The basilica of Pompeii 3 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
The basilica of Pompeii 3 / Ian W Scott
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-継承 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The inside of the massive basilica in the south-western corner of Pompeii, just off the main forum. The picture is taken from just inside the side-entrance, in the northern side-aisle. The building was rectangular, with two rows of massive columns forming a main area in the middle and leaving an aisle on either side. This is just like the structure of basilica-style churches, with the central "nave" and two side aisles. As in churches the centre section ("nave") was usually higher than the aisles. You can see on the right-side of the facade at the front here how a second row of smaller columns stood on top of the main supporting columns. These upper columns would have held up the roof of the higher, centre section ("nave"), while the roof of the aisles would have been close to the top of the larger pillars below. This would allow the upper walls of the "nave" to have clerestory windows, letting in a decent amount of light. At the end of the "nave" is visible the curved "apse," the front of which is marked off by a porch of six pillars. When Christians adopted the basilica structure for churches (in the 4th century AD) the "apse" is where the altar was traditionally placed. Basilicas, however, played little or no religious (that is, cultic) function in Roman life. Instead the building was a convenient assembly-point for all kinds of political and business meetings. Although the massive supporting columns are made of brick they would originally have been covered in plaster that mimicked marble. |
| 撮影日 | 2010-05-20 11:14:44 |
| 撮影者 | Ian W Scott |
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| カメラ | COOLPIX P90 , NIKON |
| 露出 | 0.003 sec (1/287) |
| 開放F値 | f/5.0 |