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Jewish, Early Christian, and Byzantine Art
week 7
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
10/12/2011

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David Battling Goliath

Constantinople, 629-30 CE

Silver, Diameter 19 7/8

 

*underdog vanquashing a foe

*broken into 3 registers

*introduction of the halo to symbolize "the good guy"

*emphasized more important part of the story in the middle

*silver was used by the wealthy

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Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant Wall Painting in a Jewish Catacomb

Villa Torlonia, Rome

3rd Century CE

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Dura Europos House-Synagogue

Dura-Europos, Syria

244-245 CE

 

*wall painting, The Crossing of the Red Sea

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Church of Santa Costanza

Rome, c. 350

 

*verticle organization

*sarcophagus of Constantina found here

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Harvesting of Grapes

Ambulatory of Santa Costanza

Rome, c. 350 CE

Mosaic

 

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Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Grottoes fo St. Peter, c. 359 CE

Rome

Marble, 4x8 (high relief)

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Plan and Reconstruction

Drawing of Old St. Peter's Basilica

Rome, 4th Century

 

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Oratory of Galla Placidia

Ravenna, Italy

c. 425-426

 

*oratory- small chapel

*cruciform- cross-shaped structure

 

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The Good Shepherd

Lunette over the entrance

Oratory of Galla Placidia

Ravenna, Italy

c.425-426 CE

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Church of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom)

Anthemius of Trailes and Isidorus of Miletus

Istanbul, 532-537 CE

 

*embodied empirial power

*built in 5 years

*hybrid of longitudinal and center plan

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Plan and Isometric Drawing of the Church of Hagia Sophia

 

*note piers, arches and pendentives

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Church of San Vitale

Ravenna, 547 CE

 

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Christ Enthroned, Flanked by Angels, St. Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius

Apse Mosaic, Church of San Vitale

Ravenna, 546-8 c

Mosaic

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Emperor Justinian and his attendants

North wall of the Apse

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Empress Theodora and her attendants

South wall of the Apse

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Virgin and child with saints and angels
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Virgin of Vladimir
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Rebecca at the well

Detail from the Vienna Genesis

(narrative)

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Christ Pantocrator at Crest of Central Dome

Daphni, Greece

Mosaic

 

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Crucifixion

Church of Dormition

Daphni, Greece

Mosaic

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Exterior and Interior of St. Mark

Venice, Begun 1063 CE

 

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Funerary Chapel

Church of the Monastery of Christ in Chora

Constantinople c. 1310-1321 CE

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