ART H 201 Lecture Notes - Galerius, Aisle, Blind Arcade
4 Nov 2013
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Rome: from seat of the empire to seat of the church does not last long. Defeats max. in 312 in the battle of the melvin bridge had a vision--> as a result of the dream, it was the christian god. Fosterage: give your children to the other to be either raised or to be apprentinced to the court(hostages) Strict verticality by buttressing with vertical roof" after the death of his father in august of 306 not the way it was to occur. Becomes caesar as opposed to augustus to max. Misineous challenges const. in 315--> constantine wins --> ends in 324 with. Constantius (west) requested constantine for the conquest against the piks. Augustae and constant. were forged through imposed marriages. Distribution of largess, detail of the north frieze of the arch of constantine, rome. Triumphal arch: roman structure which is part structure and part architecture largest in rome for over one hundred years.
