Concrete and RomeNew Architecture

Brief History of Concrete

• Assyrians and Babylonians as well as Egyptians used it

• Romans created their own recipe• Romans used it for almost everything– Aqueducts – Roads– Architecture

Pont du Gard

New Architecture

• Arches

• Vaults

• Domes

Arches

• #1 Roman example of arches = Colosseum 70-82 CE

• #2 Roman example = Triumphal Arch of Titus after 81 CE

Vaults

• Barrel vault• Groin vault

Dome

• Pantheon

Sources

• www.howconcreteworks.com• http://100falcons.wordpress.com/

2008/02/04/roman-concrete/• Gardner’s Art Through the Ages The

Western Perspective Twelfth Edition Vol. 1 by Fred S. Kleiner and Christin J. Mamiya