HOA Module 2: Byzantine Architecture

527 - 565 AD

Constantine moved the capital of the Roman empire to Byzantium (now called Istanbul) in 330 AD

• Byzantine Arch

• Islamic Arch

• Early Christian Arch

• Romanesque Arch

527 - 565 AD

Surrounded the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea

• Geography of Byzantine

• Geography of Islamic

• Geography of Early Christian

• Geography of Romanesque

local clay and imported marble

• geology

• religion

• socio poilitical

• geography

christianity to islam

• geology

• religion

• socio poilitical

• geography

roman eng'g pendentive domes

ayasofya is a trophy of constantinopole

• geology

• religion

• socio poilitical

• geography

Greek-cross plan chruch, square central mass, four arms of equal length, Marble columns and inlay, Inlaid-stone pavements

• Byzantine

• Islamic

• Gothic

• Early Christian

Answer explanation

Featured soaring spaces

Mosaics on the vaults

gold coffered ceilings

Dome on a square base

• Byzantine

• Islamic

• Gothic

• Early Christian

• pendentive

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• pendentive

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• pendentive

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