For reference and review

1. 1 Gardner’s Art Through the Ages:The Western Perspective Chapter 8 Pagans, Christians, and Jews: The Art of Late Antiquity

2. 2 Europe and the Near East in Late Antiquity

4. Examine the art forms and architecture of Late Antiquity.

5. Understand the concept of “synchonism” in early Christian art.

6. Understand the different media used to create early Christian art.

8. Understand how Roman art and architecture is changed as a result of Christianity and the decisions of Constantine.

9. Relate influences of specific images of Christ.

10. Understand the different media used to create early Christian art, particularly frescoes.

13. 7 Figure 8-1 Interior of the synagogue at Dura-Europos, Syria, with wall-paintings of Old Testament themes, ca. 245–256. Tempera on plaster. Reconstruction in National Museum, Damascus.

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17. 11 Figure 8-3 The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, and orants, painted ceiling of a cubiculum in the Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus, Rome, Italy, early fourth century.

18. 12 Figure 8-4 Sarcophagus with philosopher, orant, and Old and New Testament scenes, Santa Maria Antiqua, Rome, Italy, ca. 270. Marble, 1’ 11 1/4” X 7’ 2”.

19. 13 Figure 8-5 Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, from Rome, Italy, ca. 359. Marble, 3’ 10 1/2” X 8’. Museo Storico del Tesoro della Basilica di San Pietro, Rome.

21. Understand the origins and development of specific images of Christ.

22. Cite illustrations of religious architecture and their origins, particularly the basilica.

23. Understand the media, methods and techniques used to create art, especially mosaics, in the Early Christian period.

26. 17 Figure 8-7 Restored view (a), plan (b), and section (c) of Old Saint Peter’s, Rome, Italy, begun ca. 320. (The restoration of the forecourt is conjectural.)

27. 18 Figure 8-8 Interior of Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy, 422–432.

30. 21 Figure 8-10 Longitudinal section (top) and plan (bottom) of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351.

31. 22 Figure 8-11 Detail of vault mosaic in the ambulatory of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351.

32. 23 Figure 8-12 Christ as Sol Invictus, detail of a vault mosaic in the Mausoleum of the Julii, Rome, Italy, late third century.

35. 26 Figure 8-14 Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425.

37. Cite illustrations of early Church architecture, their origins and development, particularly in Ravenna

38. Understand the new aesthetic informing the art and how it is different from the art of the classical period.

39. Understand the different media and forms used to create early Christian art, particularly illuminated manuscripts.

42. 30 Figure 8-16 Interior of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy, dedicated 504.

43. 31 Figure 8-17 Miracle of the loaves and fishes, mosaic from the top register of the nave wall (above the clerestory windows) of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 504.

46. 34 Figure 8-20 Christ before Pilate, folio 8 verso of the Rossano Gospels, early sixth century. Tempera on purple vellum, approx. 11” X 10 1/4”. Diocesan Museum, Archepiscopal Palace, Rossano.

47. 35 Figure 8-22 Woman sacrificing at an altar, right leaf of the Diptych of the Nicomachi and the Symmachi, ca. 400. Ivory, 11 3/4” X 5 1/2”. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

48. 36 Figure 8-21 Suicide of Judas and Crucifixion of Christ, plaque from a box, ca. 420. Ivory, 3” X 3 7/8”. British Museum, London.

50. What visual characteristics of earlier pagan funerary art are seen in Christian art from this period? Does the context change?

51. What might one speculate as reasons for the absence of a crucified Christ in Early Christian art?