Early Christian Architecture Flashcards
WHERE CHRISTIANITY STARTED
JUDEA ISRAEL)
2 EVANGELIST
ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL
_ WINDOWS FOR COLD AND _ FOR HOT CLIMATE
LARGE, SMALL
WHAT INSPIRED EARLY CHRISTIAN ARKI
ROMAN ART
UNIVERSAL RELIGION OF ROMAN EMPIRE
CHRISTIANITY
WHAT DOES CHRISTIANITY PROMOTED WHEN BECAME THE UNIVERSAL RELOGION
EQUALITY (POOR, CLASS, GENDER, NATIONALITY)
WHAT IS THE USE OF CHURCHES
WORSHIP ONLY
FIRST CHRISTIAN ROMAN EMPEROR
CONSTANTINE THE GREAT
CONSTANTINE CHANGED THE CAPITAL OF ROMAN EMPIRE FROM ROME TO _
CONSTANTINOPLE/BYZANTIUM
FOR WORSHIP, USUALLY BUILT WHERE PATRONS/ST. DIED
EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA
TO ADMIT LIGHT
CLERESTORY WINDOWS
EARLY CHRISTIAN BASILICA USED WHAT TYPE OF ROOF
TIMBER ROOF/QUEEN AND KING TRUSS
TO GIVE RICHNESS TO INTERIOR, FOR DECORATION ONLY AND NOT TO REPRESENT EVENTS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
MOSAIC
OPEN FORECOURT SURROUNDED BY ARCADES
ATRIUM
USED BY PENITENTS
NARTHEX
SEATING AREA FOR WORSHIPPERS
NAVE
AREA ON BOTH SIDES OD THE NAVE
AISLE
LOW SCREEN WALL ENCLOSING THE CHOIR
CANCELLI/CHANCEL
WHERE PRIEST READS OR DELIVERS HOMILY
AMBO/PULPIT
CANOPY ON THE ALTAR/ERECTED COLUMNS OVER THE ALTAR
BALDACHINO
RAISED PLATFORM ON THE ALTAR
BEMA
SIDE PROJECTIONS OF CHURCH
TRANSEPT
CIRCULAR TERMINATION OF THE CHURCH
APSE