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| The principal christian church in a diocese, built in the bishop's andministrative center and housing his seat. |
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| A round valut usally over a circular space, consists of curved masonry vault of shapes and cross sections that can vary shape. |
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A suppporting vertical wall from which the vault of a dome springs [image] |
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| The round open space at the top of a dome built to relieve pressure and the chance of this section caving in. Also let's light in. |
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| Projecting bands at the junctures of curved surfaces that are usually structural, give support and structure. |
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| Crowns the top of a dome, sometimes houses a flame |
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| Made the dome at the florentine cathedral lighter and stronger, allowed for maintenance because it provided a passageway between the two shells. |
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Stone or brick laid diagonally rather than horizontally [image] |
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| A large rectangualr building often with a clerestory, side aisles and an apse at one or both ends. Used in ancient Rome as a meeting house, later adopted by christian church use. A transept was usually added with christian use. |
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| A triangular gable found over windows or doors, usually filled with sculpture |
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| Row of columns, usually used to separate the taller nave from shorter side aisles. |
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| Architectural element used for support or decoration. Made up of base and shaft and often a capital. |
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| A column attached to a background wall. |
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| A "squished column." An engaged column used for decoration rather than support. |
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| A recessed decorative panel that is use to reduce the weight of and to decorate ceilings |
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| The area in which the nave and the transept meet, center of the cross made by the basilica church |
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A method of architechtural planning using the "module" a basic unit of masure that could be multiplied or divided and was applied to every element of design. Brunelleschi used this method in the buildling of San Lorenzo, 1421-28 1442-70. |
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| Vitruvius-Ten Books on Architecture |
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| Vetruvius was a first century bce Roman architect and engineer. It was his books that architechts in the 17th century worked from under the belief that mathematics was the true basis of beauty. The vetruvian man was a result. Davinci also worked with the perfect proportions of the ideal human form in the 15th century. |
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Named himself the second Julius Ceasar? He demolished constantine's basilica (Old St Peters) in 1506 and replaced it with a new church (New St. Peter's). This was thought of as an indication of the extraordinary sense of assurance he had. |
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| A central area surrounded by symmetrical areas on each side, like the Greek cross plan (equal armed cross. |
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| A hollow or recess in a wall or other solid element. Serve many different purposes, like displaying objects or house a tomb. |
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| Idea or concept in italian? |
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| A person or group adhering to the doctrine of Trinitarianism which holds God to subsist in the form of the Holy Trinity. |
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