history: early christian architecture
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Early Christian Architecture
QUINTO, LEANNIE K.C.
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The Early Christian Architecture started in two (2) prominent locations at
ROME and CONSTANTINOPLE
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29 A.D.
Passing of Isa (AS) and the beginning of
Christian Religion.
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286 A.D.Emperor Diocletian
reorganizes the Roman Empire splitting it into two; the Eastern and Western
part.
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313 A.D.
Emperor Constantine recognizes the
Christian Religion and adopts it as a state
religion.
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324 A.D.
Emperor Constantine reunited the Roman Empire
with a new capital.
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364 A.D.
Rome finally splits into two; The Western and
Eastern Empire
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The term “Early Christian Architecture” refers to the
architecture of the early Christian Churches of the Roman Era.
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With Christianity widely accepted as a state religion in Rome, it was necessary for Architecture to
respond to the demands of the religion for worship space.
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Mode of worship was the most important determinant of the form of the church.
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The requirements include:• A path for processional entry and exit
clergy.• An altar area, where the clergy celebrate
mass• A space for the segregation of the clergy
from the congregation during procession and communion.
• Burial space.
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The single most important social phenomenon of the Early Christian period was
the spread and acceptance of the Christian Religion.
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Early Christian Churches were further divided into two:
• Basilica Church• Alternative Church Plans
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Basilica Church
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• The early churches were generally simple and functional in their design.
• The emphasis was centered on the act of Christian worship.
• The form chosen for the early church was the Roman Basilica.
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• The architecture of the church that developed was not a
completely new style, but the use of available Roman forms to
satisfy a new program need.
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• It was suitable for use as a church with no serious
modification and it could be easily and rapidly built at low
cost.
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• The Basilica was also preferred because of the emphasis on participation in mass.
• The most common form of the early churches had a rectangular hall with a timber trussed roof.
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• It also had one or two isles on each side of a central nave and an apse at one end facing the
principal entrance located at the other end.
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S. Giovanni in Laterano or known as St. John Lateran Basilica A.D.
313-320• It was built as the Cathedral of the Bishop of
Rome.• The church consists of a central nave flanked by
two narrow isles and separated from them by a monumental colonnade.
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• The central nave rose above the isle roof, and the inner isle rose above the outer part.
• The nave terminated at the apse.• The structure was of brick faced concrete
with simple trussed timber-roof.
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S. Peter’s, Rome also known as St. Peter’s Basilica A.D. 333
• The church has a triple entrance gate leading to an atrium.• The Basilica had a wooden roof
interlocking rafters.
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• The nave did not lead directly to the apse but instead ends in a transverse space that is
high as the nave.
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Alternative Church Form
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Alternative more centralized plans, with a focus on a central
vertical axis rather than longitudinal horizontal one were
also adopted occasionally.
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Baptistery Church Form
The Baptistery of Constantine, Rome (A.D. 430-440) built near the Lateran church of Sixtux III, and not
by Constantine to whom it is generally attributed is among the oldest of Italian baptisteries, of
which it was probably the model.
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The roof is supported by a two-storeyed ring of eight porphyry and marble columns taken from old pagan building while in the center is an old Roman bath of green basalt converted into a
front.
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