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Art Test #3: Analysis
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Art History
12th Grade
12/02/2009

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Good Shepherd fresco

Early Christian


Subject Matter: Jesus Christ w/ sheep and various martyrs.


Style: Shadows and overlap used to create 3-dimensional illusion. The human figures are naturalistic.


Technique: Painted fresco (useing cheap paint inside a poorly-lit catacomb filled with decaying bodies)


Composition/Characteristics: Christ is depicted in the center circle as the good shepherd, while martyrs are painted between lunettes (half-circles) that form the overall shape of a cross. Within the lunettes are depictions of Christ's works/miracles.


Content: Roman art was extremely naturalistic in form, and the early Christians mimic the style and technique, an indication of how closely tied to Roman culture early Christians were despite their frequent persecution. The lack of good location, sufficient time and adequate materials for the painting is representative of this Period of Persecution that lasted until the early 4th century CE, and so is the inclusion of martyrs.

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Augustus of Primaporta

Early Empire


Subject Matter: Augustus, first Roman emperor

 

Style: Early empire?

Technique: Sculpture in the round, marble.


Composition/Characteristics: Open form (outstretched arm). Contrapposto. Visual balance between draped cloth and Cupid near foot.


Content: Depicted with bare feet, which is how Greek sculptures sculpted deities. The transition between the republican and imperial periods in Roman history is evident: the form and figure of Augustus ar highly realistic, but the


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The Tetrarchs

Late Empire

 

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Justinian and Attendants mosaic

Byzantine - Golden Age

 

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