Lesson 1 - Romanesque Architecture Flashcards
Sections of Church Architecture
Early Christian Architecture, Byzantine Architecture
Early Christian Architecture started during?
4th Century A.D
Christianity had its birth in?
Judea (Eastern Province of the Roman Empire)
Christianity was spread and carried out by?
St Peter, St Paul, and other missionaries to Rome
Early Christians, as ___ continued old roman traditions
Roman Craftsmen
Roman craftsmen utilized materials from?
Roman Temples because they were useless
Early Christian Architecture is heavily influenced by?
Roman Art
Describe the Architectural Character of Early Christian Architecture
Roman in character but with simpler design and with coarse execution
Early Christian Architecture’s first place of worship were?
House Churches
Early Christian architecture contributed in the development of?
Ribbed vaults, arcades, and timber trussed roof
Early Christian Architecture used ? in their exterior
Bell Towers or Campanile
A church built over the burial place of the saint whom the church was dedication
The Basilican Church
Burial Place was called?
Crypt
Over the crypt was the ?
Ciborium, also known as Tabernacle or Baldacchino
Atrium
Entrance with ambulatory
Narthex
A covered space between the atrium and inside of the church
Aisles
Mga aisle na sa kilid
Nave/Central Aisle
Tunga nga aisle
What is the space below the apse?
Bema
Apse orientation should always?
Face to the east
Basilican Church Layout always shaped like?
Latin Cross
Enumerate the examples of Early Christian Architecture
St Paolo Fuori Le Mura (Rome), Manila Cathedral, Church of Nativity (Bethlehem), Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Jerusalem)
Rome ruled much of?
Europe around the Mediterranean
Rome ruled much of Europe around the Mediterranean for over?
1000 years
Roman Empire began to decline as it?
Struggled under the weight of its own giant empire
In — to —, the Roman Empire had to split into two
285 to 293 AD
Who changed the capital of the empire from Rome to Constantinople?
Constantine the Great
The Western Empire (Rome) collapsed in?
476 AD
Eastern Empire (Constantinople) lasted another — ? What was it known as?
Another thousand years, was known as Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Architecture dumped post and lintel to a more?
Dome Centered Construction
Architectural Character of Byzantine Architecture
Simple exterior but Rich and Grand Interior
Byzantine Architecture utilized the – cross
Greek Cross
Byzantine Architecture used – as the dome’s support
Pendentives
3 types of Byzantine Dome
Simple dome, Compound Dome, Melon-shaped Dome
Byzantine Architecture Arch Examples
Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey)
The Hagia Sophia name means?
Holy Wisdom
Hagia Sophia was built by .. in ..
Justinian I in 532 AD
2 Architects of Hagia Sophia
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus
Who turned the Hagia Sophia into a mosque after the Turkish conquest of Constantinople?
Mehmed II
Romanesque means?
Roman-like
Romanesque is a combination of?
Roman and Byzantine Architecture
Romanesque Architecture was from – until about –
1000 until 1150
Series of Religious wars between Christians and Muslims for securing holy sites
The Crusades
Arch Character of Romanesque
Articulate Masonry Construction, (Narrow Opening, Round Arches, Barrel Vaults, Sparse Openings)
Romanesque Archi is described as?
Sober and Dignified
Romanesque Archi was developed in?
Italy, France, Germany, and England
Romanesque Archi is known as – in England
Norman Architecture
Romanesque Arch Examples
Cathedral Complex of Pisa (Pisa, Italy), Maria Laach Abbey (Glees, Germany)
