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Character: simplicity, massiveness, monumentality
Material: stone and brick BABYLONEAN AND ASSYRIAN
System: columnar and trabaeted Character: simplicity, massiveness, grandeur
Comparative analysis: Material: brick
Plans- irregular and asymmetrical System: arch and vault
Wall- no windows (batter wall) Comparative analysis:
Openings- doors are square headed Plan - palaces are elevated on platforms w/
Roof- flat roof room covered by vaults
Columns- interior only, 6d Walls - are built with sun died bricks,
- bud & bell, palm, foliated, hatthor head, osiris, battlement cresting
polygonal
Mouldings- torus and gorge ASSYRIA finished w/ chiseled alabaster slab
Openings - doors are semicircular headed w/
PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS: sculptured monstrers
Roof - externally appeared flat but covered by
Egyptian Tombs: brick vaults internally
Columns - no columns
Mastaba- stairway, halfshrunk, elaborate structure Mouldings- no mouldings
elements: offering chapel w/ stele (slab) serdab Ornaments- chiseled alabaster slab
(statue chamber) sarcophagus
Principal buildings:
Pyramid- square in plan, oriented in cardinal sides Ziggurat: holy mountains
elements: offering chapel mortuary Archaic ziggurats- rectangular w/ upper temple
chapel Multi level ziggurats- 2 to 5 tiers
elevated causeway (passageway) Assyrian ziggurats- square in plan w/ continous
valley building (embalmment) ramp w/ fire altar
types: step (zoser)
slope Palace: usually built by Assyrian
blunt (seneferu) elements: seraglio- palace proper
Rock-cut- mountain side tombs harem- private family apartments
elements: passages khan- service chamber
sepultural chamber
Egyptian Temples: Palace of Sarbon, Corsabat
Intercolumnation Spaces:
Hypnostyle- 1 ½ d
Systyle- space bet col 2d
Number of columns: Eustyle- space 2 1/4d
Henostyle Diastyle- 3d
Dinostyle Areostyle- 3 ½ d
Tristyle
Tetrastyle Principal buildings:
Pentastyle Temples:
Hexastyle elements: acroterion
Hectastyle pediment
Octostyle tympanum
Ennastyle entablature
Decastyle metope
Dodestyle triglyph
Arrangement of Columns: raking cornice
Antis, Amphi-antis crepidoma
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the statue of Athena
- Theater of Dionysius
- Temple of Nike
Apteros- archt
Callicrates
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temple
- archt Theron
- 3 naos
Sculptured reliefs- free standing statuary- single or Theater of Epidauror- most beautiful &
group figures preserved
Types: bigas- 2 horse chariot - archt
Quadbigas- 4 horse chariot Polycletos
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Tuscan- similar to Greek Doric w/ base l
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Theaters- orchestra is used by important people
- skene became the stage w
Theater of Marcellus, Rome- concrete e
Theater Orange- partly concrete r
Amphitheatre- gladitoria contests e
Colloseum, Rome- vast ellipse
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Circus- for horse & chariot racing e
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3. Rostral column- victorius
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Palace of Diocletian, Spalato- largest
& Roman Houses
Villa- country house
p Insula- tenement house for workers
l Domus- private house
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n 1. prothyrum
Mausoleum of 2. atrium-
Agustus, Rome entrance court
Mausoleum of open to the sky
Hadrian, Rome (Castle of Angelo)
3. Pyramidal tombs impluvium- water
4. Temple shaded tombs cistern
5. Sculptured memorials- 3. tablium- open
minor tombs of varied designs saloon
6. Cenotaphs- memorial 4. peristyle- inner
monum colonnaded
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person 5. cubicula-
buried bedrooms
elsewh 6. triclina- dining
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Commemorative Monuments 7. oecus-
1. Triumphal arch- 3 openings, for reception room
emperors 8. alae- reception
2. Pilar of victory/ memorial column- for
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Aqueduct-
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d Pontgard, Nimes- mos manificent 25
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Pons-
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Fountains
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Types: Locus/ Lacus- large basin of
water
Salientes- provide water
Etruscan Period
Introduced radiating arch
Tuscan column/ similar to Greek Doric w/ base
Atrium in domestic planning
EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE Mosaic
Character: Mural paintings
Simplicity in design and treatment Ornaments: symbolism
Coarseness in execution Peacock- symbol of eternal life
Material: savaged from pagan structures Endless knot- eternity
Basilican plan for churches (east oriented) Chirho- Jesus Christ
System: trabaeted & arcuated
Comparative analysis: Sta. Soffia of Constantinople, Hagia Sophia- for
Plan- evolved from roman basilica emperor Justinian
built on site of saints burial places Arch. Arthemus of Tralles
elements: bell tower
atrium- with fountain Isodorus of Miletus
narthex
nave- sude aisles - now a muslim mosque
choir- cancelli (low walls) St. Mark, Venice Italy- most important example
high altar- baldochino, of Byzantine
crypt/ confessio/ cimborium
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apse- for bishops & ROMANESQUE- “roman like art”
cardinals Character: Sober & Dignified
Material: stone & brick for Germany
Materials: Masonry & concrete System: arcuated
Walls- exterior- concrete w/ plain plasters principle of equilibrium through vaulting system
- interior- mosaic made up of rib & panel vaulting
Openings- arcaded, doors & windows are span w/ Comparative analysis:
semicircular arches lintels or Plan- Latin Cross plan (west oriented)
entablature External feature- towers on nave & transept,
Roofs-Nave- timber trusses facades
Side aisles- semicircular arches Walls- supported by pilaster strips
Apse- side dome
Columns- 4 roman columns
Mouldings- roman mouldings are adapted, very
crude
Ornament- linked to Christian religion
2 basic ornaments: mosaic
mural
paintings
Example of Basilican Churches:
Basilican Church of St. Peter, Rome
Church of St. John Lateran
BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE
Removed the atrium Windows- rose or wheel windows
Narthex became the entrance
Covered by dome roof- external features
Character:
Simplicity in external design Roof: Rib & panel Vaulting
Richness in internal treatment 1. quadripartite
Material: bricks used for walls & concrete for domes
Marble for columns
System: fusion of domical construction
Classic columnar & trabaeted style 2. sexpartite
Comparative analysis:
Plan- Greek cross plan
Walls- bricks Column:
Exterior- brick in various design
Interior- mosaic & marble
Openings- are spanned by semicircular arches
or lintels
Windows- 3” thick translucent marble
Roof- dome Mouldings- are usually in horizontal courses,
Types: Simple- pendentives, dome deviated from roman
Compound- supported by Ornamets- fresco paintings- principal
drum - vegetable & animals forms
Melon shaped- with flutings
Principal buildings:
Columns: dosseret block, soffit, capitals Monastery
Elements: Monastery church
Mouldings: Billet moulding Cloister court
Inner court Roof- ribbed & paneled vaulting
Common court Column- group column
Mouldings- 45 deg from wall
Ornaments- stained glass & figured sculpture
Countries that adapted Romanesque:
Countries that adapted Gothic:
ITALY
FRENCH GOTHIC
Central Italy- ornamental façade- rising one from 1. Primary/ Lancet Period- pointed arches &
another geometric tracery windows
North Italy- rose window 2. Rayonnant Period- circular windows w/ wheel
tracery
Pizza Cathedral 3. Flamboyant Period- flame like or free flowing
Pizza Campanile tracery
Cathedral
Baptistery Principal Buildings:
Cathedrals
Notre Dame, Paris- oldest Gothic
Cathedral
By bishop
Maurice De Sully
Finest &
most characteristic French gothic
Chartres Cathedral- 130 stained galss
windows
FRENCH ROMANESQUE Profussion
of sculptured figures in west front
Southern France- Muslim influence due to pointed Rheims Cathedral- coronation church of
arch kings of France
Northern Italy- flanking towers 500
carved statues on west facades
Madeleine Vezelay- earliest form of Ameins Cathedral- archt Robert de
cross-pointed vault in France Luzarches
Abbaye-Aux Homes, Caen Order- Typical
prototype of Gothic French cathedral
Carved
GERMAN ROMANESQUE woodwork on choir stalls
Beauvais Cathedral- tallest in Europe,
East & west apse 157’ to the vault
1 of the
Worms Cathedral- emperor wonders of medieval in France
Charlemagne
Fortified Towns
Carcassone- 50 towers, moat & walls
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
France- style ogivale Castles
- lofty & aspiry quality Chateau de Perrefonds- elongated
- structural honesty location, overlooking town
- economy in use of material Arch.
System: Arcuated w/ Pointed Arches Viollet- le- Duc
Material: stone
Principal building: Cathedral- Latin Cross (west oriented) ENGLISH GOTHIC
Plan- asymmetrical
Walls- rubble masonry, buttress to support walls English gothic vaulting: formerets
diagonal ribs
ridge ribs
transverse ribs
tierceron
boss- covering of ribs (pendant)
Ball flower
Tablet flower
Embatled sandwich
Types of Trusses:
1. tie beam
2. trusted rafter
3. hammer beam
4. collar beam
5. aisle roof
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Foundation- served by bishops
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Milan Cathedral- 2nd largest church in Europe Countries that adapted Rennaisance:
archt Henrich Von Gmunden
Sienna Cathedral- stripped marble found in walls & ITALY- “ birth place of renaissance”
tiers of church Florence- birthplace, typical form
Santo Corce- Arnolfo de Cambio, 1 of largest in Rome- typical
Europe Venice- receded frontage, contextualization w/
Florence Cathedral- combination of gothic & environment
renaissance
Arnolfo de Cambio Brunelleschi- most famous architect in Italy
Famous group bldg Dome of Florence Cathedral-
in the world gothic & renaissance
Doge’s Palace in Italy- civic example gothic in Italy Palazzo Pitti- largest except
Giovanni & for Vatican
Bartolome Buon Alberti- author of first architecture book after
Ca D’ Oro- one of the famous palatial homes invention of printing
during gothic period “De re Aedificatoria”
Church of Santa Andrea, Mantua-
SPANISH GOTHIC prototype of later renaissance
- influenced by Muslim art- excessive ornament Bramante- first Roman architect of renaissance
foun in retablo time
- retablo & grilles or rajas- back of altar Pazzo Della Cancellaria
Vatican Palace, Rome
Civic Cathedral- largest Cathedral in Europe Raphael- cousin, pupil of baramnte & one of the
greatest painters
Largest Church: Vatical Loggie
St. Peter’s Cathedral Vignola-
Civic Cathedral Villa of Pope Julius, Rome
William Cathedral Palazzo Farnese, Caprarola- most
Colon Cathedral maginificent of Roman palaces
St. Pauls, London Gesu Church, Rome- prototype of
Jesuit Church in baroque style
Michael Angelo-
Medici Mausoleum- wealthiest family in
Italy
Capitol, Rome- mos successful civil GERMAN RENAISSANCE- French style, use of bricks
work Heidelber Castle
Longhena- Salzberg Cathedral
Sta. Maria Della Salute, Venice-
structure in the middle of canal SPANISH RENAISSANCE- plateresque style
- churrigueresque
St. Peter’s Basilica- most famous in Italy, style (Spanish
Renaissance period baroque)
Bramante- first architect, plan in form of
Greek cross plan Plateresque- fancy design by silver crafts
Givliano da Sangallo- continued, after 2 Churrigueresque- inspired by Jose de
yrs died Churrigueresque
Fra Giacondo- died - high baroque of Spanish
Raphael- changed plan into Latin cross renaissance
Baldazar Peruzzi- went back to Greek
cross plan Palace of Charles V. Granada- Pedro Machuca,
Antonio de Sangallo- younger, extended best example
vestibule Escorial (art works)- Julian de Bautista, Julian de
Herera
Designed the campanile w/ monastery,
collage, church & place
Proposed central dome Granada Cathedral- Diego de Silde
Michael Angelo- change to Greek cross One of the grandest
plan cathedral in Spain
Redesigned Tomb of Ferdinand
surrounding chapels & apses & Isabela & others
Designed the
dome ENGLISH RENAISSANCE
Giacomo Della Porta w/ Dominico Elizabethan Mansion
Fontona- completed the dome Features:
Vignola- added side dome Towers
Carlo Maderna- change into Latin cross Gable roof
plan & colonnade Parapets
Bernini- designed the entrance piazza Balustrade
containing 284 ionic columns Chimneystacks
Bay & oriel window
Topiary work- landscaping sculpture
Panthenon, Rome- largest dome Elements:
Roman Great hall
Florence Cathedral, Italy- 138’ Grand staircase
Renaissance Long Gallery (upper floor)- most striking
St Peter’s Basilica, Italy- 137 1/2 ‘ feature
Renaissance Solar (withdrawing room)- warmest room
St Paul, London- 112’
Renaissance Architects:
Sta Soffia, Constantinople- 107” Inigo Jones- deciple of Italian
Byzantine Renaissance
characterized by the
use of bricks
FRENCH RENAISSANCE Banqueting House, White Hall
Chateau de Bury (typical French chateau) Queen,s House, Grenwich
Chateau de Blois (spiral shell staircase)- Leonardo Sir Christopher Wren- deciple of French
da Vinci renaissance
St Paul’s Cathedral- greatest
Principal Buildings: masterpiece, model English
Palaces 53 London churches
Palais de Louvre (historical artifacts)- Grenwich Observatory & hospital
Pierre Lescot Fountain court & garden façade of
Palais de Tuilleries- Philbert de L’arme Hampton Palace
Victorian Architecture- Britain revival architecture German Exponents Of Arts & Crafts:
August Endel
BRITAIN CENTRAL EUROPE Henri Vande Velde
1830-1850 EARLY 1830-1848 JULY Viennese Architects
VICTORIAN MONARCHY Otto Wagner
Greek Revival & Neo Renaissance J.M. Olbrich
Graeco Roman Ex. Vignon, Madeleine Paris Important architects of 1900-1916
Ex. Railway Buildings Chalgrin- Arc de Peter Behrens- Germany
Personalities Triomphe Auguste Perret- France
Awn Pugin Brandenburg Gate Adolf Loos- Austria
S. Joseph Paxton- Foremost architects of Modern Period
Crystal Palace Erich Mendelson- Germany
S. W. Chambers- Ragnar Ostberg- Sweden
Somerset House Ivar Tengbon- Sweden
S. John Soane- Bank Sven Markelious- Sweden
of England Gunnar Asplono- Denmark
1850-1875 HIGH 1848- 1870 SECOND Prominent Art Nouveau Architects
VICTORIAN EMPIRE Mckintosh- Scotland
Gothic Revival High Neo Antonio Gaudi- Spain (undulating lines) Sagrada
Renaissance Revival Renaissance Familia
Personalities Ex. Fernstel- Votive Church, Victor Horta- Belgium
S.G. Scott- Liver Pool Vienna 19th century Precedents of Modern Architecture
Cathedral Crystal palace- Joseph Paxton
S. Charles Barry- Halles Centralles (market)- Baltard
Westminter Palace Bibioteque Nationale (lib)- Henry Labrouste
1875-1901 LATE 1870-1914 THIRD Pioneers of Modern Architecture
VICTORIAN REPUBLIC Otto Wagner- Austria
Romanesque, Neo- Baroque Peter Behrens- Germany
Byzantine Ex. Charles Garnier- Paris August Perret- France
Baroque, Flemish, Opera House Hendrik Berlage- Holland
Renaissance Louis Sullivan- U.S.
19th Century Inventions:
ENGLAND combination of glass & steel
Queen Anne Style- popularized by Norman Shaw folded slab- introduced by Eugene Freyssinet
applied on domestic flat slab- by Robert Millart
houses laminated timber (plywood)
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY Georgian/ Colonial Architecture
TIBETAN ARCHITECTURE
Chorten- stupa
Sakya Monastery- famous for collection
of Tibetan manuscript
Potala Palace, Lhasa- palace for
entertaining important people
THAI ARCHITECTURE
Wat- group of religious buildings
Bot- temple
Phra chedi- stupa w/ a round tower
Phra prang- stupa w/ elliptical tower
Pra sat- royal throne hall
Mondop- library
Sala- pavilion for resting
Kuti- monastery
FILIPINO ARCHITECTURE