trabeated constructionlimited span due to stones poor tensile strength requires a considerable amount of vertical structure

arch is the basic module for Roman arcuated construction

Pantheon, Rome, Hadrian, 100-125 CE

coffered ceilingoculusWhat building?

Pantheon, Rome, Hadrian, 100-125 CE

aedicule, column, pilaster

Baths of Caracalla,Rome, Hadrian, 100-125 CE

Baths of Caracalla,Rome, Hadrian, 100-125 CE

Sequence of Spaces?

GymnasiumMassageCalidarium (Hot)Tepidarium (Warm)Frigidarium (Cold)Natatio (Pool)Sequence of SpacesDressing Rooms

Basilica UlpiaRome, Trajan, 100-125 CElarge roofed hall erected for transacting business and disposing of legal matters

Neros Golden House, Domus Aurea, Tivoli, 64-80 CE

Hadrians VillaTivoli, 118-133 CE

canopus (pool)Hadrians VillaTivoli, 118-133 CE

Hadrians VillaTivoli, 118-133 CESerapeum (grotto)

cryptoporticusHadrians VillaTivoli, 118-133 CEcovered corridor or passageway

Hadrians Villa, Island Villa, Tivoli, 118-133 CE

Pompeii discovered in 1738

Pompeian store fronts

House (Domus) Plan, Pompeii, before 79 AD

atriumlarge airy room lighted by an opening in the roofthe formal room where guests were received and clients assembled to wait for their customary morning visits to their patronalso a room for family occasions

vestibulum or fauces (throat)

tablinumopen on two sides family records were stored elite families would display the imaginesbusts of famous ancestors master of the house, the paterfamilias, would greet his many clients on their morning visits

on the upper story in the interior of the houseoften functioned as bedroomssmall rooms off the atrium used for private meetings, libraries, etc. cubiculum

frescoes, Pompeii, before 79 CEillusions of depthillusions of naturefanciful architecture & attenuated columns

triadic color schemered, yellow & blue

cathedra, 100-300 CE

cathedra, 100-300 CE

Stone Tables, 100-300 CEtrestle legmonopdia

lamps, 100-300 CEcurule, 100-300 CE

floor patterns: denote wealthtesserae: individual mosaic tiles

navedouble side aisleapse

Chartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

naveapseambulatorytransceptChartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

transceptChartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

pointed archChartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

skeletal structure & infillChartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

buttressflying buttress

buttressflying buttress

Rose Window

Rose WindowChartres Cathedral, France, 1210-1225, Suger of St Denis

Ste. Chapelle, Paris, 1242-48

Royal Chapel, Hampton Court Palace, England, 1535

Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England, 14th - 16th centuries

Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, England, 14th - 16th centuriesorieldouble courtcrenellated roof linegreat hall

Haddon Hall, Plan, 14th - 16th centuries

Haddon Hall, Plan, 14th - 16th centuriesgreat hall

Penshurst Place, Great Hall, Kent, England, 14th - 16th centuries

Penshurst Place, Great Hall, Kent, England, 14th - 16th centuriesscreenminstrels galleryquatrefoilbrazier

trestle table

Haddon Hall long gallery, 14th-16th centuries

Penshurst Place, Long Gallery, England14th - 16th centuries

Penshurst Place, Long Gallery, England14th - 16th centuries

Oak Sideboard, England13th - 16th centuries

Choirstall, England, 13th - 16th centuries

Cress w/ linen-fold motif, England13th - 16th centuries

Cress w/ linen-fold motif, England13th - 16th centuries

cruckheavy timber

orhalf timberorblack & white