ROMAN ARCHITECTURE

Prepared by: Leonard Malate

 Roman Architecture
Adaptation of the Greek Architecture

Greeks were Naturalistic + Idealistic

Romans were Naturalistic + Realistic

 Adaptation of Greek Architecture

 Adaptation Of the Greek Orders

• Doric Order
• Ionic Order
• Corinthian Order

 Adaptation Of Designs and Temples

Greek Orders
 Difference
 Naturalistic + Idealistic
 Difference
 Naturalistic + Realistic
 Etruscan Architecture
 Etruscan is used to be the name of
ancient civilization of Italy.
 System of Construction
 Trabeated (Post & Lintel)
System of Construction
 Contributions
 The Arch
The Vault
Use of Concrete
Adobe
Aqueducts
Buttresses
Roads
The New Orders
 The Arch
 The Keystone and the Voussoirs
 The Vault
 A Continuous Arch
 Use Of Concrete
 Romans where the first one to
discover the use of concrete

Cement = Lime & Clay

 Binder = Aggregates/ Sand
 Pozzolan= Siliceous/ Volcanic Ash
 Buttresses
 Wall Support
 Aqueducts
• Aqueducts were used as water
distribution from one place to another
Aqueducts
 The New Orders
 Tuscan Order
 The New Orders
Composite Order
 Known Personality Related to
Architecture in this period
 Vitruvius
Known for his writings The Ten Books
of Architecture around 25 BC
Terms used by Vitruvius
• Grace (Venustas)
• Eurythmia (Proportion)
• Symmetria
• Décor (Organization)
 Types Of Structures
Basilicas
 Types Of Structures
Domus or The Upper class house
 Types Of Structures
Villa
 Types Of Structures
Insulae or Apartment
 Types Of Structures
The roman Bathhouse

Tepidarium
Calidarium
Frigidarium
 Methods of Wall Design
 Mosaic
 Methods of Wall Design
Fresco- Secco
 Opus
Opus incertum
 Opus
Opus reticulatum
 Opus
Opus quadratum
 Opus
Opus latericium
 Opus
Opus spicatum
 The Pantheon of Marcus Agrippa

 Hierarchy of gods
The Pantheon
 The Colosseum
An Amphitheatre Built by Emperor
Vespasian and completed during the
time of Titus
 Arch of Titus
Built by emperor Domitian to
commemorate his brother’s victories.
 After the Roman period
Early Christian Architecture
Byzantine Architecture
Romanesque Architecture
Gothic Architecture
Renaissance Architecture
Thank You