archi history 1.7

ravenna, byzantine, americas

basilica of san vitale

typical byzantine church

the most important example of ravenna architecture

547

basilica of santa sabina

rectangular basilica, first type of basilica in early christianity

the lateran basilica

what is the yellow thing

apse with platform, where the altar is positioned

mausoleum of galla placidia

in ravenna in italy → architecture of ravenna

what, when, where

mausoleum of theodoric

520

in ravenna

basic plan of an early christian basilica/church

architecture of ravenna

what is it, what is it specific of

trifora, trifora window

of ravenna architecture

ravenna architecture characteristics

bare brick, the trifora in the front, some lesenes

what is it for which periods was it popular

lesenes // pilaster strip

ravenna architecture and romanesque

what is this element

lombard band - a decorative row of small blind arches near the roofline or on the exterior walls of a building

pulvino // dosseret block // impost block

cushion-shaped structural element placed above a column capital to help distribute weight

shaped like an upside-down pyramid

when did eastern roman // byzantine art and architecture began

313, after the edict of milan, where the roman emperor constantine legalised christianity and christian art started to appear

what, where, which period is it from, which church typology does it show, whats the innovative element that was introduced

hagia sophia in istanbul (previously constantinople)

byzantine architecture

byzantine architecture fully adapted to the centrally planned church typology

first to use pendentives on such a huge scale (they existed before)

pendentives

st mark's basilica in venice

who and when built the hagia sophia

what does the church’s name mean

justinian I

532 - 537

holy wisdom

who were the architects of hagia sophia

isidore of miletus

anthemius of tralles

what, where, by who, when

el castillo

in chichen itza

by the mayans

8 - 12 century ad

what, where, by who, who discovered it from europe

the templo mayor in tenochtitlan

in tenochtitlan = mexico city

by the aztecs

the spanish hernan cortes arrived in 1519, tenochtitlan fell in 1521

what, where, by who, who made it known to the world

machu picchu

in peru

by the incas

the spanish (francisco pizarro) conquered the inca empire in 1532 but never found machu picchu. hiram bingham made it known to the world in 1911

which empires are the colours