ART 353 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sphynx Cat, Clerestory, Pendentive
27 Jul 2018
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325 ce - constantine calls council of nicea to accept the holy trinity (god in three people: 330 ce - constantine moves capital to the middle of the roman empire/names new capital. 395 ce - roman empire splits for the last time (eastern and western) 476 ce - western side of the empire fell. 1054 - church split (eastern orthodox and western catholic) 1543 - mehmet, upon seeing hagia sophia, turns the city into a islamic city and names it. Spolia - when a building or parts/pieces of a building have been stolen and built into new buildings or edifices. Opened top layer becomes what we know as a clerestory . Important to understand roman basilicas, because they turn into christian churches. Spolia - arcade from greek buildings brought to rome (most likely 1000 years old) Can"t hold that many people, so slowly becomes less useful as christianity grwos. Mosaic work (winged figures: angels or cupid or hermes or sphynx)
