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