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Roman Architecture

Roman Architecture. Group 2 Chris Yu / Christine Hsu / Monica Liu / Pearl Su / Wendy Liu. Introduction.  Chris. Basis on the classical stone building of Greeks and Etruscans Reflects the practical needs--public works A combination of practicality and innovation.

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Roman Architecture

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  1. Roman Architecture Group 2 Chris Yu / Christine Hsu / Monica Liu / Pearl Su / Wendy Liu

  2. Introduction  Chris

  3. Basis on the classical stone building of Greeks and Etruscans Reflects the practical needs--public works A combination of practicality and innovation Arches, Columns, Vaults, Temples, Theaters, Amphitheaters, Baths, Basilicas Introduction

  4. Vault & Aqueduct  Pearl

  5. Vault A.B : Arch consisting of voussiors, wedge-shaped C: Barrel vault E: Groined vault

  6. RomanAqueduct • 11 major aqueducts in ancient Rome • The longest was 59 miles long(Anio Novus) • Flowing into huge sisterns • Providing water for emperor, rich citizens,public fountain and baths

  7. PontduGard • One of Rome’s most spectacular large-scale engineering project • Part of a 25-mile-long aqueduct that brought fresh water to the city of Nimes in southern France

  8. Pont du Gard • Built without mortar • Reflect the practical function of arch • the bottom row: supporting a bridge • the 2nd row: undergirding the top channel through which water ran by gravity to its destination

  9. Works cited

  10. Rome Amphitheaters  Wendy

  11. Circus Maximus Colosseum Rome Amphitheaters

  12. The Colosseum • Structure beneath the floor: complex of rooms and tunnels

  13. Doric in the first story Three-quarters engaged Doric columns, lower arcade

  14. Ionic in the second storyIonic engaged columns, middle arcade

  15. Corinthian in the third story Corinthian columns, upper arcade

  16. An attic story with Corinthian pilasters and small square window openings in alternate bays

  17. Works cited • http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Roman_Colosseum.html • http://www.mariamilani.com/picscity/Rome_Colosseum_4.htm

  18. Pantheon  Monica

  19. Pantheon

  20. The Pantheon Floor Plan

  21. The Pantheon Dome

  22. 30-foot-wide Invites light and air Oculus, ”eye”

  23. Planetary Deities

  24. eight Corinthian columns the classical principles of symmetry and harmony The Proportions of the Pantheon

  25. Works cited • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantheon,_Rome • http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Pantheon.html • http://www.monolithic.com/thedome/pantheon/ • http://www.2020site.org/rome/romantemples.html

  26. Basilica & Baths  Christine

  27. Basilica Basilica is a rectangular colonnaded hall that was built for the commonly used in public assemblies. Used as courts of law, meeting halls, and market places and some for baths page 151 figure 6.16

  28. Basilica of Maxentius, or Basilica Nova, ‘New Basilica’ page 152 figure 6.17 This building consisted of a 300-foot long central nave, four side aisles and a semicircular recess called an apse. roofed by gigantic stone vaults; constructed on brick-faced concrete of twenty feet thick walls.

  29. Baths Spas included steam rooms, exercise rooms, art galleries, shops, cafes, reading rooms, and chambers of physical intimacy . There were more than 900 baths in the city of Rome. Page 151 figure6.15

  30. Palace & Church • This palace was constructed by Constantine, to memorialize his imperial pity. • In the Christian basilica the original meaning of the word basilica, "the hall of the king",

  31. Egyptian hill & Rome basilica

  32. Colonnades page117 figure5.16

  33. Works cited • http://www.odysseyadventures.ca/index.htm • http://www.odysseyadventures.ca/articles/greektemple/greek_temple.htm • http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02325a.htm • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Maxentius_and_Constantine • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica

  34. Monument & Conclusion  Chris

  35. Monument of Roman • Public work of art • Utilitarianism • For advertising Roman’s military achievement—triumphal arches & victory columns • Examples : Trojan's Victory Column and Arch of Titus

  36. Trajan'sVictory Column Completed in 113C.E,and located in Trojan’s Forum Spiral bas-relief commemorates Trajan's victory frieze(橫飾帶) winds around

  37. Arch of Titus • A structure in the shape of a monumental archway • To immortalize the emperor’s conquest of Jerusalem in 70 C.E.

  38. Conclusion • Roman Architecture is our connection with the most advanced civilization of its time. In Rome, ancient history ends and modern history begins; and all its story, both the old and the new, possesses a fascinating power, thus far unequalled in history; and that the fascination should ever be equaled by another nation seems now beyond imagining.

  39. Works cited • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_architecture • http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/roman.html

  40. END

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