Christianity had its birth in Judea, Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. Influenced by the existing Roman art.

The ruins of the Roman buildings provided quarry where materials were obtained.

The climactic condition of Roman provinces where Christianity was established naturally modified the style. The fiercer the sun & hotter climate necessitated small windows & other Eastern features.

Christianity spread out rapidly & inspired the building of some of the greatest architectural monuments. Constantine & Licinus issued their celebrated edict of Milan giving Christianity equal rights with other religions & Constantine made it the official religion.

Constantine was the prime character but was not proclaimed  Emperor;  he removed his empire from Rome to Byzantium and developed a new style  of Architecture.

The final phase of Roman Architecture from 4th to 6th Century, primarily in church building

Early Christian Architecture is basically Roman in character but executed it through:

A. Simplicity in Design

B. Coarseness in Execution

C. Extravagant in Design

D. Detailed and Precise Execution

What is Not considered as Early Christian Architecture?

A. Development of “rib vaulting & arcades and timber trussed roof”

B. Developed the use of campanile in the exterior of the church

C. Archivolt

D. Church plan usually has 3-5 aisles covered by simple trussed roof

What is Not considered as Early Christian Architecture?

A. Uses long rows of “off-repeated” columns from entry to sanctuary for a long Church appearance

B. Formal Gardens

C. Archivolt

D. Arch of Triumph

What emperor is linked with early Christian architecture?

Identify the part of a basilica:

Number 1

Identify the part of a basilica:

Number 2

Identify the part of a basilica:

Number 3

Identify the part of a basilica:

Number 4

Identify the part of a basilica:

Number 5

Identify the part of a basilica:

Number 6

Identify the part of a basilica:

Number 7

Identify the part of a basilica:

Number 8

What holiday Baptism doesn't perform in during the Early Christian period?

The entrance building of a scared precinct, whether church or imperial palace

Forecourt of a church with colonnaded porticoes.

Entrance Hall or Porch.

The great central space in a church. in longitude churches it extends from the entrance to the apse (or only to the crossing if the church has one) and is usually flanked by side aisles.

One of the corridors running parallel to the nave of a church and separated form it by an arcade or colonnade.

The area in a church where the transept and the nave intercept.

In a cruciform church, the whole arm set at right angles to the nave.

A recess, sometimes rectangular but usually semicircular, in the wall at the end of a Roman basilica or Christian church.

A clear story, i.e. a row of windows in the upper part of a wall.

It means a new beginning.

A passageway around the apse of church.

A seat behind the choir reserved for the clergy.

A stage reserved for the clergy.

A  raised  platform  reserved for the seating of speakers or dignitaries.

A small private chapel furnished w/ an altar and a crucifix.

An ornamental screen or wall at the back of an altar.

A slightly  elevated  platform  or  Dais  for  the  speaker.

Roof   over  the  aisles  below  the  clerestory.

A tomb or a receptacles for relics especially in a Christian altar.

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The Covered walk of an Atrium or Cloister.

A basin for a ritual cleansing with water in the Atrium of an early Christian Basilica.

An inner narthex when two are present.

A covered walk or outer narthex situated before an inner narthex.

The Bishop's throne, occupying a recess or apse.

A transverse open space separating the nave and the apse, developing into the trancept of later cruciform churches.

A sacred or holy place, as that part of a church in which the principal altar is placed.

The table in a Christian Church upon which the Eucharist, The sacrament celebrating Christ's Last Supper is celebrated. Also called communion table.

It is a rule in the Early Christian period that churches should be built over the burial place of the ___.

In Early Christian Churches, immediately over the burial place of the saint, is raised the _____.

Orientation of Early Christian churches is towards the ____.

In the center of the early christian church's atrium is a fountain of a water for ablutions-a custom which is still adopted by the Roman Catholics by the use of ____.

The high altar is covered above by a canopy called ______.

Underneath the high altar is the crypt or burial place of the saint to whom the church was dedicated and which was called

Fronting the high altar of the Early Christian and later Medieval Churches is the ___.

The space for clergy and choir is separated by a low screen wall from the body of the church called

On either side of the choir, pulpits for the reading of the epistle and the gospel are called

Orientation of Medieval churches is towards the _____.

Principal interior decoration of Early Christian is _____.

Church plan of early christian churches is ____.