Roman Architecture Flashcards
What were the columns used for?
The column orders were (in most cases), not structural and used of decoration only
What did the building types include?
Aqueducts and Cisterns, Roads and Bridges, Theaters, Arenas, Circuses, Baths, Forums, Basilicas, Forums, Temples, Palaces, Warehouses, Dams, Defensive Walls, Triumphal Arches, Light Houses, etc.
What is the Roman Forum?
The Public Space (like Greek Agora)
What is the Roman Basilica?
The primary building that abutted the space (like Greek Stoa) except Basilica had large arch supported interior civic space
- BIG, GAUDY, POWERFUL
TRUE OR FALSE:
Roman architecture was spatially organized, symmetrical and axial that forced the observer along a
path to control and dominate them and reinforce the power of the state.
TRUE
Did Romans use symmetry?
Symmetry was used to order and organize large building programs such Roman Bath complexes bc of mass size of the acreage
What are the characteristics of Roman Arch?
extravagant, gaudy, showy, colorful, over the top
Where does the word “architecture” come from?
knowledge of ‘arch technology”
What were TWO concepts from the Ancient World?
Technologies and Spatial Comparison
What are the Spatial Comparison Concepts for Romans Material?
Organized, Axial, Control and Dominate the Viewer, Impressive Interior Spaces, gaudy to show off power and wealth
What leads to the creation of Rome?
Invention of the arch and the invention of concrete
What did temples represent for the Romans?
Represented state and emperor
Information of Building Materials
- After Carrara Quarry opens, unlimited supply of white marble
- Perfected brick making, and new material - CONCRETE
- Employed raw material - concrete - to make massive walls and vaults to enclose spaces
What Romans see Space as?
Space was as important as the mass that was enclosing it
- Use of space was PRIMARY
- was an ACTIVE ELEMENT
Which structures had some form of Greek system of order?
Arches and Vaults