich 16th-century Italian architect…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.