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009 EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE • BACKGROUND Roman Empire – 3 rd Century – Christianity EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE – Titulus – Catacombs – Martyria

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009 EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE

• BACKGROUND– Roman Empire – 3rd Century– Christianity

• EARLY CHRISTIAN ARCHITECTURE– Titulus– Catacombs– Martyria

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• Emperor Constantine– 313 AD - Edict of Milan

• New Forms in Architecture– Old forms, new functions

• Christian Mass– Evolved as an indoor event

• Rome– San Giovanni in Laterno

• Prototype – Roman Basilica

– Old Saint Peter’s• Most important

• Atrium, Narthex, Transept

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• HOLY LAND

– Church of the Nativity

– Church of the Holy Sepulcher

• Central Plan Martyria– Based on Roman Heroa

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Mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian

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Mausoleum of Augustus

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SANTA CONSTANZA

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DECLINE OF IMPERIAL AUTHORITY IN WEST

• Church Assumes More Control– Churches constructed with more classical details (revival)

• St. Maria Maggiore

• St. Sabina

• Empire Decline– 350 AD Milan is residence of Emperor of Italy– 402 AD Western capital moves to Ravenna

• San Apollinare Nuovo

• San Apollinare in Classe

• Tomb of King Theodoric

• Constantine’s Architecture– Most Prestigious– Last Phase of Roman Architecture

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SAN LORENZO – MILAN – 370 AD

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SAN LORENZO PLAN

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St. Maria Maggiore

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St. Sabina

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San Apollinare Nuovo – 490 AD

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Mausoleum of Galla Placida -

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San Apollinare in Classe – 534 AD

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Tomb of King Theodoric -526 AD

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