PPT-Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture

Architectural History ACT 322 Doris Kemp Topics Early Christian Architecture Rome Structures Structures in the Holy Lands Milan Structures Ravenna Structures Structures in Greece Syria and the Rhineland. Definition. Byzantine:. this term is a modern invention. The Byzantines called themselves either ‘Romans’. . or ‘Greeks’. Invented by the classical scholar Hieronymus Wolf and popularized by Montesquieu. aka Eastern Roman Empire. Byzantine Empire. ". Byzantine" derives from Byzantium, an ancient Greek colony founded by a man named . Byzas. . . Located . on the European side of the Bosporus (the strait linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean), . 610-1070. Strains on the Empire. Avars. Slavs. Persians. And after 632 the Muslims. Heraclius. Came to power amid military disaster. Avars. , Slavs, and Persians were all attacking the empire at once. Early Byzantine 500-726 (Iconoclastic Controversy). Iconoclastic Controversy 726-843. Middle/High Byzantine 843-1200 (Medieval Crusades). Late Byzantine 1200-1453 (Ottoman Conquest). Main Ideas of Byzantine Art. Chapter 6: The Byzantine & Islamic Empires. The Rise of “New Rome”. Constantinople . D. edicated in 330. Important commercial center. Political and religious center. Capital of Eastern Roman Empire. Location. The eastern portion of the former Roman Empire. Capital City – Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). Excellent location for trade. Military defense. Fought with the following for control of the area. Dates: 330-1500. Map of the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the Greek speaking, eastern part of the Mediterranean. . Byzantium was the name of a small, but important town at the . Yee . Jiun. Song. Cornell University. CS5410 Fall 2008. . Fault Tolerant Systems. By now, probably obvious that systems reliability/availability is a key concern. Downtime is expensive. Replication is a general technique for providing fault tolerance. and Romanesque. Early Christian Design. Byzantine art. . encompasses the visual expressions of the . Byzantine Empire . from about . 330. to . 1450. CE.. Constantinople. : . capital of . Byzantium. MEDIEVAL ART…... Medieval artistic traditions include late antique, early Christian, Byzantine, Islamic, migratory, Carolingian*, Romanesque, and Gothic. , named for their principal culture, religion, government, and/or artistic style. . Essential Questions. How can religion impact a culture?. What factors lead to the rise and fall of empires?. We’ve already talked about the importance of maintenance and wise decisions. . It Matters Because…. Developments in Europe and the Byzantine Empire. . Where we last left off…. The Roman Empire was divided into two factions. The . Eastern Roman Empire. , centered in Constantinople became highly centralized government known as the . H. orseshoe Arch. Origin unknown . Some say Umayyad, others say Visigoth (Spain), and still others say Byzantine or Sassanid. Compare to this Roman Arch. Pointed Arch. First used by Byzantines it will become the characteristic arch of Islamic Architecture. Byzantine Architecture . Objectives. Outline the background affecting the period.. Isolate elements associated with Byzantine architecture.. Identify famous Byzantine buildings.. Recognize key terms from Byzantine architecture..