Saturday, February 23, 2008

Week 8 Blog: Question 3, Early Christian and Byzantine Art

Compare basilica-plan with central-plan churches. Cite examples of each.
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4 comments:

Requiem said...

Basilica had a roman inspired shape, using a latin cross in it's symbolism. This is the predominant style used today.

Central-plan used a greek shaped cross in it's dome, inspired by the French empire arcutecture. Often throughout the church are mosaics, prodominatly in the Eastern Churches.


sources:
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/arts/Architec/MiddleAgesArchitectural/EarlyChristianByzantine/BasilicaPlanChurches/BasilicaPlanChurches.htm
http://www.academic.marist.edu/mainzer/notes06/central.htm
http://www.utccs.org/documents/churcharchitecture.pdf

-Greg Allen

February 27, 2008 at 3:04 PM
xXSweet_LunaXx said...

Latin Cross and Steeple (Basilica Plan Church)
Roman style and basilica plan in the shape of a Latin cross.Style used today.
Greek Cross and Dome (Central Plan Church)
Central plan church in the shape of a Greek Cross with a dome (heaven on earth)
Use of mosaics
Found mainly in the Eastern Churches.Santa Costanza in Rome is a good example of the central plan church.

*Irma Villanueva

February 29, 2008 at 7:32 AM
Driftlikeashes said...

Basilica-plan and Central-plan churches both have atriums near the entrances of the buildings. Also the apse is near the rear of the church. On the other hand, Central-plan isles surround the dome while Basilica isles are in the center.

http://dl.coastline.edu/classes/internet/art100/images/AACHEBN0.jpg

February 29, 2008 at 10:13 AM
learn to speak binary. said...

perhaps the most famous basilica belongs to the namesake of Saint Peter, built in Vatican City during the 4th century, using primarily Roman influence in the logic of the architecture and the use of the Latin cross as a basis for the rectangular floorplan.

conversely, the central-plan churches common to eastern and Byzantinian areas, utilised a circular floorplan with a primary dome around which everything was constructed, such as the Santa Costanza in Rome.

March 12, 2008 at 11:52 PM

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