ARTHIST 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Carrara Marble, Revetment, Voussoir
10 May 2018
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Lecture 17 Triumph of Rome: new methods, new materials; art for political/strategic purposes
March 5, 2015
Terms for the arch on ppt!!
Keystone, voussoir, springer, impost block, more
Centering is made of wood
Putlog holes: small holes in the walls of structures to receive the ends of poles
Aqueduct
The construction of port and harbors: Caesarea Maritime, in present-day Israel
Arch
o Springing – the lowest third of the vault
o Impost block stops at the transition from vertical to curving
Barrel vault
o Haunch
Groin vault
o Groin
o Bay
o Allows light to pass through unlike the barrel vault
Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina, Italy
Late second century BCE
Remnants of a republican temple under the city of Palestrina that was uncovered after bombing
during World War II
Use of new construction techniques:
o 1. Arch and vault
o 2. Concrete and bricks
Tufa blocks cut as opus reticulatum
o Tuff: volcanic porous rock
o Tufa blocks in diagonal placement stuck into a bed of cement – may suggest slave labor or
unskilled labor
o Bricks laid in coursing
o Leveling course
Use of formwork or shuttering
Revetment, or facing, over brick core
o Revetment: a retaining wall or facing of masonry or other material, supporting or
protecting a rampart, wall, etc.
Thin marble facing in front of bricks
Carrara – quarry that imports marble from Northern Africa, Greece, and Turkey (Asia Minor)
Bathes of Diocletian, Rome
298-306
Groin vaulted
Clerestory
Spatial unit/compartments/bay
Frigidarium
Baths of Caracalla, Rome
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Document Summary
Lecture 17 triumph of rome: new methods, new materials; art for political/strategic purposes. Putlog holes: small holes in the walls of structures to receive the ends of poles. The construction of port and harbors: caesarea maritime, in present-day israel. Arch: springing the lowest third of the vault. Barrel vault: impost block stops at the transition from vertical to curving, haunch. Groin vault: groin, bay, allows light to pass through unlike the barrel vault. Remnants of a republican temple under the city of palestrina that was uncovered after bombing during world war ii. Use of new construction techniques: 1. Tufa blocks cut as opus reticulatum: tuff: volcanic porous rock, tufa blocks in diagonal placement stuck into a bed of cement may suggest slave labor or unskilled labor, bricks laid in coursing, leveling course. Revetment, or facing, over brick core: revetment: a retaining wall or facing of masonry or other material, supporting or protecting a rampart, wall, etc.
