The Dome and the Creation of Monumental Space Flashcards
1
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Treasury of Atreus
Mycenae, Greece
c. 1300 ‐ 1250 BC
A
- Interior colume created through corbelling
- Stones are set outwards, one above the other
2
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Basilica of Maxentius
Rome
313 AD
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- Barrel vault
- Octagonal coffers lightens the load
- High clerestory windows support the load
- Extrusion of a curve along a given distance
- Semi-cylindrical appearance
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Pantheon
Rome
c. 120 ‐ 130 AD
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- Massive structure
- Series of recessing panels, coffers, make the structure lighter
- Oculus in the middle
- Large, thick wall bears the load
- Dome is made of thinner materials at the top
4
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HH Sergios & Bakchos
Constantinople
527‐36 AD
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- Pumpkin dome, or convoluted dome
- Side wall linked to another church
- Billowing sections brought down onto octagonal plan
- Octagonal plan used to much greater effect in Hagia Sophia
5
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Hagia Sophia
Istanbul (Constantinople)
Isidorus & Anthemios, 6th C
A
- Developed from the plan of HH Sergios and Bakchos
- Contains half domes on the sides - load supported here
- Cross section passes through the pendentives
- Ribbing - can put in windows without a drum
- Conches, or little arches, placed around base of the dome
- Take the thrust of the main dome
- More rational structure than HH Sergios and Bakchos