It Is I, Donato Bramante

The authors aims were to educate the reader upon the history of the Dome and to show how it was built, why it was an amazing feat, and why Filippo was an ingenious architecture. King achieved his aims very well. Through out the book, he expressed the importance of Filippo and everything that he did. King tells about how Filippo built and designed the Dome. He supported the claim that Filippo was before his time, and that no one could duplicate his work; “A proud Florentine, Michelangelo claimed that he could equal it, Filippo’s dome but never surprises it. In fact, he did not even equal it…” (Page 163)

The dome is made of gold and glass in order to contrast with the granite and make the building more stimulating. It nearly imitates the Hagia Sophia’s dome from Byzantine architecture from the outside. The Hagia Sophia was constructed from 532-537 CE and it still today remains as one of the most prominent works of art ever. It is one of the benchmark creations for all other churches and large architectural buildings in the world, and it revolutionized architecture. So, C.J. and R.J. Hall designed the dome very similar to that of the Hagia Sophia’s in order to show that it is a unique, important building in Providence. Although, the inside design of the dome of the Old West Bank differs from that of the Hagia Sophia. There are different geometries within the dome and pendentives. The pendentive is the triangular shaped space between numerous arches and the dome. In the Old West Bank, the same rectangular geometry is in the dome as well as the pendentive. In contrast, the Hagia Sophia’s dome and pendentive have different patterns and artwork. The structure of the two buildings is the same, but the design on the inside is changed in the Old West Bank. This is probably done in order to not create too many different visuals, since it is just a bank, and since it is a much smaller

What is that strange orange brick building? Why should I care about that? That striking orange, brick building is the Guardian Building of downtown Detroit. When deciding to go to a historical site in the city, I was drawn in by the history of the place. I am relatively new to the city and when I heard about this place, I knew that’s where I wanted to go. When our group traveled together to the site, it became apparent why this building is not only important to Detroit, but to all cities. The Guardian Building was not only a great fixture of the past, but it is a leading example of the efforts to bring a city back to greatness.

Today’s Capitol is an example of classic renaissance style. Vermont granite covers the exterior of the five-story building and the roof is made of a green glazed tile. The building is 520 feet long and 254 feet wide and covers approximately 2 acres of land. The Capitol’s centerpiece is the spectacular dome, which was inspired by Michelangelo’s design for St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The dome illuminates at night with the help of the 48 portholes and floodlights in the roof (“Capitol”).

In 3015, an archeologist named Bob was digging around in a place that used to be called The Kingdom of Bowling Green. Bob was about 20 ft. under ground when he came across something really tough. He thought it was something important so he used a hammer and smashed through it. He came upon what he thought was a worshiping temple. He thought it was one because there was a prayer room (2). Also, it had a sacrifice chair (3), a wooden box to lay sacrificed bodies on top of(4), a smaller wooden box with religious books of many different sizes and scented oils to attract the gods(5), a throne for the priests and religious leaders (6) and a holder for the priest's robes(7).

elegance, and color. The structure is an octagonal exterior wall placed under a golden dome. The

The Dome of the Rock is constructed with a wood structure encased with marble and stone mosaics. The octagonal plan has a large central space which is separated with two surrounding ambulatories. Supporting the tall cylindrical dome is four masonry piers and twelve Corinthian columns. With tie beams separating columns from their capitals, is twenty-four Corinthian columns and piers in an alternating pattern mimicking the central circle support. The interior of this space is embellished lavishly with veined marble, gilded glass, and coloured stone. On lower half of the arcades are fitted marble with intricate patterns as above is decorative with mosaics of trees, plants, fruits, jewels (such as breast plates and necklaces), chalices and crowns. The gold gilded wood dome is decorated with red and gold floral

Another building that was constructed for the fair was the Agricultural Building. “In keeping with the custom of its famous designers, the building was in classical style with the noteworthy feature of a sixty-four foot wide entrance flanked by mammoth Corinthian columns fifty feet high and five in diameter.” (Burg 128) In the middle of the building there was a large dome; the Romans were the first to create and use domes. Both Greek and Roman ideas were incorporated into this building.

The layout of the Cinerama Dome consists of an auditorium, lobby, restrooms, projection rooms, and storage, see Fig 7. The entrance is located at the centre of the façade and is composed of glazed aluminum doors. The ticket sales area is located to the right of the main entrance. Concrete block wing walls enclose the lobby, which are embellished with decorative detailing in the form of alternating projecting half blocks arranged in a grid pattern (Emerton 2003, P 38). The exterior is circular in plan and the majority of the exterior surface consists of the domed roof. The entrance is housed within a pavilion, sheltered beneath a painted plywood canopy that cantilevers out over the sidewalk, as can be seen in Fig 8. The canopy is

The architects of the building planned to place Roman columns with special capitals, including some that

The interior is decorated with mosaics and marble pillars and coverings of great artistic value. Justinian oversaw the completion of the greatest cathedral ever built of its time. It has a complex interior structure; the nave is covered by a central dome which is about 182 ft. 5in. from floor level and rests on an arcade of 40 arched windows. The dome had some repairs made to it which made its diameter vary from 101 feet to 103 feet. There are arched openings extended by half domes of same diameter to the central dome carried on smaller semi-domed exedras. Also the interior surfaces are sheathed with polychrome marbles, green and white with purple porphyry, and gold mosaics. The exterior, clad in stucco, was tinted yellow and red during restorations in the 19th century at the direction of the Fossati

Towards the city’s heavily trafficked center the Roman Forum was constructed for convenient easy access of all the citizens. The foreground of the forum was occupied by a paved square with monuments to famous citizens. The temple to the Divine Julius, dedicated in 29 BCE to the deified Caesar, built in a Hellenistic style, is located in the background on the left; to the right is the temple of Vesta and the house of the Vestal Virgins, guardians of the everlasting flame; further to the right is the temple of the Dioscuri, Castor and Pollux dedicated in 6 CE Here the office of weights and measures was situated. The podiums of the temples of Caesar and the Dioscuri were often used as orators' platforms and it is in this part of the Forum that the meetings of the comitia took place. On the far right is the Basilica Julia built by Caesar. Its long façade occupies the entire south side of the Forum. (Owens, 154) Semi-circular in plan and having consisted of a tall stage building, theaters were a semi-circular orchestra and tiered seating area. Unlike Greek theatres, which were built on natural slopes, they were supported by their own framework of piers and vaults and so could be built anywhere and not where nature dictated. Amphitheatres (literally, ‘double theatres’) were elliptical in plan; with a central areana. (Bowra, 38)

The palace of Versailles contains architecture from the Greek, Roman, and Gothic eras. The Greeks used Doric, Ionic, Corinthian order columns in their architecture (Fiero 59). One example of Doric columns can be found in the columns that helped support the weight of

     The arches of the Coloseum allowed great ventilation, stability, and passageways to keep the crowd comfortable all day. The most amazing construction had nothing to do with the show. The Romans had actually constructed a roof for the Coloseum. The roof was like a retractable sail covering most of the audience during the current event.

The significance of this specific building is apparent from the moment you enter its domain. The door, witch is not shaped like a door you will find in an average office building or home, is designed to be deliberately dark, narrow,