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St. Peter's Basilica - Rome
319-330
Early Christian Architecture
-built on St. Peter's grave |
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Santa Constanza - Rome
350
Early Christian Architecture
-mausoleum for his daughter |
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Theodoric Palace - Ravenna
520
Early Christian Architecture |
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Tomb of King Theodoric - Ravenna
526
Early Christian Architecture
-mansion of goth king of italy |
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Hagia Sophia - Constantinople, Turkey
532-537
Anthemius of Tralles & Isidor of Miletus
The Christian East
-was world's largest church for a while, centrally planned |
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San Vitale - Ravenna
526-548
The Christian East
-octogonal plan |
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Church of the Intercession - Vladimir, Russia
1166
The Christian East
-has an onion dome on a tall drum |
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St. Sophia - Kiev, Ukraine
1200
The Christian East
-cross and square plan
-many apses |
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The Dome of the Rock - Jerusalem
691-692
Early Islamic Architecture
-built around the foundation stone of the islamic faith |
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Great Mosque - Damascus, Syria
705-715
Early Islamic Architecture
-built over basilica of st. john baptist |
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Great Mosque - Samarra, Iraq
848-852
Early Islamic Architecture
-was largest mosque in world for a while
-spiralling minaret |
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Great Mosque at Cordoba - Spain
785-987
Early Islamic Architecture
-arcaded hypostyle hall
-alternating red and white voussoirs |
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Alhambra - Granada, Spain
13th-14th Century
The Triumph of Islamic Architecture
-ornate geometric decoration on the palace |
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Mosque of Suleyman the Magnificent - Istanbul, Turkey
1550-57
Koca Sinan
The Triumph of Islamic Architecture
-resembles hagia sophia but makes it better
-blended byzantine and islamic elements |
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Isfahan Mosque - Iran
1611-1630
Masjid-i-shah
The Triumph of Islamic Architecture
-covered in mosaic tiles
-use of iwan |
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Taj Mahal - Agra, India
1631-47
The Triumph of Islamic Architecture
-built as a monument to signify his wife's death |
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Gate @ Monastery of Lorsch - Germany
770
Carolingian Renaissance and Medieval Europe
-roman models were studied as a basic concept of ornament |
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Palatine Chapel - Aachen, Germany
796-805
Carolingian Renaissance and Medieval Europe
-holds the remains of charlemagne
-centrally-planned
-combines elements from different time periods |
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St. Gall Monastery Plan - Switzerland
820
Carolingian Renaissance and Medieval Europe
-plan for a benedictine monastic compound |
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Cathedral, Baptistery, and Tower - Pisa, Italy
1063
Carolingian and Medieval Europe
-combines romanesque and byzantine styles
-one of main centers of medieval art |
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Cathedral of Chartres - France
1194-1230
Gothic Architecture
-contrasting spires in the front w/ three significant facades |
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Salisbury Cathedral - England
1220-58; Tower 1334-8
Gothic Architecture
-built within a generation in one style of architecture - Early English Gothic
-double transept |
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King's College Chapel - Cambridge
1446-1515
Gothic Architecture
-fan vaulting |
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Duomo - Florence, Italy
Filippo Brunelleschi
1242
Quattrocento Italy: The Early Renaissance
-high octagonal dome without use of buttresses |
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Medici Palace - Florence
Michelozzo di Bartolomeo
1444
Quattrocento Italy: The Early Renaissance
-classicism on human scale
-rusticated to finer masonry with string courses between floors |
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S. Maria Novella - Florence
Leon Battista Alberti
1456-70
Quatrocento Italy: The Early Renaissance
combined classical elements with the existing medieval elements of the facade |
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S. Andrea - Mantua
Leon Battista Alberti
1472-94
Quattrocento Italy: The Early Renaissance
-layers classical elements on the facade |
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Tempietto - Rome
Donato Bramante
1502
Cinquecento Italy
-signals shift to more personal, richer classical ideals
-tholos, one of most copied buildings
-curved classical elements |
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the rebuilding of St. Peter's - Rome
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1546
Cinquecento Italy
-rich surface, one of most important and largest churches int he world |
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Porto Pia - Rome
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1561-65
Cinquecento Italy
-layered elements of architecture at many different scales - defines his own personal style |
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La Rotunda - Vicenza
Andrea Palladio
1556-57
Cinquecento Italy
-roman temple form on all four sides of the building facade |
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S. Andrea al Quirnale - Rome
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
1658-70
Baroque
-oval form with manipulated elements of the classical form |
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S. Carlo alla Quattro Fontane -Rome
Francesco Borromini
1637 -1665
Baroque
-sculptural facade and interior with curved forms |
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Karlskirche -Vienna
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
1716-25
Baroque
-facade is a false front
-asymmetrically arranged on the interior
-transforms baroque out of italy |
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Vierzehnheiligen -Bamberg, Germany
Johann Balthasar Neumann
1744
Baroque
-interior is made of interlinked ovals with no distinction between elements (rococo) |
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