ARTHIST 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Pilaster, Economic Planning, Catacombs
10 May 2018
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Lecture 22 Imperial Christianity
Constantine, Justinian, and Imperial Religious Architecture
Longitudinal vs. Central planning
House church at Duro Europos
Early 3rd century
Discreet, domestic, and private
Decorated with straightforward pictorial cycles with biblical scenes – popular art
Rome, the catacomb of Calliixtus
Tufa: made of easy to cut stone called tufa
Arcosoleum: arched niche
Loculus: horizontal niche
Preservation of body for life after death
Idea came from quarries, (opis reticulatum?)
Head of Constantine from the Basilica Nova, Rome
315-330
Basilica at St. Peter’s
319
Rome
Created the landfill platform over the ancient cemetery
Apse: semicircular projection
o Altar is over the tomb of Peter
Double aisles
Wooden truss ceiling allows openings or windows
Atrium: open courtyard
Family mausoleums that are attached on the sides
Re-used Roman columns to speed up the building process – pillage process – which is why
columns don’t match
All this in stark contrast to the massive vaults and heavy matter of Roman secular architecture
Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine
Early 4th century
Basilica of Santa Sabina
422-432
Santa Costanza
337-351
Imperial mausoleum
Ambulatory: curving aisles
Cylinder penetrated by niches – reminiscent of Pantheon
Central plan buildings associated with death of the commemoration of saints and martyrs
Justinian: ruled 527-565
Attempts to restore the Empire Belisarius
Revolution in Christian building practices
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Document Summary
Decorated with straightforward pictorial cycles with biblical scenes (cid:498)popular art(cid:499) Tufa: made of easy to cut stone called tufa. Preservation of body for life after death. Head of constantine from the basilica nova, rome. Created the landfill platform over the ancient cemetery. Apse: semicircular projection: altar is over the tomb of peter. Wooden truss ceiling allows openings or windows. Family mausoleums that are attached on the sides. Re-used roman columns to speed up the building process pillage process which is why columns don"t match. All this in stark contrast to the massive vaults and (cid:498)heavy matter(cid:499) of roman secular architecture. Cylinder penetrated by niches reminiscent of pantheon. Central plan buildings associated with death of the commemoration of saints and martyrs. Mosaics will have glittering effect because the glass pieces are not perfectly flat. Classical value in the representation of human body gone value of the dematerializing of the human body. Flattened rectangular column against the wall: pilaster.
