Aula Palatina,

Trier, Germany, audience hall,

c. 320

Early Christian

-200 by 100 feet

-rectangular plan with entrance in the west wall.

-Derived from roman assembly halls

Old St. Peter's Church,

Rome

c. 320

Early Christian

-ground plans, reconstructions:

Original church built on top of grave of st. peter

was cross shaped

central knave flanked by aisles

Transept Houses St Peter Relics

-shrine of St. Peter Mosaics

Three kings adorning christ depicted in a small detail of mosaic stories from the old testament.

-Pola ivory casket (which reproduces in miniature the shrine of St. Peter

Santa Sabina church

Rome

422-432

Early Christian

• good impression of standard basilica church

• clerestory windows let in light

  Nave Arcade Draws attention to Apse

Vatican Virgil manuscript,

early fifth century

Roman

Early Christian

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• letters continue uninterrupted for five lines

• images show that artist was willing to sacrifice three dimensional sophistication for clarity   

Vienna Genesis manuscript

early sixth century

Vienna

Early Christian

• horrific scene of the deluge, with bodies floating around the ark

• purple pages with gold and silver text

  Rebecca and Eliezer at the well- shows concrete approach to narrative, as same figure is represented twice to show movement

  Personification of stream-Classical Influence in early Christian shit

Rossano Gospels, manuscript,

early sixth century

Early Christian

evangelist portrait

one Evangalist (St. Mark) sits to write with the his muse by his side.

Carried across the alps and the english channel to teach the english christianity.

Ivory diptych for wedding of Symmachi and Niomachi senatorial families 400.

Early Christian

• show women performing rites at a temple

• reminiscent of classical tradition (dies out)

• christianity's success mostly due to its pragmatism.