The Dome and the Creation of Monumental Space Flashcards

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Treasury of Atreus

Mycenae, Greece

c. 1300 ‐ 1250 BC

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  • Interior colume created through corbelling
  • Stones are set outwards, one above the other
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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
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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
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Hagia Sophia

Istanbul (Constantinople)

Isidorus & Anthemios, 6th C

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  • 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
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