Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Please pick up a popsicle stick and take out your notebook and blue organizers.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "Please pick up a popsicle stick and take out your notebook and blue organizers."— Presentation transcript:

1 Please pick up a popsicle stick and take out your notebook and blue organizers.

2 The US Capitol Building

3 Jefferson Memorial

4

5

6

7

8 Model of Rome

9 Temple of “Fortuna Virilis”

10 Sanctuary of Fortuna Palestrina

11 Model of Roman Forum

12 Model of Trajan’s Forum Forum

13 Triumphal Arch of Titus

14 Arch of Constantine

15 Barrel or “Tunnel” Vault K Windows can be placed at any point. K These vaults require buttressing to counter-act the downward thrust of weight.

16 

17 Groin Vault K Also called a cross vault. K Needs less buttressing.

18 Multi Groin Vaults K A series of groin vaults can have open lateral arches that form Clerestories. K Windows that allow light into the interior of churches. K These concrete windows are fireproof [an important consideration since many early churches burned!]

19 Early Roman Amphitheater § Seats about 20,000

20 Roman Theater

21 Theater of Marcellus

22 Roman Coliseum

23

24 Interior of the Coliseum § Arena is Latin for the sand, coating the floor that soaks up the blood of the combatants.

25 Circus Maximus 300,000 seat capacity! 300,000 seat capacity!

26 Roman Bath in England

27 CharacteristicsCharacteristics 4.DOME: K Basilicas - Large and relatively open space. - examples: ► Pantheon ► early Christian churches

28 Cylindrical Dome K With the dome, the Romans could surpass earlier cultures by their ability to span space. K Light enters through the oculus on top.

29 The Pantheon Plans

30 The Pantheon

31 Pantheon’s Dome

32 The Pantheon Interior

33 Painting by Giovanni Paolo Pannini (18c) Painting by Giovanni Paolo Pannini (18c)

34

35 Innovative Engineering Techniques 1. Roads Aqueducts 2. Arch Bridge

36 Via Appia All roads lead to Rome! All roads lead to Rome!

37 Roman Aqueduct

38 Aqueduct in Segovia

39 

40 Roman Arch Bridge in Spain

41 Lincoln Memorial

42 Statue of Justice US Supreme Court Building

43 Federal Court Building in NYC

44 Metropolitan Museum of Art


Download ppt "Please pick up a popsicle stick and take out your notebook and blue organizers."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google