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| Roman Empire gradually weakens |
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| Christian religion authorized |
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| Constantine converts to Christianity; moves capital to Byzantium, changes name to Constantinople (later Istanbul |
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| Christianity becomes the official religion. |
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| EASTERN STYLE: Christianity architecture |
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| central axis; domes; mosaics and arabesque designs; hierarchical arrangements |
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all heads on same level or height
EX: Hagia Sophia, San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy |
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| WESTERN STYLE: architecture |
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| basilica plan; fresco and wall hangings; 3-D art,more naturalistic art; |
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| open outside, walled in area in front of basilica |
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| small area immediately inside basilica for non-converts |
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| major central portion inside, with aisles on either side (1-2 aisles) |
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| further down toward the altar, where the transepts cross |
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| the arms of the church, widening out to the south and north |
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| area for the choir and clergy |
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| walkway around the rounded end of the basilica |
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| rounded end, holding the choir, high altar, and radiating chapels. |
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| Aligment of basilica is usually apse to the East, front door to the West |
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| the distance and area between each and its immediate neighbor |
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| the Last Judgement portal |
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| the sculpture above the central portal |
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| sculptures around the tympanum with figures ,or designs ,or symbols of the Zodiac |
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| double doorways often have a statue attached to a pillar between the doors |
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| an open, walled enclosure much like the atrium, but attached to the church walls; often a spring is in the middle; an area where monks could read and converse, and hear the afternoon lesson from the abbot |
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| the outer walls of the nave and around the apse |
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| like Roman architecture characteristics: rounded arches, thick wall, little light, massive impression; EXAMPLES= St Sernin; St Foy; St Etienne (Caen);At-Pierre, Mopissac;Saint-Lazare.Autun; La Madeleine, Vezelay |
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| Thinner walls, brighter interiors with more extensive stained glass, use of pointed arches, thinner exterior buttressing, ribbed vaults, more humanistic, realistic sculpture, less emphasis on pain and agony. |
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| All sung mass-never changing |
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| added by 9th c. to aid singing |
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| incorporated around 800AD |
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| Parallel Organum, Melismatic Organum |
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| Busy on top and steady on the bottom |
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| Vocal accompaniment--no instrumental. |
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