Roman masonry
In ancient Rome , many techniques were used to build walls, floors and ceilings. Much of these techniques have even been newly developed. Over time, masonry such as:
- Opus albarium is originally stucco , which served as a base for tempera painting , later generally a white stucco work.
- Opus caementicium is a 2nd century BC Chr. Developed concrete-like substance with which cast or shell masonry could be constructed.
- Opus incertum (also opus antiquum ) is a cast masonry with a bowl made of irregularly shaped and distributed rubble stones.
- Opus implectum is a two-shell masonry with an outer and an inner shell, neatly made of ashlars, with cast masonry in between.
- Opus listatum or opus vittatum is a combination masonry . Layers of bricks and narrow stone blocks for the formwork alternate over a core of cast masonry . Individual brick layers in the masonry that bind through it are referred to as brick penetration .
- Opus latericium (also opus testaceum ) is a cast masonry with a shell made of simple bricks.
- Opus mixtum is a cast masonry, for the shell of which simple brick layers were mixed with various other techniques such as incertum , reticulatum or vittatum .
- Opus quadratum is a masonry made of regular, rectangular stone blocks.
- Opus reticulatum is a since the 1st century BC. Cast masonry, the shell of which was made of reticulated square tuff stones that were rotated by 45 °.
- Opus signinum denotes a waterproof screed and the simplest and most original form of Roman floor mosaics.
- Opus spicatum is a masonry that is set in the form of ears or herringbones.
literature
- Heinrich Laag : Small dictionary of early Christian art and archeology , Reclam, Stuttgart 1990 ISBN 3-15-008633-7
Web links
Commons : Roman Masonry - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ opus vittatum ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.3 MB)
