Pencahayaan Alami Arsitektur Gereja Permulaan 300 - 800

With the legalization of Christianity in 313 AD, early Christian architecture emerged from the clandestine into the monumental, as seen in churches like Santa Sabina and Old St. Peter’s Basilica. These basilicas reinterpreted Roman civic architecture for liturgical use, and their approach to daylighting was modest yet intentional. Clerestory windows placed high above the nave filtered soft, ambient light down into the central gathering space, producing a sacred atmosphere. Light served a dual function, it illuminated the space for reading and sacrament, but more profoundly, it symbolized divine presence entering the earthly realm. The transition from dark to light was not just spatial but theological, reflecting Christian beliefs in salvation and divine revelation.

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