Transcript 009 Early Christian Architecture

009 EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE
• BACKGROUND
– Roman Empire – 3rd Century
– Christianity
• EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE
– Titulus
– Catacombs
– Martyria
• Emperor Constantine
– 313 AD - Edict of Milan
• New Forms in Architecture
– Old forms, new functions
• Christian Mass
– Evolved as an indoor event
• Rome
– San Giovanni in Laterno
• Prototype – Roman Basilica
– Old Saint Peter’s
• Most important
• Atrium, Narthex, Transept
• HOLY LAND
– Church of the Nativity
– Church of the Holy Sepulcher
• Central Plan Martyria
– Based on Roman Heroa
Mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian
Mausoleum of Augustus
SANTA CONSTANZA
DECLINE OF IMPERIAL AUTHORITY IN WEST
• Church Assumes More Control
– Churches constructed with more classical details (revival)
• St. Maria Maggiore
• St. Sabina
• Empire Decline
– 350 AD Milan is residence of Emperor of Italy
– 402 AD Western capital moves to Ravenna
• San Apollinare Nuovo
• San Apollinare in Classe
• Tomb of King Theodoric
• Constantine’s Architecture
– Most Prestigious
– Last Phase of Roman Architecture
SAN LORENZO – MILAN – 370 AD
SAN LORENZO PLAN
St. Maria Maggiore
St. Sabina
San Apollinare Nuovo – 490 AD
Mausoleum of Galla Placida -
San Apollinare in Classe – 534 AD
Tomb of King Theodoric -526 AD