HSAR 252 - Roman Architecture with Professor Diana E. E. Kleiner Lecture 23 – Rome of Constantine and a New Rome

1. Title page with course logo.

2. Giolitti, Rome. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Diana E. E. Kleiner eating gelato in front of S. Crispino, Rome. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

3. Trevi Fountain, Rome. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

4. Decennial Monument, Rome, Roman Forum, restored view. Reproduced from Das Fünfsaulendenkmal für die Tetrarchen auf dem Forum Romanum by Heinz Kähler (1964).

Palace of Diocletian, Split, restored view by Ernest Hébrard [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SPLIT-Hebrard_overall_color_restitution.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs, Venice, San Marco. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

5. Coin of Constantine as a tetrarch. Reproduced from Roman Sculpture by Diana E. E. Kleiner (1992), fig. 392.

Coin of Constantine with Sol [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constantine_multiple_CdM_Beistegui_233.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Coin of Constantine as a neo-Augustus with a neo-Trajanic hairstyle [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solidus_multiple-Constantine-thessalonica_RIC_vII_163v.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Coin of Constantine with the chi-rho on his helmet. Reproduced from Roman Sculpture by Diana E. E. Kleiner (1992), fig. 395.

6. Baths of Constantine, Rome, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 292. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

7. Map of Western Roman Empire. Credit: Yale University.

8. Porta Appia, Aurelian Walls, Rome, restored view. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 279. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

Porta Nigra, Trier, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trier_Porta_Nigra_BW_1.JPG (Accessed April 21, 2009).

9. Colosseum, Rome, exterior detail. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Porta Nigra, Trier, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trier_Porta_Nigra_BW_1.JPG (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Theater of Marcellus, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marcellus_theater_Rome.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

10. Porta Maggiore, Rome, detail of rusticated masonry. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Porta Nigra, Trier, general view. [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trier_Porta_Nigra_BW_1.JPG (Accessed April 21, 2009).

11. Aula Palatina, Trier, restored view. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 299A. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

Aula Palatina, Trier, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 299B. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

12. Aula Palatina, Trier, general view. Image Credit: Matthew Hedrick.

Aula Palatina, Trier, restored view. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 299A. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

13. Santa Sabina, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RomaSSabinaEsterno.JPG (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Aula Palatina, Trier, general view. Image Credit: Matthew Hedrick.

14. Curia Julia, Rome, Roman Forum, interior. Reproduced from Das Römische Weltreich by Heinz Kähler (1967), fig. 62.

Aula Palatina, Rome, interior [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TrierBasilicaInterior.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

15. Basilica Ulpia, Forum of Trajan, Rome, restored view of interior. Reproduced from Ancient Rome, Monuments Past and Present by Romolo A. Staccioli (2000), p. 25.

Santa Sabina, Rome, interior [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Santa_Sabina.JPG (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Aula Palatina, Rome, interior [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TrierBasilicaInterior.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

16. Stabian Baths, Pompeii, dome and oculus. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

“Temple of Mercury,” Baia, dome and oculus. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Domus Aurea, Rome, dome and oculus. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Pantheon, dome and oculus. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

17. “Temple of Minerva Medica,” Rome, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 296. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

18. “Temple of Minerva Medica," Rome, dome. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

19. "Temple of Minerva Medica," Rome, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esquilino_-_tempio_di_Minerva_medica_-_Horti_liciniani_2059.JPG (Accessed April 21, 2009).

20. San Vitale, Ravenna, interior [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SanVitale05.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

San Vitale, Ravenna, plan [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Byggnadskonsten,_San_Vitale_i_Ravenna,_Nordisk_familjebok.png (Accessed April 21, 2009).

San Vitale, Ravenna, exterior [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilica_San_Vital_di_Ravenna.JPG (Accessed April 21, 2009).

21. Roman Forum with Basilica Nova, Rome, aerial view. Credit: Google Earth.

22. Basilica Nova, Rome, panoramic view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foro_romano_panoramica_Marcok_09feb08.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

23. Basilica Nova, Rome, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilica_di_Massenzio_e_Costantino_09feb08_01.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

24. Basilica Nova, Rome, restored cutaway view. Reconstruction from The Buildings of Ancient Rome by Helen and Richard Leacroft (1969). Reproduced from Roman Architecture by Frank Sear (1982), fig. 181.

25. Basilica Nova, Rome, restored cutaway view. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 20-13 (John Burge).

26. Colossal portrait of Constantine, Rome, Capitoline Museums [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rome-Capitole-StatueConstantin.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

27. Colossal portrait of Constantine, Rome, Capitoline Museums, kneecap. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Colossal portrait of Constantine, Rome, Capitoline Museums, shin. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Colossal portrait of Constantine, Rome, Capitoline Museums, arm. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Colossal portrait of Constantine, Rome, Capitoline Museums, hand. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

28. Colossal portrait of Constantine, Rome, Capitoline Museums, Diana E. E. Kleiner on arm. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Colossal portrait of Constantine, Rome, Capitoline Museums, Diana E. E. Kleiner with hand. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Colossal portrait of Constantine, Rome, Capitoline Museums, Alex Kleiner with foot. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

29. Colossal portrait of Constantine, Rome, Capitoline Museums [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rome-Capitole-StatueConstantin.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Colossal portrait of Constantine, Rome, Capitoline Museums, photomontage reconstruction of seated statue with surviving fragments. Reproduced from The Art of Rome by Bernard Andreae (1977), fig. 633.

30. Basilica Nova, Rome, general view with miniature Diana E. E. Kleiner. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

31. Arch of Constantine, Rome, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RomeConstantine%27sArch03.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

32. Arch of Constantine, Rome, diagram of sculpture [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Constantine_arch_datation.svg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

33. Arch of Constantine, Rome, fragment of Great Trajanic Frieze [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RomaArcoCostantGrandeFregioTrian.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Arch of Constantine, Rome, Dacians and Aurelian Panels [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Luk_Konstantyna_detal_1DSCF0028.JPG (Accessed April 21, 2009).

34. Arch of Constantine, Rome, Hadrianic Tondi and Constantinian Frieze, with porphyry slab [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arco_di_Costantino_(Roma)_- _tondo_lato_settentrionale_destro.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

35. Arch of Constantine, Rome, Dacians and Aurelian Panels [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lik_Konstantyna_5DSCF0031.JPG (Accessed April 21, 2009).

36. Arch of Constantine, Rome, Constantinian base with victory and kneeling barbarian. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Arch of Constantine, Rome, Constantinian spandrel with victory and season. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

37. Arch of Constantine, Rome, Constantinian frieze with Siege of Verona. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

38. Arch of Constantine, Rome, Constantinian frieze with address from Rostra [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arch_of_Constantine_forum_frieze.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

39. Text from Bernard Berenson, The Arch of Constantine or the Decline of Form, 1954.

Arch of Constantine, Rome, Constantinian frieze with scene of largesse [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FriezeNorth5.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

40. Aula Palatina, Rome, interior [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TrierBasilicaInterior.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Aula Palatina, Trier, general view. Image Credit: Matthew Hedrick.

41. Tor de’Schiavi, Rome, Via Praenestina, restored view of façade. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 287. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

42. Baths of Diocletian, Rome, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 282. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

Baths of Constantine, Rome, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 292. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

43. “Temple of Minerva Medica,” Rome, dome. Image Credit: Diana E. E. Kleiner.

Palace of Domitian, Rome, Domus Augustana, octagonal room. Reproduced from The Architecture of the Roman Empire I by William L. MacDonald (1965), pl. 59.

“Temple of Minerva Medica,” Rome, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 296. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

Hadrian’s Villa, Piazza d’Oro, Tivoli, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 49B. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

44. Arch of Constantine, Rome, tondo with moon. Reproduced from Rome, Art and Architecture by Marco Bussagli, ed. (1999), p. 153.

Arch of Constantine, Rome, tondo with sun. Reproduced from Rome, Art and Architecture by Marco Bussagli, ed. (1999), p. 152.

45. Constantinople, plan of ancient city. Reproduced from Byzantium by Thomas F. Mathews (1998), fig. 8.

Obelisk of Theodosius, Istanbul. Reproduced from postcard.

46. Hippodrome, Istanbul, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hippodrome_of_Constantinple_1.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Obelisk of Theodosius, Istanbul base [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Istambul_cokol2RB.JPG (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Aqueduct, Istanbul [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valens_aquädukt02.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

47. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagia_Sophia_B47-24.jpg (Accessed April 21, 2009).

Pantheon, Rome, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pantheon_façana.JPG (Accessed April 21, 2009).