trabeated construction

•limited span due to stones poor tensile strength

•requires a considerable amount of vertical structure

arch is the basic module for

Roman arcuated construction

Pantheon, Rome, Hadrian, 100-125

CE

coffered ceiling

oculus

What building?

Pantheon, Rome, Hadrian, 100-125 CE

aedicule, column, pilaster

Baths of Caracalla,Rome, Hadrian, 100-125 CE

Baths of Caracalla,Rome, Hadrian, 100-125 CE

Sequence of Spaces?

Gymnasium

Massage

Calidarium (Hot)

Tepidarium (Warm)

Frigidarium (Cold)

Natatio (Pool)

Sequence of Spaces

Dressing Rooms

Basilica UlpiaRome, Trajan, 100-125 CE

large roofed hall erected for transacting business and disposing of legal matters

Nero’s Golden House, Domus Aurea, Tivoli, 64-

80 CE

Hadrian’s VillaTivoli, 118-133 CE

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canopus (pool)

Hadrian’s VillaTivoli, 118-133 CE

Hadrian’s VillaTivoli, 118-133 CE

Serapeum (grotto)

cryptoporticus

Hadrian’s VillaTivoli, 118-133 CE

covered corridor or passageway

Hadrian’s Villa, Island Villa, Tivoli, 118-133 CE

Pompeii discovered in 1738

Pompeian store fronts

House (Domus) Plan, Pompeii, before 79 AD

atrium•large airy room

•lighted by an opening in the roof

•the formal room where guests were received and clients assembled to wait for their customary morning visits to their patron

•also a room for family occasions

vestibulum or fauces (throat)

tablinum•open on two sides

• family records were stored

• elite families would display the imagines—busts of famous ancestors

• master of the house, the paterfamilias, would greet his many clients on their morning visits

•on the upper story

•in the interior of the house

•often functioned as bedrooms

•small rooms off the atrium used for private meetings, libraries, etc.

cubiculum

frescoes, Pompeii, before 79 CE

•illusions of depth

•illusions of nature

•fanciful architecture & attenuated columns

triadic color scheme—red, yellow & blue

cathedra, 100-300 CE

cathedra, 100-300 CE

Stone Tables, 100-300 CE

trestle leg

monopdia

lamps, 100-300 CE

curule, 100-300 CE

floor patterns: denote wealth

tesserae: individual mosaic tiles

nave

double side aisle

apse

Chartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

nave apse

ambulatory

transcept

Chartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

transcept

Chartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

pointed arch

Chartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

skeletal structure & infill

Chartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

buttress

flying buttress

buttress

flying buttress

Rose Window

Rose Window

Chartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

Ste. Chapelle, Paris, 1242-48

Royal Chapel, Hampton Court Palace, England, 1535

Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England, 14th - 16th centuries

Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England, 14th - 16th centuries

oriel

double court crenellated roof line

great hall

Haddon Hall, Plan, 14th - 16th centuries

Haddon Hall, Plan, 14th - 16th centuries

great hall

Penshurst Place, Great Hall, Kent, England,

14th - 16th centuries

Penshurst Place, Great Hall, Kent, England,

14th - 16th centuries

screen

minstrel’s gallery

quatrefoil

brazier

trestle table

Haddon Hall long gallery, 14th-16th centuries

Penshurst Place, Long Gallery, England14th - 16th centuries

Penshurst Place, Long Gallery, England14th - 16th centuries

Oak Sideboard, England13th - 16th centuries

Choirstall, England,

13th - 16th centuries

Cress w/ linen-fold motif, England

13th - 16th centuries

Cress w/ linen-fold motif, England

13th - 16th centuries

cruck

heavy timber

or

half timber

or

“black & white”