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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 Oct. 4, 2011
Introduction The Christian Basilica : A Building Type
Trinity Church Wall St. NYC, 1846 Trinity Church, Newport RI, 1725
Parthenon, Athens Greece, 447-438 B.C.E. Callicrates, Ictinus and Phidias
Icon of Christ, Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, 6th century CE
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
Forum of Trajan, Rome, 98-117 Plan of Old St. Peter’s church, c. 320
Basilica Ulpia, Forum of Trajan, Rome, 98-117 Plan of Old St. Peter’s church, c. 320
First century grave within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
Church of the Holy Sepulcher, plan and reconstruction of the Constantinian church, ca. 325
Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120 Old St. Peter’s church, c. 320
Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120 Santa Sabina, Rome, 423-432
East end with radiating chapels, Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120 Plan, Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120
Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120 Saint Foy, reliquary statue, 10th-11th century
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
Berzé-la-Ville, wall painting Saint Peter from Cluny
East end, St. Eitenne, Beauvais, 1225-1272 and after 1284 East end with radiating chapels, Saint-Sernin, Toulouse, c. 1080-1120
Gothic Characteristics • Ribbed groin vaulting • Flying butttresses • Pointed (broken) arches • Continuous membering • Stained glass, diaphanous wall