Technique and technical development architecture

Technique and Technical DevelopmentArchitecture

Greek Arch

Roman arch

Benefits of Roman archDistributes weight outwardPushes weight toward greater weight bearing column

Allows for height

Height and space

Byzantine Church Characteristics

• Mosaics• Domed• Only a few stories high

Hagia Sophia - Byzantine

Hagia Sophia - Byzantine

Hagia Sophia - Byzantine

Hagia Sophia - Byzantine

Church of the Holy Sepulcher - Byzantine

Church of the Holy Sepulcher - Byzantine

Church of the Holy Sepulcher - Byzantine

Byzantine Innovations with Arches

• Higher walls• Dome• Light halo • Looking into heaven

Romanesque Cathedral Characteristics

• Thick wall• Little glass• Wood and later stone celilings• Sculpture to teach Bible stories to illiterate

masses• Real and fantastical images used, especially

those of demons

Church of Saint Trophime - Romanesque

Church of Saint Trophime between 1100-1300 - Romanesque

Church of Saint Trophime between 1100-1300 - Romanesque

Romanesque innovations with arches

• practice

Gothic Cathedral Characteristics

• High• Thinner walls• Windows• Depictions of people more natural and show

movement• Less use of animals and demons

Pointed arch - Gothic

Pointed arch - Gothic

Flying Buttress - Gothic

Notre Dame de Paris - Gothic

Reims Cathedral - Gothic

Chatres Cathedral - Gothic

Chartres Cathedral - Gothic

Chartres Cathedral - Gothic

Chartres Cathedral - Gothic

Which style?

Duomo - Florence Milan Cathedral

Which style

Church of St. Denis Tower of Pisa