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Domed Octagon Church — A church of basilican (q.v.) plan with a dome (q.v.) over a square bay in the center of the nave (q.v.). The dome rests on an octagon base, created by a squinch (q.v.) at each corner of the square bay. Examples include the katholikon at Hosios … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
Daphni — See Greek Cross Domed Octagon Church; Mosaic … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
Mosaic — Small cubes called tesserae, made of glass, marble, brick, and various colored stones, set into floors and walls. Floor mosaics, often geometrical in pattern, and pictorial, are common in early Byzantine churches. Some floor mosaics have been… … Historical dictionary of Byzantium
Byzantine architecture — The Pammakaristos Church in Constantinople. Byzantine architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine Empire. The empire gradually emerged as a distinct artistic and cultural entity from what is today referred to as the Roman Empire after AD… … Wikipedia
Hosios Loukas — Monasteries of Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios * UNESCO World Heritage Site … Wikipedia
Western architecture — Introduction history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present. The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… … Universalium
Dome — For other uses, see Dome (disambiguation). Domal redirects here. For domal consonants , see Retroflex consonant. Dome of St. Peter s Basilica in Rome crowned by a cupola. Designed primarily by Michelangelo, the dome was not completed until 1590 A … Wikipedia
Ecclesiastical Architecture — • All ecclesiastical architecture may be said to have been evolved from two distinct germ cells, the oblong and the circular chamber Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ecclesiastical Architecture Ecclesiastic … Catholic encyclopedia
Nathaniel Hitch — Nationality English Field Sculpture Training Was sent by Farmer and Brindley to evening classes at Borough Polytechnic before setting out as a journeyman sculptor … Wikipedia
Paris — /par is/; for 2 also Fr. /pann rddee /, n. 1. Matthew. See Matthew of Paris. 2. Ancient, Lutetia Parisiorum, Parisii /peuh riz ee uy /. a city in and the capital of France and capital of Ville de Paris Department, in the N part, on the Seine.… … Universalium
