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An oculus (from Latin oculus 'eye'; pl.: oculi) is a circular opening in the center of a dome or in a wall. Originating in classical architecture, it is a feature of Byzantine and Neoclassical architecture. A horizontal oculus in the center of a dome is also called opaion (from Ancient Greek ὀπαῖον '(smoke) hole'; pl.: opaia).
A late 19th-century artist's reimagining of an atrium in a Pompeian domus Illustration of the atrium in the building of the baths in the Roman villa of "Els Munts", close to Tarraco. In a domus, a large house in ancient Roman architecture, the atrium was the open central court with enclosed rooms on all sides.
The atrium tetrastylum has four pillars at the corners of the roof opening [14] (not common [15]) The atrium displuviatum has outwards-sloping roofs that do not collect water, [14] like most modern roofs (rare [14]) The atrium testudinatum was fully roofed-over, with another floor on top instead of an opening to the sky (very rare) [14]
In Georgian architecture, the small paved yard giving entry, via "area steps", to the basement floor at the front of a terraced house. Arris A sharp edge created when two surfaces converge; this includes the raised edge between two flutes on a column or pilaster, if that edge is sharp. Arris Rail
Floor Plan of the House of the Vettii Pompeii (VI 15,1) by August Mau 1907. The plan of the House of the Vettii is commonly divided into five major sections: the large atrium (c), the small atrium (v), the large peristyle (l-m), the small peristyle, and the shop (). [5]
The dome rose over a ground floor, gallery, and clerestory and may have had an oculus. [123] The dome was about 21 meters (69 ft) wide. [ 124 ] Razed to the ground in 1009 by the Fatimid Caliph , it was rebuilt in 1048 by Emperor Constantine IX Monomachos , reportedly with a mosaic depicting Christ and the Twelve Apostles.
Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. ' Holy Wisdom '), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque,(Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi; Greek: Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Αγίας Σοφίας), is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
Several rooms are decorated in the late Third Style including the atrium, tablinum and bedroom 5. [2] Roger Ling considers these to be the locus classicus of the late Third Style and dates them to about 35 CE to 45 CE. [3] The atrium is the simplest [3] with black fields divided by golden yellow bands. Each field has a small figural detail in ...