When a large hall is built using post-and-lintel construction methods, the resulting "virtual forest of columns" is called a:
A. nave.
B. barrel vault.
C. hypostyle hall.
D. groin vault.
E. portico.
C
The term hypostyle comes from the Greek for "beneath columns."
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The work in which Satan is represented as an example of moral ambiguity is
a. Dante's Divine Comedy. b. the Christian Bible. c. Machiavelli's The Prince. d. Milton's Paradise Lost.
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The artist Delaunay shared with Futurism a fascination with ____
a. technological innovation b. architectural design c. universal potential of art d. collage elements
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