early christian/byzantine/islamic/romanesque

time

200-1400

catacomb of priscilla

• 200

• Function: Burial + early Christian worship

• Media: Tufa; fresco.

• Style: Simple, symbolic (Good Shepherd).

• • Memorable: Earliest Mary + Christ images

santa sabina

• Rome

• 422 - 432 CE

• Brick and stone

• ⁃ Windows —> gypsum crystal

san vitale

• Ravenna, Italy

• 526-547 CE

• Brick, marble, stone veneer, mosaic

• Octagonal shape;mln 

• Justinian and Theodora Mosaic Panels

• ⁃ Innovation: Buttress

hagia sophia

• 537 CE

• Constantinople

• Brick, stone masonry, marble

• Pendentives (carries weight of dome)

• Dome went on square

• ⁃ Iconoclasm!

great mosque

• Cordoba, Spain

• 785 - 786

• Stone Masonry

• ⁃ Hypostyle hall and arches

dome of the rock

• Jerusalem

• 691-2 CE

• Several renovations

• Golden dome, octagonal, significant to Jews, Christians, Muslims

• ⁃ Holds the rock for something religious somethin

alhambra

• Grenada, Spain

• 14th century

• Nasrid dynasty

• ⁃ Three palaces, gardens, details

chartes

• 1194

• France

• limestone

• Gothic Era

• ⁃ Stained glass

flying buttresses

saint foye

• France

• 1130

• Stone 

• Romanesque style / reliquary

• Tympanum (arch bas-relief thingies)

• Reliquary of Sainte Foy

  • Roman Spoila head

• ⁃ Wood covered in gold and gems 200 CE