Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius
Title
Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius
Date
306-312
Identifier
5665
Alternative Title or Name
Basilica Nova
Creator2
Bugbee, Gordon (photograph)
Work Type
Single Built Works
Work Location
Italy (nation)
Rome (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Late Antique
Subject
basilicas
coffered ceilings
vaults (structural elements)
Description
View of two vaults and coffered ceiling on the Basilica of Constantine and Maxentius at the Roman Forum. "This huge basilica, near the Arch of Titus was begun by Maxentius and completed by Constantine. This administrative building was 300 feet long and 215 feet wide with barrel-vaulted side aisles with coffered ceilings. These vaults acted as buttresses for the central nave, 114 feet high, covered with groin vaults. The interior was well-lit with clerestory areas over the side walls. The whole was constructed of brick-faced concrete. Constantine commissioned a 30 foot portrait of himself to be placed in the original apse,"--by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.
Measurements
300 feet long, 215 feet wide, central nave: 114 feet high
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
41
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
GPB-ROM2-1410
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