Ancient Roman Empire - Great Architecture
In ancient times, the Roman Empire extended across much of the Western world.
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an ancient Roman fortress; a Roman encampment.
Catacomb
an underground complex of passageways and vaults, such as those used by Jews and early Christians to bury their dead.
Phiale - in Ancient Roman and Byzantine architecture, a fountain surrounded by a domed and (usually) open portico.
Piano nobile - the principal floor of a large house, built in the style of renaissance architecture ...
Basilica
In ancient Roman architecture, a large oblong building, generally with double columns and a semicircular apse at one end. In Christian architecture, a church with a nave, apse, and aisles.
In ancient Roman architecture, a large rectangular building used as a tribunal or for other public purposes and generally arranged with nave, aisles, and one or more apses. In Christian architecture, a longitudinal church of related form.
Bipeda: An ancient Roman brick or thick tile which is two-Roman feet long, one Roman foot wide, and one-third of a Roman foot thick
Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy
Pantheon, Rome, Italy
Bond: arrangement of masonry ...
atrium : In an ancient Roman structure, a central room open to the sky, usually having a pool for the collection of rainwater.
In the Tabularium at Rome there is a long flight of 67 steps leading up from the Forum to a hall at the back, but otherwise there are few examples of ancient Roman staircases, and none of any importance have been found in Pompeii.
The rediscovery of De architectura , the one surviving treatise by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius, established a model for understanding principles of architecture in a way that was markedly different from the medieval past.
It is associated especially with the expansion of monasticism and the building of large stone churches, and is characterized by massive masonry, round-headed arches and vaulting inspired by ancient Roman precedent, ...
XL:Augustus set himself to revive the ancient Roman dress, and, once on seeing, a group of men in dark cloaks among the crowd, quoted Virgil indignantly: "Behold them, conquerors of the world, all clad in Roman togas! ...
Scagliola - A material used since ancient Roman times to imitate marble, and especially popular in the c17 and c18 for columns, pilaster and other interior architectural features.
He thought the city of the ancient Romans a little vulgar, finding distinction only in the decadence of the Empire; but the Rome of the Popes appealed to his sympathy, and in his chosen words, quite exquisitely, there appeared a rococo beauty.
Renaissance - Architectural period deriving from Italy in 1420, until mid - c16, characterised by a return to ancient Roman motifs and humanism as well as technological innovation and professionalism- ...
The architectural style common in Western Europe in the 11th and 12th centuries. It is characterised by massive masonry and round-headed arches inspired by ancient Roman models, and by the use of stylised ornament.
" The Adams brothers' architectural designs were mainly influenced by ancient Roman architecture. The Federal style was not only used for houses but also commonly used for public buildings.
The ancient Romans liked natural caves and also made artificial caves. The Blue Grotto and Grotta del'Arsenale, on Capri, are famous examples. Alberti recommended grottoes as garden features and they became popular during the renaissance.
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