2.2 Early Christian-Byzantine
2.2 Early Christian-Byzantine
2.2 Early Christian-Byzantine
History of Architecture
A
MODULE
2
Classical Architecture and
the Western Succession
Early
Christian
Early Christian (200-1025)
▪ The final phase of Roman architecture.
▪ Christianity became the state religion.
▪ House-churches, early venue for religious practices.
▪ Roman basilica form was adopted as the ground
plan for most churches: rectangular plan and a nave
with two side aisles.
▪ Basilican churches were constructed over the
burial place of a saint.
▪ Facades faced west.
BASILIC
A
Basilica Papale San Paolo fuori le
Mura.
▪ Apse,
sanctuary.
▪ Bema, stage for
clergy
▪ Altar, under the
baldacchino
▪ Nave, central
aisle
▪ Atrium, forecourt
▪ Narthex, for
the penitents
▪ Choir, enclosed by
a cancelli
▪ Ambo, pulpit
EARLY CHRISTIAN:
TERMINOLOGY ORATORY – a small private chapel
AMBULATORY – a passageway furnished w/ an altar and a crucifix
around the apse of church REREDOS – an ornamental screen
ANTEPODIUM – a seat behind the choir or
reserved for the clergy wall at the back of an altar
BEMA – a stage reserved for the clergy TRANSEPT –the portion of a church
CHEVET – the apse, ambulatory, & crossing the main axis at the right
radiating terminal of a church angle & forming a cruciform plan
CLERESTOREY – an upper stage in the TRIBUNE – a slightly elevated
church w/ windows above the adjacent platform or dais for the speaker
roof TRIFORIUM – roof over the aisles
CLERGY – priest with the religious elders below the clerestorey
DAIS – a raised platform reserved for the SEPULCHER – a tomb or a
seating of speakers or dignitaries receptacles for relics especially in a
Christian altar
1apse
15northern aisle, gospel side,
2cathedra, bishop’s throne
women’s side
3 synthronos, synthronon
16southern aisle, epistle side,
(podium or benches)
men’s side
5bema, altar platform
17 side chapel
6solea (raised floor, used by
18 sacristy, vestry, revestry,
the clergy) vestiary
7 choir screen 20exonarthex
8apsidiole (secondary apse) 21 belltower
10 choir, schola cantorum 22 cloister
11 cancelli 23atrium, atrium paradisus,
12 gospel ambo paradise
13 epistle ambo 24prothyron (space in front of the
14 nave entrance)
Dosseret. A thickened abacus or supplementary capital set above a column capital to receive the thrust of an
arch; also called a pulvin, impost block or supercapital.
Byzantine capitals.
Basilica di
San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy.
Hagia Sophia (prior to addition of minarets), Constantinople (now Istanbul), Turkey, 532–537 AD,
architect Anthemios of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus.
St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow, Russia. Designed by Postnik Yakovlev and Ivan
Romanesque
Architecture
Romanesque (800-1180)
▪ "Roman-like”
▪ Heavy articulated masonry construction with
narrow openings, round arches, barrel vaults,
introduction of central and western towers, and
sparse ornament.
▪ Churches gradually changed to cross-shaped plans
formed by wings called transepts and the choir.
▪ known in England as Norman architecture.
Character of Romanesque Architecture
Rib & Panel Vaulting - framework of ribs support thin stone
panels
Use of Massive wall structures , Round Arches & Powerful
Vaults
Latin Cross Plan in churches
Thick Walls
Rose Windows
The cathedral complex of Pisa; Tuscany, Italy.
ROMANESQUE: EXAMPLES
BAPTISTERY
designed by Dioti Salvi
39.3 m circular plan in diameter
Built of marble
largest Baptistery in Italy
The lower part is 12th century
Romanesque (with round arches)
and the upper parts are
predominantly 13th century Gothic
(with pointed arches)
ROMANESQUE: EXAMPLES
CAMPANILE
a circular structure 52 feet in
diameter
ornamented with eight stories of
arcades
During its erection the foundations
gave way, thus causing the tower to
lean about 11 feet from the vertical
Architect: Bonanno Pisano
ROMANESQUE: EXAMPLES
CAMPANILE
The cathedral complex of Pisa
▪ Cathedral
▪ Baptistery
▪ Campanile
▪ Camposanto
A cemetery surrounded by
a colonnade.
Plan, Cathedral of Pisa.
SOUTH FRANCE. Notre Dame du
The 13th-century Romanesque cathedral in Ruvo di Puglia, Italy.
SPAIN. Santiago de
SPAIN. Loarre
ENGLAND. Durham
ENGLAND. Worcester
ENGLAND. Canterbury Cathedral.
1 apse
17atrium, atrium paradisus,
2 choir bay
paradise
3 presbytery
18 cloister
6crossing (crypt of Virgin
20baptistery (chapel of John
Mary)
the Baptist)
7 transept
21singers' gallery, minstrel
9 altar screen
gallery
11 nave
23 imperial choir,
12 aisle
capella imperialis
13 narthex
Abbey
A community of monks overseen by an
abbot, or of nuns by an abbess; also
the main buildings of this community.
ENGLAND. Fountains Abbey;
ENGLAND. Windsor Castle.
ROMANESQUE:
TERMINOLOGY
Motte – a steep mound of earth surrounded by a ditch and
surmounted by a timber stockade and tower
Motte and Bailey – a Norman castle of the 10th to 12th centuries,
consisting of a motte placed within a bailey
Bailey – the outer wall of a castle or the courtyard enclosed by it
Palisade – a fence of pales set firmly in the ground for enclosure or
defense
Pale – a pointed stick of stake
Fortification – a defensive military work constructed for the
purpose of strengthening a position
Bastion – a projecting part of a rampart or other fortification, typically
forming an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work
ROMANESQUE:
TERMINOLOGY
Sally port – a gateway in a fortification permitting a large number of
troops to move rapidly from the besieged position and attack the besieges
Parapet – a defensive wall or elevation of earth or stone protecting
soldiers from enemy fire
Castle – a fortified group of buildings usually dominating the
surrounding country and held by a prince or noble in feudal times
Citadel – a fortress in a commanding position in or near a city, used in the
control of the inhabitants and in defense during attack or siege
Keep – the innermost and strongest structure or tower of a medieval
castle, used as a place of residence, especially in times of siege. Also
called donjon
ROMANESQUE:
TERMINOLOGY
Battlement - a parapet having a regular alternation of merlons
and crenels, originally for defense but later used as a decorative
motif. Also called embattlement
Merlon – one of the solid parts between the crenels of a
battlement
Crenel – any of the open spaces alternating with the merlons of a
battlement
Embrasure – an opening, loophole or crenel, through which
missiles may be discharged
Drawbridge - a bridge that can be raised, let down, or drawn
aside to prevent access or to permit passage beneath it
ROMANESQUE:
TERMINOLOGY
Moat – a broad deep ditch, usually filled with water, surrounding the
rampart of a fortified town, fortress or castle as protection against
assault
Turret – a small tower forming part of a larger structure, frequently
beginning some distance above the ground. Also called tourelle
Church - a building for public Christian worship
Bema – a transverse open space separating the nave and the apse of an
early Christian church, later developing into the transept of later
cruciform churches
Nave – the principal or central part of a church, extending from the
narthex to the choir or chancel and usually flanked by aisles
Narthex – the portico before the nave of an early Christian or
Byzantine church, appropriated for penitents
ROMANESQUE:
TERMINOLOGY
Baptistery – a part of a church or a separate building in which
baptism is administered
Font – a basin, usually of stone, holding the water used in
baptism
Campanile – a bell tower, usually one near but not attached to the
body of a church
Wheel window – a rose window having distinctly radiating
mullions or bars
Tympanum – the space between an arch and the horizontal head of
a door or window below, often decorated with sculpture
ROMANESQUE:
TERMINOLOGY
Chevet – the rounded east end of a Gothic cathedral,
including the apse and ambulatory
Apse – a semi-circular of polygonal projection of a building,
usually vaulted and used especially at the sanctuary or east end of a
church
Cathedral – the principal church of a diocese, containing the
bishop’s throne called the cathedra
Gothic
Architecture
Gothic (1050-1530)
▪ “Style Ogivale”
▪ Progressive lightening and heightening of
structure (made possible by the flying buttress)
▪ Use of the pointed arch and ribbed vault.
▪ Richly decorated fenestration.
Cathedral
A large and principal church of a diocese, the seat
of a bishop.
Amiens
Cathedral
Amiens,
France.
1 arcade
3 triforium
3b triforium, blind
arcade
4 clerestory, clearstory
6 flying buttress
7 finial, pinnacle
8 gargoyle, water spout
9 buttress, pier
10 aisle
11 nave
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Amiens, France, c.1220–69, Robert of Luzarches, Thomas and Renault of Cormont (prior
to addition of chapels in 16th century)
9buttress, pier
21choir stalls
10 aisle
22 chapel, radiating chapel
11 nave
23 high altar
12 west end
24chancel aisle, apse aisle,
13 body
ambulatory, deambulatory
14 transept
25 parclose, perclose (a
15 chancel
screen in a church to
16chevet, radiating chapels
seclude a chapel from the
17 arm, projecting transept
main space)
18 porch
26 Lady Chapel
19crossing
(chapel dedicated to
20choir screen, rood
the Virgin Mary)
screen
Cathedral of Notre Dame, Amiens, France, c.1220–69, Robert of Luzarches, Thomas and Renault of Cormont (prior
to addition of chapels in 16th century)
The Seven Key Characteristics of
Gothic Architecture
Grand, Tall Designs,
1
Which Swept Upwards
With Height and Grace
Cologne Cathedral
The Flying
2
Buttress
The Pointed
3
Arch
The Pointed
3
Arch
Durham Cathedral
The Vaulted
Ceiling
5
Chartres Cathedral
Ulm Munster, Germany
The Gargoyles of
Gothic Architecture
The Emphasis Upon the Decorative Style and
the Ornate
Cologne Cathedral
7 Prague Castle
Rib or Ribbed vault
A vault constructed of structural arched
stone members or ribs with an infill of
masonry.
A bay
B haunch, hanche, rib
C cell, web, severy
D groin
E transverse rib
F wall rib, forcement
G diagonal rib, groin rib, ogive
H tierceron, secondary rib
K lierne, tertiary rib
L transverse ridge-rib
M longitudinal ridge-rib,
ridge rib
N boss, pendant
O compound
pier
Wells Cathedral
Windsor Castle
Franc
e
AMIENS
CATHEDRAL
Rheims Cathedral
CHARTRES CATHEDRAL
dominated by two contrasting spires
– a 105- meter plain pyramid
completed around 1160 and a 113-
metre early 16th- century
Flamboyant spire on top of an older
tower
famous for its 176 stained glass
windows
Chartres Cathedral
NOTRE DAME, PARIS
One of the oldest French cathedrals
Begun by Bishop Maurice
de Sully
NOTRE DAME, PARIS
Façade features successive tiers of
niches with statues: Christ and
French kings
Burgos Cathedral
Seville Cathedral (Tallest cathedral in Spain.)
Seville Cathedral (Tallest cathedral in Spain.)
Burgos Cathedral
Barcelona Cathedral
Italy
Florence Cathedral or S. Maria del Fiore
Designed by Arnolfo di Cambio
Essentially Italian in character, without the vertical features of Gothic
Peculiar latin cross plan with campanile and baptistery
pointed dome added by Brunelleschi
lantern in 1462 by Giuliano Majano
ITALY
Florence Cathedral or S.
Maria del Fiore
Florence Cathedral or S. Maria del Fiore
The Florence Cathedral is composed of three buildings:
the "Duomo," which is famous for its huge dome roof
and is the fourth-biggest cathedral in the world; the
"Baptistery of San Giovanni," an octagonal building
famous for the "Gates of Paradise;" and "Giotto's Bell
Tower," which stands to the side of the Duomo. The
white, green, and red marble exterior of the Cathedral
is decorated with beautiful sculptures and mosaic
works from many different artists.
Siena Cathedral (Use of striped
Milan Cathedral. (Largest Medieval cathedral in Italy)
Other Building
Types
CASTLES. Chateau D’Amboise, France. (Built on mounds above rivers, with thick walls and small
PALAIS DE JUSTICE. Palais de Justice de Rouen,
MANOR HOUSE. Ightham Mote, England. (A moated merchant’s
Renaissance
Architecture
Renaissance (1420-1550)
▪ Developed during the rebirth of classical art
and learning in Europe.
▪ Initially characterized by the use of the
classical
orders, round arches, and symmetrical
proportions.
▪ Pure Renaissance architecture was based on
regular order, symmetry, and a central axis with
grandiose plans and impressive facades.
Renaissance (1420-1550)
▪ Silhouettes were clean and simple, with flat roofs.
▪ Walls of large dressed masonry blocks gave
buildings an imposing sense of dignity and strength.
▪ Emphasis on horizontality.
▪ Ornamentation was based on pagan or
classical mythological subjects.
Periods
▪ Early Renaissance
▪ High Renaissance or Proto-Baroque
▪ Baroque
▪ Rococo
Periods
▪ Early Renaissance: Period of learning designers
were intent on the accurate Roman elements
Periods
▪ High Renaissance
▪ Renaissance became an individual style in its own right
Purist or Palladian, where Roman tradition was held in high respect (represented by
Andrea Palladio)
Proto-Baroque, where there was more confidence in using the acquired vocabulary
▪ Dome on a drum
Architectural Character:
▪ Symmetry
▪ Proportion
▪ Geometry
St. Peter’s Cathedral, Vatican City.
St. Peter’s Cathedral
▪ Officially the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano;
▪ Bramante was the first commissioned to design
the cathedral; Antonio da Sangallo the Younger;
Michelangelo (dome and colonnades)
▪ Bernini (baldacchino)
Plan of the Vatican in
St. Peter’s Basilica’s 12 Architects
1.) Donatello Bramante
• His design was selected from several entries in a competition
• He proposed a Greek cross plan and a dome similar to the Pantheon in Rome
2.) Giuliano da Sangallo
• a student of Bramante, designed the Pauline Chapel
3.) Fra Giocondo
• Strengthening the foundation
4.) Raphael Santi
• Proposed a Latin cross plan
5.) Baldassare Peruzzi
• Reverted to Greek cross
6.) Antonio da Sangallo
• Slightly altered plan – extended vestibule and campanile, and elaborated the
central dome.
St. Peter’s Basilica’s 12 Architects
7.) Michelangelo Bounarotti
• Undertook the project at 72 years old - present building owes
most of its outstanding features to him
• Greek-cross Plan and strengthen the Dome
8.) Giacomo della Porta
• Designed the cupola
9.) Domenico Fontana
• Completed the dome in 1590
10. ) Vignola
• Added sided cupolas or side domes
11.) Carlo Maderna
• Lengthened nave to form Latin cross and built the gigantic façade
12.) Gian Lorenzo Bernini
• Added the Cathedra Petri, and the Bronze Baldaccino.
Architect
s
Leon
Battista
Alberti
Helped promote architecture from an
artisan’s trade to a profession by calling
for such intellectual requirements as
mathematics, geometry, and philosophy.
Wrote the book, "De Re Aedificatoria,"
which largely influenced men's minds
in favour of the revived Roman style.
Other works are Santa Maria Novella in
Florence and Sant'andrea in Mantua.
Andrea
Palladio
The Four Books of Architecture
Villa Rotonda, transforming a house
into a classical temple.
Brunellesch
iTwas
he Dome of Florence Cathedral
Brunelleschi's principal work.
Other works are the Riccardi Palace
and San Lorenzo church in Florence.
da
Vignola
Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola
Author of "The Five Orders
of Architecture."
Works include the Sant’andrea in
Rome and the two small cupolas at
St. Peter.
Michelangelo
Buonarotti
A famous Florentine sculptor, and
painter of the roof of the Sistine
Chapel in Vatican.
He finished the Farnese Palace,
and carried out the Dome of St.
Peter.
Mannerism
A reaction against the classical perfection of the
High Renaissance; it either responded with a
rigorous application of classical rules, or flaunted
classical convention, in terms of scale and shape.
Uffizi Palace, Florence, Italy. Giorgio
Baroque
French word meaning bizarre, fantastic, or irregular.
It was deliberate in its attempt to impress, and was
most lavish of all styles, both in its use of materials
and in the effects it achieves.
The Versailles Palace in France.
Winter Palace, St. Petersburg – main staircase
Rococo
-term Rococo from the French ROCAILLE
meaning shell.
-an exuberant and delicate flourish of decoration
-was an essentially interior style—playfully
decorated with flowers, birds, ribbons, etc.
-vivid colors replaced by pastel shades
-also referred to as "Late Baroque"
The Hermitage Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Sant'Agnese, Rome, Italy. Francesco
Terminologies:
QUIONS – hard stone or brick used w/ similar ones to reinforce an external
corner or edge of a wall.
SCROLL – contains spiral wind band or “ volutes’.