A.009 Dome of the Rock

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Creator

Denis Baly

Creation Date

1977

Image ID

A.009

Subcollection

A

Image Notes

Photograph created 1977. Photograph processed April 1977. Formerly cataloged as B01.009. No notes written on the slide or index.

Image Format

35 mm slide

Geographic Reference

Jerusalem, Israel

Description

009- A view of the Dome of the Rock through the northern arcade. Structurally, the building uses the phonetic vocabulary of columns, arches, piers, entablatures etc. as it existed in the Mediterranean world. In plan especially, precedents can be found in earlier churches like that of Ravenna. However, the Dome of the Rock is also a unique building which breaks off the tradition of its predecessors. This it does in many ways: it is unique in its geometry and absolute equality of all faces. Even more ground breaking is the complete sheathing of the building, especially outside, in decoration. Decorating a building on the outside hardly had any precedents at the time.