ARC 2701 Byzantine Architecture

Traits of Byzantine Architecture:

1. ___ churches most common

2. Use of multiple ___, ___,___, and ___

3. Exterior – ornate decoration. Often ___. ___ arches

and patterned walls

4. Interior – colorful ___ and ___ (gold)

Central-plan, domes, half-domes, towers, vaults, brickwork, Striped, mosaics, giltwork

526-547 CE, Ravenna, Italy

Basilica of San Vitale

What is the name of this central plan church?

Basilica of San Vitale

A ___ in architecture

is a piece of construction

used for filling in the

upper angles of a square

room so as to form a

proper base to receive an

octagonal or spherical

dome.

squinch

A ___ is a decoration of a surface with designs made up of closely set, usually variously colored, small pieces of material such as stone, mineral, glass, tile, or shell.

mosaic

___ are very typical of byzantine architecture

Mosaics

CE 532-537, Constantinople, Turkey

Hagia Sophia

what is this a floor plan of?

Hagia Sophia

The ___ is a concave triangular area which enables the dome to transition gracefully

into the square shape of the piers below.

pendentive

Arches derived from half

domes meet at a common

spring point to form the

___.

pendentive

___ were added AFTER the

conversion to a mosque, 16th

century. Also, the interior

mosaics depicting Christianity

were covered or destroyed

Minarets

Byzantine capitals -- highly ornate, with deep recesses for a ___ effect

tracery

begun 1063 CE, Venice, Italy

St. Mark’s Cathedral,

striped, scalloped

Red Square, Moscow (1561 CE)

Cathedral of St. Basil