Exersizes

Choose the right verb

1. "De Architecture" ... almost every aspect of architecture.

a) discovered b) proved

c) covered d) knew

2. The Romans ... freely the elements of earlier styles.

a) invented b) built

c) differed d) used

3. The domus ... of suites of rooms grouped around atrium and of peristyle.

a) designed b) consisted

c) made d) added

Choose the right form of the adjective

1. The Pantheon is ... surviving circular temple of antiquity.

a) greater ' b) greatest

c) the greatest d) the greater

2. Among... remaining examples of circular temples are those of Vesta

and Mater Matuta in Rome, Vesta at Tivoli, and Venus at Baalbeck.

a) important b) the most important

c) more important d) most important

3. In front is a porch with an inscription commemorating ... building

of Marcus Agrippa but built with the existing rotunda under the

emperor Hadrian.

a) the earliest b) earlier

c) an earlier d) earliest

Choose the right terms to the following definitions

1. town-house

a) forum b) domus c) basilica

2. a quadrangular court of the Roman house

a) villa b) rotunda c) atrium

3. blocks of flats

a) insulae b) order c) porticos

Give the Russian equivalents

the Roman Empire;

the crown of the dome;

the finest examples;

recessed panels;

around a colonnaded court;

excavations;

separate entrance;

in many respects;

a porch with an inscription;

precious marbles;

faced with travertine;

adjoining rooms;

depended on light;

direct access to the street;

establishments of great

with accommodations for bathers

magnificence;

Match the beginnings of the sentences to their ends

1. Some remains are well a) oroculusatthecrownofthe dome

preserved, and ...

2. "De Architecture" is... b) grouped around atrium

3. The Pantheon is the c) separate entrances with direct access to the street

greatest surviving ...

4. Light is admitted through d) the main source of information on ancient architecture

a central opening...

5. Its 80 entrances were so e) circular temple of antiquity

arranged ...

6. The domus consisted of f) others are known in fragments and by theoretical restoration

suites of rooms...

7. Independent apartments had .. g) that the building could be cleared quickly

Increase your vocabulary. Make your own sentences using these verbs

to derive from

to differ from

to be covered with

to be faced with

to be lined with

to be ornamented with

to consist of

to be built by

to be surrounded by

to be famous for

Explain in English

Roman predilection for spatial composition;

a colonnaded court;

was covered externally with bronze plates;

independent apartments;

the whole is built of concrete

Prove the following statements using the information from the text

1. "De Architecture" by Vitruvius is the source of information on Roman architecture.

2. There were three types of houses in ancient Rome.

3. The Pantheon is the greatest temple of antiquity.

Give the English equivalents

освещать почти все вопросы по архитектуре;

организация линий, поверхностей, масс и объемов в про­странстве;

отличаться от своих предшественников;

античная средиземноморская цивилизация;

группироваться вокруг перистиля;

отверстие в крыше;

примыкающие комнаты;

раскопки в Остии;

неровная поверхность участка;

лестничные пролеты;

метод строительства