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The Christian Basilica

The Christian Basilica. Oct. 4, 2011. Introduction. The Christian Basilica : A Building Type. Old St. Peters, Rome, begun c. 320-321. Trinity Church Wall St. NYC, 1846. Trinity Church, Newport RI, 1725. Parthenon, Athens Greece, 447-438 B.C.E. Callicrates, Ictinus and Phidias.

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The Christian Basilica

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  1. The Christian Basilica Oct. 4, 2011

  2. Introduction The Christian Basilica : A Building Type

  3. Old St. Peters, Rome, begun c. 320-321

  4. Trinity Church Wall St. NYC, 1846 Trinity Church, Newport RI, 1725

  5. Parthenon, Athens Greece, 447-438 B.C.E. Callicrates, Ictinus and Phidias

  6. Pantheon, Rome, c. 118-128

  7. Icon of Christ, Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, 6th century CE

  8. Dura Europos, Christian Baptistery, before 256 C.E.

  9. I. Origin of the Christian Basilica

  10. Old St. Peters, Rome, begun c. 320-321

  11. Ruled 306-337 Edict of Milan, 313 legalized Christianity Built churches in Rome, and on sites associated with Christ in Judea Founded Constantinople, (Byzantium, Istanbul), 330 Emperor Constantine

  12. Arch of Constantine, Rome 313-315

  13. Old St. Peters, Rome, begun c. 320-321

  14. St. Peter’s Rome, 1505 and later

  15. Forum of Trajan, Rome, 98-117 Plan of Old St. Peter’s church, c. 320

  16. Basilica Ulpia, Forum of Trajan, Rome, 98-117 Plan of Old St. Peter’s church, c. 320

  17. Domes of the church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, 326

  18. First century grave within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

  19. Church of the Holy Sepulcher, plan and reconstruction of the Constantinian church, ca. 325

  20. Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome Italy, ca. 432-40 C.E.

  21. II. The Romanesque Monastic Church

  22. Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120 Old St. Peter’s church, c. 320

  23. Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120 Santa Sabina, Rome, 423-432

  24. East end with radiating chapels, Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120 Plan, Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120

  25. Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120 Saint Foy, reliquary statue, 10th-11th century

  26. Plan of the monastery of St. Gall, Switzerland, c. 820

  27. Reconstructed view from the plan of the Monastery of St. Gall, from David Talbot Rice (Ed.), The Dark Ages, The Making of European Civilization, London 1965

  28. Cluny--CluniacFontenay-Cistercian

  29. Remains of Cluny III, 1088-1130

  30. Berzé-la-Ville, wall painting Saint Peter from Cluny

  31. Fontenay, Monastery Church, 1139-1147

  32. Fontenay, Monastery Church, 1139-1147

  33. Fontenay, Monastery Church, 1139-1147

  34. III. The Gothic Cathedral

  35. Notre Dame, Amiens, c. 1220-1226

  36. Notre Dame, Amiens, c. 1220-1226

  37. Old St. Peter’s church, c. 320

  38. Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120

  39. East end, St. Eitenne, Beauvais, 1225-1272 and after 1284 East end with radiating chapels, Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120

  40. Gothic Characteristics • Ribbed groin vaulting • Flying butttresses • Pointed (broken) arches • Continuous membering • Stained glass, diaphanous wall

  41. Notre Dame, Chartres, 1194-1227

  42. View of the vaults, Notre Dame, Amiens, c. 1220-1226

  43. Ribbed groin vault

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