RECAP ON THE ROMAN

ARCHITECTURE
850 BCE to 476 AD-Classical

Magnificent buildings from the rise of

ancient Greece up till the fall of the Roman
Empire were built according to precise
rules. Architectural order refers to a style of
building.
In classical architecture, each order is
distinguishable utilizing its proportions and
profiles in addition to various details. The
columns are situated such that they provide
a useful index of the style itself.
Identifying the order of the column can
then locate the order employed in the
overall structure. The classical laws that
define column styles and entablature are
still being used to guide building design in
the present day.
BYZANTINE JOEL VIVERO RICO, FPIA, UAP
Architectural Historian
ARCHITECT
URE

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

GREEK CROSS
PLAN
Building style of Constantinople
(now Istanbul formerly ancient
Byzantium)after AD 330.
Byzantine architects were Eclectic
at first drawing heavily on
Roman temple features. Their
combination of the basilica and
symmetrical central-plan (circular
or polygonal) religious structures
resulted in the characteristic
Byzantine Greek-cross-plan
church, with a square central mass
and four arms of equal length. This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC
DOMED ROOF
The most distinctive feature
was the domed roof. To
allow a dome to rest above a
square base, either of two
devices was used: the
squinch (an arch in each of
the corners of a square base
that transforms it into an
octagon) or the Pendentive
BYZANTINE
CEILING ART
Byzantine structures featured
soaring spaces and sumptuous
decoration: marble columns and
inlay, mosaics on the vaults, inlaid-
stone pavements, and sometimes
gold coffered ceilings.
The architecture of
Constantinople extended
throughout the Christian East and
in some places, notably Russia,
remained in use after the Fall of
Constantinople (1453).
SPLENDID
EXAMPLES OF
BYZANTINE
ARCHITECTUR
E
HAGIA SOPHIA

TURKEY

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

BASILICA OF
SANT'
APOLLINARE
NUOVO

ITALY

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

BASILICA OF
SAN VITALE

MILAN

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

HIPPODROME OF
CONSTANTINOP
LE

TURKEY

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-NC

HAGIA IRENE

TURKEY

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

HOSIOS LOUKAS

GREECE

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY

DAPHNI
MONASTERY

GREECE

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

ANGELOKASTR
O

GREECE

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

CHURCH OF
SAINT
CATHERINE
(THESSALONIKI)

GREECE

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

BYZANTINE
BATH
(THESSALONIKI)

GREECE

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

REFERENCES
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ah
UKEwjA69-yl7PzAhXSZt4KHe8MDswQFnoECBYQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Farchitectureofcities.com
%2Fbyzantine-architecture&usg=AOvVaw20gEjGblB-tVbMuFdO62lP

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ah
UKEwjA69-yl7PzAhXSZt4KHe8MDswQFnoECC4QAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worldhistory.org%2
FByzantine_Architecture%2F&usg=AOvVaw0dp4sdZjAMqip_BIob0Uru
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&
ved=2ahUKEwjA69-yl7PzAhXSZt4KHe8MDswQFnoECCwQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.b
ritannica.com%2Fart%2FByzantine-architecture&usg=AOvVaw2O0naKBPZ0Km29CHs_HZX_