Aula Palatina (Palace Hall),

Basilica, Trier (Germany),

ca. 310 C.E.

(Roman, Imperial )

Stark exterior, austere interior

Arch of Constantine, Rome,

312-315 C.E.

(Roman, Imperial Period)

Propogandistic Monument, triumphal arch

Moving away from an optical kind of art to art that is much more symbolic

Oratio scene,

Arch of Constantine,

Rome, 312-315 C.E.

(Roman, Imperial Period)

stylized

Donatio scene,

Arch of Constantine,

Rome, 312-315 C.E.

(Roman, Imperial Period)

nothing in notes on this one...

Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine (Basilica Nova), Rome, ca. 310-320 C.E.

(Roman, Imperial Period)

Also includes- "groundplan"/ "model"/ "reconstructed section drawing" and "reconstructed drawing of interior" 

Colossal Constantine,

Rome, 325-326 C.E.

(Roman, Imperial Period)

Excellent example of Roman nose

Silver Ceremonial Dish  (missorium) with

Theodosius I, Valentinian II, and

Arcadius, Istanbul (?), (Roman, Late Antique

 period)

 wearing official dress, hieratic scale, halo, seated on throne

ALSO INCLUDES "DETAIL OF THEODOSIUS ONE"

Base of the Obelisk of Theodosius,

Istanbul (Turkey), ca. 390-393 C.E.

(Roman, Late Antique period)

We did an informal writing on it 

Ivory diptych of the Nicomachi

and the Symmachi,

ca. 390-400 C.E.

(Roman, Late Antique period)

London, Victoria and Albert

Museum

portable altarpieces

“Three Hebrew Men in the Fiery Furnace,” Catacomb of Priscilla, in the Via Saleria,

Rome (Italy), early third century C.E. (Daniel 3.3)

"Deliver, O Lord, the soul of thy servant as thou didst deliver Noah in the flood...Isaac from the

sacrificing hand of his father...Daniel from the lion's den...the three children from the fiery furnace..."

Nursing Virgin, Catacomb of Priscilla,

Rome, 3rd century C.E.

Right corner of image 

Painted ceiling, Catacomb of Saints Pietro and Marcellino, Rome (Italy),

fourth century C.E. (Roman, Imperial/Early Christian)

Good Shepherd,Catacomb of Saints

Pietro and Marcellino,

Rome (Italy),fourth century C.E.

(Roman,

Early Christian)

*actual image is slightly different- shepherd is more fat

Jonah, Catacomb of Saints Pietro and Marcellino, Rome (Italy),

fourth century C.E. (Roman, Imperial/Early Christian)

Jonah most important subject in early christian art- best metaphor for death/ resurection of Christ 

Noah, Catacomb of Saints Pietro and Marcellino, Rome (Italy),

fourth century C.E. (Roman, Imperial/Early Christian)

water an important image- related to afterlife, baptism, etc 

Jesus Raising

Lazarus,

Catacomb of Saints

Pietro and Marcellino,

Rome (Italy),

fourth century C.E.

(Roman, Imperial/

Early Christian)

Jesus/Helios (vault mosaic),

Mausoleum of the Julii Rome (Italy),

ca. 250-275 C.E.

(Roman, Imperial/Early Christian)

**gold background/ vine scrolls... grape vines very important in early xtianity- related to eucharist. Jesus has a halo 

Christ as the Good Shepherd, marble statuette,

from Asia Minor, probably Phrygia (Central Turkey),

ca. 270-280 C.E.

(Early Christian period)

Avoiding idolatry... stylized art. Small scale- why it survives 

Jonah and Good Shepherd marble statuettes, from Asia Minor, probably Phrygia

(Central Turkey), ca. 270-280 C.E. (Early Christian period)

***Jonah swallowed by great fish, jonah praying for deliverance, jonah disgorged by great fish, jonah resting under the gourd vine*** 

Good shepherd sarcophagus, late third century C.E. (Early Christian period)

Rome, Lateran Museum

*image is exceprt.... holy trinity 

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, 359 C.E. (Early Christian period) Rome, Museo Storico del Tesoro della Basilica di San Pietro

 Theme- arrests. people arrested for being christian 

SHOWS- Abraham and Isaac, Arrest of St Peter, Christ enthroned w/ sts peter and paul, Christ arrested and judged by pontius pilate, job on the dung heap, adam and eve, entry of christ into jerusalem, daniel in the lions den, arrest of saint paul 

**was too lazy to make a card for each one.**

Passion sarcophagus, in situ, Catacomb of Domitilla, Rome, ca. 350-400 C.E.

(Early Christian period)

Christ arrested and judged by pontius pilate, simon of cyrene carries the cross of Christ, christ crowned with thorns, chi rho (crucifixion/ resurrection)

Christian house-church, Dura-Europos (Qalat es Salihiye, Syria), before 256 C.E. (Early Christian period)

1) Courtyard of private

house that was converted

into a Christian community

house-church.

2) Assembly hall.

3) Baptistery.

Good Shepherd and Adam and Eve, from

Christian house-church baptistery,

Dura-Europos

(Qalat es Salihiye, Syria),

before 256 C.E.

(Early Christian period)

believer born into eternal life 

Jesus and St. Peter Walk on Water/ samaritan women at the well, procession scene

from Christian house-church baptistery,

Dura-Europos (Qalat es Salihiye, Syria),

before 256 C.E.

 (Early Christian period)

couldn't find zoom ins so i lumped them together.. it's that collection that is housed at Yale  

couldn't find zoom in of image... just look at the slides again

Christ as the Good Shepherd mosaic, from the Mausoleum of

Galla Placidia, Ravenna (Italy), ca. 425 C.E.

(Early Christian period)

Old St. Peter's,

Rome, begun 333

C.E. (Roman,

Imperial/Early

Christian)

Saint Paul's Outside the Walls

(San Paolo fuori le mura),

Rome (Italy), begun 386 C.E.

(Late Antique/Early Christian)

Triumphal Arch Mosaics,Santa Maria Maggiore,

Rome (Italy), 432-440 C.E.(Early Christian Period)

packed with narrative scenes, unusually represented 

annunciation, adoration of the magi, massacre of the innocents, prepared throne, presentation in temple and dream of joseph, christ child in egypt, magi before herod 

Nave Mosaics,

Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome (Italy), 432-440 C.E.(Early Christian Period)Left: Lives of Abraham and Jacob Right: Live of Moses and Joshua Abraham and the Three

Heavenly Visitors

(Genesis 18:1-19)

Apse mosaic, St. Pudenziana,

Rome (Italy), 402-417 C.E.

Very different kind of image of Christ. Kinda Zeus like

Clash of Gods/ clash of images taking place 

Matthew/Mark/Luke/ John 

Santa Costanza, Rome (Italy), ca. 350 C.E. (Early Christian Period)

Annular vault mosaic, interior, Santa Costanza, Rome, ca. 350 C.E.

(Roman, Imperial/Early Christian Period)

Pinecones... pine resin makes wine

Porphyry Sarcophagus

of Constantia, Rome,

ca. 350 C.E.

Vatican Museum

(Early Christian Period

peacocks, sheep, vine scroll

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna (Italy), 425 C.E. (Early Christian/Byzantine)

Dome mosaic,

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia,

Ravenna (Italy), 425 C.E.

(Early Christian/Byzantine)

Symbols of evangelists/ cross of triumph (literally made of gold)

Good Shepherd mosaic,

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna (Italy), 425 C.E. (Early Christian/Byzantine)

figure is very feminine... holding a cross not a crook... the sheep have tails 

St. Lawrence or St. Vincent mosaic,

Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna (Italy), 425 C.E. (Early Christian/Byzantine)

Death of Judas and Crucifixion of Christ, from an Ivory Casket (with scenes from Christ’s Passion, ca. 420 C.E.

(Early Christian Period) London, British Museum

earliest example of crucifixion

REX IUD- king of the Jews

Interesting contrast between body of Judas and body of Christ

Christ is not represented naked 

Ivory Panel (Resurrection scenes),

Milan, ca. 400 C.E.

(Early Christian Period)

Milan, Trivulzio Collection,

Castello Sforzesco

discrepancies in scale... angel seated in front of open tomb/ confused guards lolz

Apse Mosaic,

Sant'Apollinare in

Classe, Ravenna

(Italy), 533-549 C.E.

 (Early Byzantine Period)

 St Apollinaris havign a vision of the transfiguration. Signs of four evangelists, mixture of greek/latin inscriptions/ reads very flat/ supernatural sky

San Vitale, Ravenna

(Italy), 526-547 C.E.

(Early Byzantine Period)

Choir vault mosaic, San Vitale, Ravenna (Italy), 526-547 C.E. (Early Byzantine Period)

motif of star studded sky 

Apse mosaic, San Vitale, Ravenna (Italy), 526-547

C.E. (Early Byzantine Period)

guy holding church.... hahahah 

Justinian mosaic, San Vitale, Ravenna (Italy), 526-547 C.E. (Early Byzantine Period)

emphasis on individualism// grecco roman heritage

surrounded by 12

sense of eternal space

Theodora mosaic, San Vitale, Ravenna (Italy), 526-547 C.E. (Early Byzantine Period)

greater sense of space

represents wife of justinian

suggest virgin mary figure 

Baptism of Christ, detail of

the dome mosaic in the Arian

Baptistery, Ravenna (Italy),

ca. 500-550 C.E.

Jesus looks very feminine/ is naked

considered heretical as Christ is presented as subordinate to god

Anthemius of Tralles and

Isidorus of Miletus, Haghia

Sophia, Constantinople/

Byzantium (Istanbul,

Turkey), 532-537 C.E.

(Early Byzantine Period)

Icon of Virgin and Child Enthroned

between Saints Theodore and George,

from the Monastery of St. Catherine,

Mount Sinai (Egypt),

early 7th c. C.E. (Early Byzantine Period)

Icon of Christ and St.Menas, from the

Monastery of St. Catherine, Mount Sinai

(Egypt), 6th c. C.E.

(Early Byzantine Period)

Paris, Louvre

Flat, conceptual, no background 

Christ Pantokrater, icon from the

Monastery of St. Catherine,

Mount Sinai (Egypt), 6th century C.E.

(Early Byzantine Period)

Archangel Michael,

ivory leaf of a diptych,

early sixth century C.E.

(Early Byzantine Period)

London, British Museum

discrepancy in scale 

Sancta Sanctorum Reliquary, from the Cappella Sancta Sanctorum of the basilica of St.

John Lateran in Rome, now in the Vatican (probably painted in Palestine and brought

back to Rome by a pilgrim), ca. 600 C.E. (Early Byzantine Period)

decorations unusually placed on inside of box

Scenes- discovery of empty tomb, ascension of christ, crucifixion of christ, nativity of christ, baptism of christ 

Enthroned Virgin and Child

(post-iconoclastic apse mosaic),

Haghia Sophia,, ca. 843-867 C.E.

(Middle Byzantine Period)

icon of an image that is continually repeated 

Monastery churches of Hosios Loukas, Phokis (Greece), ca. 1020-1040 C.E.

(Middle Byzantine Period)

Interior of the Katholikon at Hosios Loukas,

Phokis (Greece), ca. 1020-1040 C.E.

(Middle Byzantine Period)

Virgin and Child Enthroned, apse mosaic of the Katholikon at Hosios Loukas, Phokis (Greece),

ca. 1020-1040 C.E. (Middle Byzantine Period)

Nativity of Christ, a squinch mosaic of the Katholikon at Hosios Loukas, Phokis (Greece),

ca. 1020-1040 C.E. (Middle Byzantine Period)

Pantokrater dome mosaic,

Monastery Church of the

Dormition, Daphni (Greece),

late 11th century C.E.

(Middle Byzantine Period)

Monastery church of the

Dormition, Daphne (Greece),

late 11th century C.E.

(Middle Byzantine Period)

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