Tetraconchs

Esquema

Getty AAT: Objects Facet

Jerarquía

Built Environment (Hierarchy Name) > Single Built Works (Hierarchy Name) > single built works (Built Environment) > <single built works by specific type> > <single built works by form> > <single built works by form: massing or shape> > apsidal buildings

Descripción

Buildings, usually churches, mausoleums, or baptistries, having a cross plan with four apses. Usually the arms of the cross form a Greek cross plan, with arms of equal length. The design was common in Byzantine architecture.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300004822

Otros términos

  • tetraconchas [es]
  • tetraconch [en]
  • tetraconch [nl]
  • tetraconcha [es]