OF ROMANESQUE VS BYZANTINE
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ARCHITECTURE
Halberstadt Cathedral, Built between 1236-1491
Table of Contents Page 3
What is Architecture? & The Theory of Architecture Page 4
Introduction of the Romanesque Architecture
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Introduction of the Byzantine Architecture Page 6
Romanesque VS Byzantine Page 6
Reference
MAY 2022
Architecture, is both the process and product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or other structures. In architectural works. the material form of buildings are often perceived as cultural symbols and as work of art. Historical civilizations are often identified with their surviving architectural archivements.
The Theory Of Architecture
Architecture can also mean the knowledge of art, science, technology and humanity.
What is Architecture?
The philosophy of architectures is a branch of philosophy of art, dealing with aesthetic value of architecture, its semantics and in relation with development of culture. Many philosophers and theoreticians from Palo to Michel Foucalt and others have concerned themselves with the nature or architecture and whether or not architecture is distinguished from building.
Gloucester Cathedral, nave, built in 1089
ABOUT ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE
Interior of Palatine Chapel, Aachen
Characteristics of Romanesque Architecture
Romanesque architecture was the architecture that emerge in Europe to accommodate the rise of monasticism between the late 10th century and the 12th century. Larger churches were needed for numerous monks and pilgrims who came to view saints' relics. Since Romanesque designs were a by-product of dark ages, it often doubled up as defensive structures. These were also made fire resistant to some extent by replacing timber construction with masonry vaulting. The Romanesque architecture is European style of building mainly influenced by roman architecture as well as elements of Byzantine architecture and Islamic art.
Round arches Thick and massive walls with small openings Decorative Arcades with round arches and sturdy pillars Tall Towers Barrel Vaults Symmetrical buildings Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany, Completed in 1520
Characteristics of Byzantine Architecture The richest interiors were finished with thin plates of marble or stone. Some of the columns were also made of marble. Other widely used materials were bricks and stone. Mosaics made of stone or glass tesserae were also elements of interior architecture. Precious wood furniture, like beds, chairs, stools, tables, bookshelves and silver or golden cups with beautiful reliefs, decorated Byzantine interiors.
Saint Sophia's, Moscow Road, London
About Byzantine Architecture The Byzantine era is usually dated from 330 AD, when Constantine the Great moved the Roman capital to Byzantium, which became Constantinople, until the fall of the Byzantine Empire in 1453. However, there was initially no hard line between the Byzantine and Roman empires, and early Byzantine architecture is stylistically and structurally indistinguishable from earlier Roman architecture. Byzantine art is more focus about their religious and imperial. The images are usually high on the ceiling so that people look up and it shows how much respect they give to their gods or emperor
Hagia Sophia, Turkey, 27, 537 AD
Byzantine architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine Empire, or Eastern Roman Empire.
Similarities and Differences between
Romanesque VS Byzantine What are the similarities of Byzantine and Romanesque architecture? Romanesque and Byzantine designs both have their own similarities in several ways. One which is they have a strong inspiration of the Christianity. All both styles of churches use religious imagery and ideas and portray them in hierarchical terms, where God is at the top, and average men and women are at the very bottom. In both styles, churches were designed and their interior space planned with careful deliberation to reinforce the teachings of the Church and spread Church doctrine, or the rules and guiding ideas of the Christian religion.
Hagia Irene, Istanbul (337 CE)
The difference of Romanesque and Byzantine Byzantine architecture are often seen with rich and stricking designs on its exterior alongside frescos which describes the pictures painted directly into wet plaster. Whereas the Romanesque techniques are more symmetrical and are often appeared in a more simplistic with little to no exterior art like frescos on it
Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll, town of Ripoll in Catalonia, Spain, Founded in 880.
THANK YOU Reference romanesque architecture https://europeupclose.com/article/exam ples-of-romanesque-architecturegermany/ byzantine architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_ architecture#Characteristics
hagia sophia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_ Sophia Romanques https://blog.kaarwan.com/romanes que-architecture-a-breif-introduction8b9909b5ca31 Byzantine https://www.thoughtco.com/what-isbyzantine-architecture-4122211