Hoa-Early Christian Architecture

Birth place of Christianity

• Iraq

• Judea

• Rome

• France

What influenced Early Christian Architecture?

• Gothic art

• Roman art

• Egyptian art

• Mesopotamian art

Final Phase of Roman Architecture.

• Roman Architecture

• Gothic Architecture

• Early Christian Architecture

• Mesopotamian Architecture

The religion founded on the teachings of Jesus Christ, including the Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Orthodox churches.

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• Iglesia

Early Christian Architectural Character

• Simplicity in Design, Coarseness in execution

• Simplicity, monumentality, Solidity or massiveness

• Massiveness, monumentality, grandeur

Entrance at ____, Priest stood behind altar, facing ____

• South, North

• North, South

• West, East

• East, West

Form of Roman Basilica.

• Circulars

• Greek Cross

• Rectangular

Early Christian contribution.

• Ribbed vaulting & arcades & timber trussed roof

• Cross vault

• Semi-circular vault

• Barrel vault

An early Christian church, characterized by q long, rectangular plan, a central nave and side aisles lit by a clerestory, an apse, and covered by timbered gable roof.

• Megaron

• Basilica

• Cathedral

• Parish

Papal Basilica

• Minor Basilicas

• Major Basilicas