Vocabulário Colaborativo em Artes e Arquitetura Cibele A. C. M. Santos, Vânia Mara Alves Lima Vânia Mara Alves Lima Artes, Arquitetura 2017-06-01 2026-05-06 10:36:31 pt-BR basilicas (works by form) Refers to religious or secular buildings characterized by an oblong plan divided into a nave with two or more side aisles, the former higher and wider than the latter and generally lit by clerestory windows; usually terminated by an apse. In Roman and Early Christian basilicas, the ground plan typically was a parallelogram in which the width was not greater than one-half of the length and not less than one-third of it. When there was more space in the length, porticoes were built on the short sides. The middle space was separated by columns from a lower ambulatory or portico; the width of the ambulatory equaled the height of the columns and measured one-third of the width of the central space. Vaulting could be used in the side aisles, but a flat roof was used for the very broad middle nave. Eventually basilicas were built with 5 and 7 aisles; a transept was often placed between the nave and the apse. The roofing of the transept together with the apse and portico produced variety in the exterior of basilicas. Source: AAT http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300170443 2021-10-21 19:55:12