Augustus Primaporta, c. 20 BC

Very cleaned up portrait

Commissioned by Augustus

Arch of Tutus, 81 AD

Permanent monument erected for triumph

Columns that support an entablature

Roman Arch Order

San Vitale, Ravenna, Byzantine Church, 526-548 AD

Centrally planned church

Octogon

Choir wall painting

Hospitality of Abraham w/ inverse perspective

David Composing the Psalms, from Paris Psalter, 960 AD

Series of scenes from Old Testament

Use of atmospheric perspective

Dome of the Rock, Jarusalem, 687-692

Islam became formal religion in 652

Commemorative Structure

Believed to be Adam's tomb

Site believed to be Mohammed rising from death.

Great Mosque of Damascus, 706-715

Mosques take on particular parts of the local culture.

Open courtyard, areas for ritual washing.

Roman style columns, beautiful mosaics.

Using buildings as decorative devices.

Great Mosque, Cordoba, Spain, 8th - 10th c.

Certain things for worship in each mosque

Marker showing direction to worship

Pulpit used for sermon

Courtyard w/ fountain for ritual washing

Tall tower (minaret) for issuing call to prayer

Stacked, horseshoe arches

Mihrab showing direction of prayer

Many writing styles

Temple of Fortuna Virilis, 75 BC

Taken closely from Etruscan plans

Colonnade all the way around

Large cella with doorway - Ionic attached

Baths of Caracalla, reconstruction, 215 AD

Space where people could do many things

Unusually shaped interiors made possible with concrete

Copied later as model for railroad station

Arch of Constantine, c. 315 AD

Constantine decided Diocletian's plans were wrong and went to war w/ co-emperor

Had arch erected as propaganda

Units of Roman Arch Order

Wanted to give himself an instant history through depictions in friezes

Ceiling from Catacomb of Callixtus

Chris figure in center

Continuation of some aspect of classical styling

Old St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, section, c. 320 AD

Emperor constantine commissioned

Aisles on side for people who were not of the church to wait

Part of Christian art movement

Apollinaire Nuovo, c. 500 AD

Newer church

Simple Basilica

One flanking side aisle

Moved fully into use of arcade

Many arches

Part of Byzantine art movement

Santa Constanza, Rome, c. 350 AD

Began as tomb for one of Constantine's daughters

Spaces separated by colonnade

Looks like descendant of Pantheon

Pairs of columns with sections of entablature