Art 26: EARLY JUDAIC, EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ART AND ARCHITECTURE
Early Jewish Art and Architecture
Menorahs and Ark of the Covenant, wall painting in a Jewish catacomb, Villa
Torlonia, Rome, Italy
Early Christian Art and Architecture
Banquet Scene, wall painting in the Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome, Italy
Basilica-Plan and Central-Plan Churches
Catacomb of the Jordani, Rome, Italy
Christ as the Good Shepherd, mosaic in the lunette over the west entrance
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy
Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, nave, Rome, Italy
Good Shepherd, Orants and Story of Jonah, painted ceiling of the Catacomb of
Saints Peter (Pietro) and Marcellinus (Marcellino), Rome, Italy
Interior of Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy
Jonah Swallowed and Jonah Cast Up, two statuettes
Reconstruction drawing of Old Saint Peter's, Rome, Italy
Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy
Sarcophagus with Angels and Chi Rho
Early Byzantine Art and Architecture
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. Church of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul,
Turkey
Church of Hagia Sophia, interior
Emperor Justinian and His Attendants, mosaic on the north wall of the apse,
Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy
Empress Theodora and Her Attendants, mosaic on the south wall of the apse,
Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy
The Transfiguration of Christ with Saint Apollinaris, First Bishop of Ravenna,
mosaic in the apse, Church of Sant' Apollinare in Classe (Classis), the former
part of Ravenna (Classis), Italy
Vocabulary:
aisle
apse
Ark of the Covenant
Catacomb
chalice
clerestory
cubiculum (cubicula, pl.)
fresco
Greek cross
icon
iconoclasm
imperial imagery
Latin cross
loculi
lunette
mausoleum
menorah
mosaic
narthex
nave
New Testament
Old Testament
Orant
paten
pendentive
roundel
syncretism
Ten Commandents
tesserae
Torah
Transept
Transfiguration
triumphal arch
Who was who?
Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus
Bishop Maximianus
Constantine
Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora
Galla Placidia
Jonah
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John
Peter
Saint Apollinaris
Be able to label a basilica-plan church (See pages 170-171.) Know the difference between a basilica-plan church and a central-plan church.
Be able to name the four evangelists and their traditional symbols.
Be able to identify the traditional Christian symbols of the dove, fish, lamb (sheep), alpha, omega and their meanings.
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