augustus of primaporta

c.20 CE marble, roman imperial

like.Polykleitos of style,high classical

refers to athenian golden age threw style

shows his greatness

comparisions to the gods implied

c. 20 CE, marble, Roman I

mperial

*Augustus of Primaporta

c. 20 CE, marble, Roman Imperial

Flavian Amphitheater (colosseum)

72-80 CE Rome, Roman Imperial

great use of

column of trajan

106-113 CE marble, forum of trajan Rome, Roman Imp.

 Pantheon

c.117-125 CE, concrete and marble, Rome, Roman Imp.

a monumental archway; usually they are built to commemorate some notable victory

ex. Arch of Titus

an art form, as a story, painting, or sculpture, in which the components have a symbolic, figurative meaning

ex. triumph of titus (arch of titus)

a public meeting or assembly for open discussion

ex.apollodorus of damascus, market of trajan

a Roman building, used for public administration, having a large rectangular central nave with an aisle on each side and an apse at the end

ex.basilica ulpia

A usually semicircular or polygonal, often vaulted recess, especially the termination of the sanctuary end of a church

ex.basilica ulpia

a set of evenly-spaced columns

ex.basilica ulpia

The central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the chancel and flanked by aisles

 ex.basilica ulpia

ex. column of trajan

A circular opening at the apex of a dome

a round window

ex.pantheon

A decorative sunken panel in a ceiling, dome, soffit, or vault

ex. pantheon

Scenes of Dionysiac Mystery Cult

c. 60-50 BCE wall painting, Pompeii, Roman Rep. House

very fine frescos

was damaged during eruption of mt. vesuvius

portrait of a women

c.100-130 CE, encaustic on wood panel, Roman Imp

Equestrian Staue of Marcus Aurelius

c.176 CE bronze, Rome, Roman Imp.

a technique used by painters for representing three-dimensional space on a flat two-dimensional surface by creating the illusion of depth, or recession within a painting or drawing.

ex.Gardenscape

a painting or drawing of inanimate objects, such as fruit, flowers, etc.

ex. still life with peaches and a water jar, wall painting from herculaneum

encaustic

decorated by any process involving burning in colours, esp by inlaying coloured clays and baking or by fusing wax colours to the surface

ex.Portrait of a Women, Roman Imp.

the tetrarchs

c.305 CE, Porphyry, from Constantinople, now in San Marco,, Venice , Roman Imp.

arch of constantine

c.312-315, marble, Rome, Roman Imp.

filled out wth spoilia, spoils of war

constantinian frieze(from arch of constantine)

312-315 CE, marble, Rome, Roman Imp.

a painting medium for powdered pigments, consisting usually of egg yolk and water

ex. septimmius severus and his family, wood cirle plate

damnatio memoriae

the Latin phrase literally meaning "damnation of memory", in the sense of removed from the remembrance. It was a form of dishonor

the cratching out of the face of the brother to Emperor Carcalla

ex. septimmius severus and his family, wood cirle plate

spolia

a modern art-historical term used to describe the re-use of earlier building material or decorative sculpture on new monuments. The practice was common in late antiquity:

ex. the earlier imperial reliefs reused on the Arch of Constantine

object with two flat plates attached at a hinge

n Late Antiquity, ivory diptychs with covers carved in low relief on the outer faces were a significant art-form

ex.Prietess of Bachus

anthemius of tralles and isidorus of miletus hagia sophia

532-537 CE, Istanbul, Byzantine

Emperor Justinian and his Attendants, San Vitale, Ravenna

c 547 CE, mosaic, Byzantine

Empress Theodora and her attendants, San Vitale, Ravenna

c 547 CE, mosaic, Byzantine

a constructive device permitting the placing of a circular dome over a square room or an elliptical dome over a rectangular room

ex. Hagia Sophia

a piece of construction used for filling in the upper angles of a square room so as to form a proper base to receive an octagonal or spherical dome

Justinian As Conquerer

c. 525-550 CE, ivory, Byzantine

Rebecca at the Well

(from the Vienna Genesis)

early 6th century, tempra gold n silver paint on purple dyed vellum

Syria, Byzantine

Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels

late 6th century

encaustic on wood from the monastery of st. catherine

Mt. Sinai, Egypt, Byzantine

a manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration, such as decorated initials, borders (marginalia) and miniature illustrations. In the strictest definition of the term, an illuminated manuscript only refers to manuscripts decorated with gold or silver

ex.Rebbeca at the well

a book in the format used for modern books, with separate pages normally bound together and given a cover

gradual replacement of the scroll,

the dominant form of book in the ancient world, has been

termed the most important advance in the history of the book prior to the invention of printing

The spread of the codex is often associated with the rise of Christianity, which adopted the format for the Bible early on

a representation of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint, esp one painted in oil on a wooden panel, depicted in a traditional Byzantine style and venerated in the Eastern Church

ex.christ

The beliefs, practices, or doctrine of an iconoclast

or:the practice of destroying images, especially those created for religious veneration

a negotiator who acts as a link between parties,

or a item that one uses in prayers as a medium between them and god

A work consisting of three painted or carved panels that are hinged together.

often used to brings religous icons/ll intercessor around in saftey

ex.Harbavillee Triptych

Consecreation of the Tabernacle and its priests

house-synagogue, Dura-Europos, Syria

c. 245-246 CE, Jewish

The good shepherd, Orants and the Story of Jonah

painted ceiling of the catacombs of SS.Peter and Marcellinus,

4th century CE, Rome, Early Christian

Santa Maria Antiqua Sarcophagus

c. 270 CE, marble, Early Christian

a building for Jewish religious services and usually also for religious instruction

ex. house -Synagogue, Dura-Europos

(of memorial sculptures, esp those depicting athletes of ancient Greece) having a fixed conventional style

or of religous style

ex. wall with the torah niche, house synagogue. Jewish 245 CE

The art, technique, or process of narrating.

ex. wall with the torah niche, house synagogue. Jewish 245 CE

Reconciliation or fusion of differing systems of belief, as in philosophy or religion, especially when success is partial or the result is heterogeneous.

ex. the good shepherd, orants and the story of jonah, painted of the catacomb cielding f st. petersburg

Chiefly Christian theol the doctrine or study of types or of the correspondence between them and the realities which they typify

the analysis of symbolism, especially of the meaning of Scripture types

ex. the good shepherd, orants and the story of jonah, painted of the catacomb cielding f st. petersburg

old st.peter's basilica (reconstruction)

c. 324-400 CE, brick and timber, Rome, Early Christian

santa costanza

c. 350 CE, brick and marble, Rome, Early Christian

central -plan church

ambulatory

the good shepherd (from the oratory of galla placidia, ravenna, italy)

c. 425-426 CE, mosaic, early christain

sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

c.359 CE, marble, early christian

top right >:sacrifice of isaac,arrest of peter,enthroned christ with Peter n pual,arrest of christ,potius pilate

bottom right >:job, adam n eve, christ entry into jerusalem, daneil in the lion den, arrest of pual

a plan in which length exceeds width

Many of the earliest churches of Byzantium have a longitudinal plan.

ex. Hagia Sophia, Istanbul

ex. old st. peters basilica

transept

The transverse part of a cruciform church, crossing the nave at right angles

either of the two wings of a cruciform church at right angles to the nave

ex. old st. peters basilica

The central part of a church, extending from the narthex to the chancel and flanked by aisles.

ex. old st. peters basilica

A church that has a design with a primary central space surrounded by symmetrical areas around each side.

aka a circle in the middle or main area

ex. santa costanza church

an aisle running around the east end of a church, esp one that passes behind the sanctuary

ex. santa costanza church

the worship of an object symbolizing, but not representing God.

an opposition to icons or idols

ex. Kaaba, Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem

c.690 CE, Islamic

lots of islamic writing in gold used at decorations on the walls

cental plan

larger wall with something that inticates which direction Mecca so as to pray in that direction

ex. the great mosque of kairouarn, tunisia

A niche in the wall of a mosque or a room in the mosque that indicates the direction of Mecca

ex. the great mosque of kairouarn, tunisia

ex. the great mosque of kairouarn, tunisia

Prayer Hall, Great Mosque, Cordoba Spain

begun 785 CE, Islamic

alternating voussoirs

horeshoe arch

alternating voussoirs

A voussoir is a wedge-shaped element, typically a stone, used in building an arch or vault, common in romanesque arab architexture

ex.Prayer Hall, Great Mosque, Cordoba Spain

begun 785 CE, Islamic

horeshoe arch

 The horseshoe arch, also called the Moorish arch and the Keyhole arch, is the emblematic arch of Islamic architecture

ex. Prayer Hall, Great Mosque, Cordoba Spain

begun 785 CE, Islamic

Page from the Qur'an

9th century, Black ink and gold on vellum

Syria, Islamic

like. rebecca at the wall