BYZANTINE

ARCHITECTURE
By zanhine was unamad alte its imbesial ound '8yzanhine
Constanti obole and wes inauguated as thu Roman abitad in
930 Ab. This is situated at tha unchien q Eumope and Asio,ard
was a blg
antu taol and commenta.
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
Easely Byzantine aschitecura uas built as a tonhinucthian q Roman
Achtectuu
AA dishintt shyls 8kdually emeqed whlch imbuded wrtain
inluenus om thu Nea Et and umd ths g02K (ucss plan In
hunh anchitechuvu.

Buildings gsomduical ompu xity

inuuased in
in decOatian
Bavck cund ewUu uwed in addihion to ons
plasten
impontant ubic stkuchue.

ued mo aquantly
Clasicad ondens
Mosaics uplauol canvad dlstorahion
HOLted on massive piees, kltered Light
and wirdous
Compx dom to sqtly illuminate interios
thouough thin shee/ qalabaste
Gaek K s Plan

A Squao lan in which nave ,chencel cund

an qua lungth okming
ttansep aums
a nek tuos5, thu cuossing
qanially
dome betame thi
comman
Summonted by a
with muny
koum in tho Oxthoclox Chuch, and
chuxth s thuoughout £onton Etuoe
this way
Ruesia being buiF
in

Thesa chwiches tha qtn hawe a

veshbula which
stsutchas acou
hLthex
hu chunch.
thu guont q
Byzanhine Dome Constsuhion

Y
ON PENDATWESs
DOME SUPPORTED ON SQUINCHES DOME SUAPORTED

To allo a dome to uast above a Squan base ,ithe ud

dovias s used
the squinh : an aoh in cath q thu cons a squat bae
tha tansotms tt into an octagon.
0H fra pendaive

The myshal quality Q ught hat {loods tha irtexion has

visitou Jos untuuies. Tha canoy-like dome that also
aseindtad
dominate thu insicls thu chuh 9uidas on a halo Ugh
Hom uoindous in the dome 's base

The windouss ouate tha illusion that thu dome is uustirg on the
ight that comts thsuough thm ike a doarirg dome q heaven".
Windous wer omad in the lout pothion q clome uwhich,in the
late peuisd, ws hoistad uban a high doum' - a jatuwra uwhich haa
shil uthuu embe.lished in thu Renalsanu þoviod by thu additton
un extunal poistylu.
MATERIALS USED IN CONTRUCTION

The sustem tonstwtion In n cute ard buickuook intuodud

by tho Romans us udoptud by thu Byzantines

The can cOse (skeluton) on vute aund buickiuasnk was kins

tomplut.d and cllouotd to setla bejoru hu suyau saahing.
unyilding maxblu slabs was addad, and thls Indapandunu
thu component parts chewator &ries Byzuntine
tonstution.
ButkwoNk moruoven lsnt itsal exteenally to deconaive
poutenc and banding, and inteunally ituas suitobl1 got touig
with bmanba , matale and uxo daconation.
Tha odinay bauoks weu lika thu Roman about an inth and a
haly in dipth , and wou loid an thitk beds moktar.

8uickwork netess ltared peuial cars in making moktur, uhich

as composad q Dme and sard with oushd po ttey, Hls, or
bricks, and muth q i amains as had as that in tha bas
ths woul was sometims
buildings Rome, whils ha twru

onute 0s in thu Roman period.

Walls wew shead and

inteunally oith matbu and vauls and
domas with colouud glass mosai cs an d golden backeuoud

An atteampr uXs also mads to canament tha sough baick

xteions by the uwe sone baunds and dscoratiuu anchees,
 ST. MARK'S BASILICA
isthe most
lamous chunch q Venita tocaltd quut
thu gyand
Canad, basilita Looks the Piaz2a San Masmco (St. Mak'a Squana)
ond adoins thu Dodge's Pala.
O ths inat exampl q Byzantine Architechue.

Shae Geak Croas

A dome ove tho uuossing and anohH dome on each o tha kous
atms
Eoch am has a untual aisla and hoo sols aislas.
AA nasthex wwabad aourd ta west end disquis23 ha uxoss cha
but ouatu a wid at sukaca tha gand atade
Flooing dona with math
. Floo coverd with masalc daigns
Hold by massiua þillars
Cubola inteion dlomes with goldon mosaucs
Atsum had highly þoirted asches, subportts six small domes
hou au mosoues n a cheD.

Facade s 52m longconsists q ive sandud a>ch pontals,each

suppotted by savaxal columns. Tha untxal axch is tamgen than
tho othe lou. Anches anu toveud by a teutau , which is
Suwoundas by a Hailing
BoLonze honses saduas au Located on thu teoau diuly
dihutly
aboe thu main anch.
Tetuachs: lho ow co-embruOHD tho Roman Embintu insthhudad
by tho EmbroM Dioclatan
ROMANESQUE
ARCHITECTURE
The toum RomonesquL CRoman-Like) ws Jiat ubRd to dasignute a
styla o axchitechuru that used Roman anches and vaulk and hod
thick, heavy walls, babed upon thu basilia tybe plan.
Chuch bildings at ard sulbtwu, wcro all ud onha þupose
to spuad thu Chaustian fspel.
ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES
Lahn ooss blan.
Use Local stons
Osa *ound anchs buttu ised baonl vaulting and qoin vauhrg
Towens engagad to laade and lange tansebt tawUs.
Dome tan ove abse.
Recessed doonways onnamenttd wih suulptuu.
Haxmonius þsuobotions
Thice and haavy wals cand pilons
Small windous
Seuuptuud ducoxahion on bontals, capitals ard othen suyace.
the intevion.
Paintad dacorahion thuougour

BARREL VAULT GROIN YAULT

MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION
Buildings wuu made
stone, but Qten had w0odan roos
be cause beopla wuu sill not veny qood at building sto n

thay did hawe sonu suoos, the walls had to ba vey thick in
Od b hold ub tha Hoo
Windous and doons a kept d a minimum.
With stona and masonay, buildings weu saje Bom ru and
invades, but *uquuud lange supþortk Jox thu weight
weight walls
wals
and vauts.
Romanesqu stuls had i buitding matesidls ike-
Stond
bauck
- maublo

Readymods cdlumns
Othan 9uumins om tuins goman buildings.

PISA CATHED RAL

tinuONhOHatad Semi-iuulay andhes aoindous, doos and
acades.
Bauruls n goin vauls o suppont thu
piws ad walls uoo! ha main massiue
Tt uembls otho gasly basilicon chuwthes in
HOus columns conneted Han, uwith long
nawe which hs ha usual
by axchas, doub aisba and a ,

timbe Oo
Tho guich axtouoH docotaion contains
multicolouwclmaeble, moaic
and numNOLD bAoN2e
objatks.
Tha high auches shouss Islamic
and Southexn Italion inuenu.
Tha acada was q qy and white maxbla ,daoated
wth
Colbuad manbu inserts
Thoo w u heavy
buonze dos.
Iha intesuoH , sub div ided
at thu ont inb a centnal naweeankad b
2 sids aislu»
an ithe sids
and with thu tsansapr and abse in
ths nawes, tovuad uwith white and black marbl .

Monolithic goy maxtli column with

tointhian capitals
Tt had a wden 17th cantuy collud ailirg, paintud and
dacoxated with
gold la
Thoo au 8Hani
gsanile
le COinthian columns botwean hi nave and
apse
heu is a loxge moscaic in tha apse Chaist enthoned.