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In Buddhist architecture, a
monumental structure containing relics
of Buddha or of some Buddhist saint.
a. torus
b. chaitya
c. dagoba
d. stambhas
2. In Buddhist architecture, a
monumental structure containing relics
of Buddha or of some Buddhist saint.
a. torus
b. chaitya
c. dagoba
d. stambhas
3. Architecture that seeks to arrive at
new forms of expression by turning
away from structural restraints and
functional and thematic hierarchies,
and toward often nonrectangular,
fantastic, and seemingly disjointed
designs. Such work often represents
an application of the philosophical
theories of Jacques Derrida in France,
who sought to arrive at new insights in
literature by breaking apart literary
texts into their contradictory and
hidden components of meaning; this
philosophy has been applied in the
late 20th century to architectural
structures.
a. deconstructivist
b. postmodernism
c. structuralism
d. futurism
4. A classical temple having two rows of
free columns, rather than a single row,
surrounding the cella
a. peripteral
b. pseudo-peripteral
c. antis
d. dipteral
d. dentil