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Architectural design of Byzantine Architecture |
Simplicity and Richness |
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Material used for exterior design |
Clay and Rubble |
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Material used for internal treatment |
Marble |
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Characterized by large pendentives supported domes to cover polygonal and square. Don't use campanile and atrium. |
Byzantine Architecture |
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Built several military gates and towers (defense against the Goths and Huns) but cannot avoid the Moslem or the Islamic people. |
Theodosius II |
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Responsible for rebuilding of Hagia Sophia "Divine Wisdom" which now turned to a Moslem Mosque. |
Justinian |
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Architects of Hagia Sophia |
Anthemius and Isodorus |
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A continuation and refinement of Roman styles |
Byzantine Architecture |
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Were placed over polygons or even on squares |
Domes |
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Provided a way to set a dome atop a square |
Pendentive |
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Used to invoke powerful images of the Christian heaven |
Domes |
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Hagia Sophia was converted to a mosque by the? |
Ottoman Turks |
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Built in an amazing 5 years. Its first dome was destroyed by an earthquake and was rebuilt in 563 A.D. |
Hagia Sophia |
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Transitional arches or corbelling features in an architectural design |
Squinch |
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Mausoleum for Constantine's daughter. More perfect form of circle in the design, without the drum of the Pantheon. Idea originated in Roman bath houses. |
Sta. Constanza Rome |
