Roman Architect

ureGroup 2Chris Yu / Christine Hsu / Monica Liu / Pearl Su / Wendy Liu

Introduction

Chris

Introduction

• 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

Vault & Aqueduct

Pearl

Vault

A.B : Arch consisting of voussiors, wedge-shaped

C: Barrel vault E: Groined vault

Roman Aqueduct• 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

Pont du Gard• One of Rome’s mo

st spectacular large-scale engineering project

• Part of a 25-mile-long aqueduct that brought fresh water to the city of Nimes in southern France

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

Works cited

Rome Amphitheaters

Wendy

Rome Amphitheaters• Circus Maximus • Colosseum

The Colosseum • Structurebeneath the floor: complex of rooms and tunnels

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

Ionic in the second storyIonic engaged columns, middle arcade

Corinthian in the third story Corinthian columns, upper arcade

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

Works cited

• http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Roman_Colosseum.html

• http://www.mariamilani.com/picscity/Rome_Colosseum_4.htm

Pantheon

Monica

Pantheon

The Pantheon Floor Plan

The Pantheon Dome

Oculus, ”eye”

• 30-foot-wide

• Invites light and air

Planetary Deities

The Proportions of the Pantheon

• eight Corinthian columns

• the classical principles of symmetry and harmony

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

Basilica & Baths

Christine

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

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Basilica of Maxentius, or Basilica Nova, ‘New Basilica’

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.

Baths

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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.

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",

Egyptian hill & Rome basilica

Colonnades

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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

Monument & Conclusion

Chris

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

Trajan's Victory Column

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

Arch of Titus• A structure in the sha

pe of a monumental archway

• To immortalize the emperor’s conquest of Jerusalem in 70 C.E.

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.

Works cited

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_architecture

• http://www.greatbuildings.com/types/styles/roman.html

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