Chapter 7 Jewish, Early Christian and Byzantine art
Jewish
Wall with the Torah niche from Dura Europos
Christ as the Good Shepherd, Orants, and Story of Jonah, Rome, 2nd - 3rd century.
Early Christian
Interior of Santa Costanza, Rome, c. 350.
Harvesting Grapes, mosaic of Santa Costanza,
Exterior of Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, c. 425 - 426.
Christ as the Good Shepherd, the mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, c. 425 - 426.
Early Byzantine:
Exterior of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, completed 537.
Interior of Hagia Sophia.
The Transfiguration, Church of Saint Catherine monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt, c. 550 - 565.
Exterior of San Vitale, Ravenna, 540 - 547.
Court of Justinian, apse mosaic, San Vitale, c. 547.
Court of Theodora, apse mosaic, San Vitale, c. 547.
Page with Rebecca at the well, from the Vienna Genesis, early 6th century.
Middle Byzantine
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saints and Angels, Encaustic on Panel, 6 th century
Christ Pantokrator, mosaic in the central dome, Daphini, Greece, 1080-1100
Crucifixtion: same location
Vocabulary
blind niche
codex, codices
cruciform
gallery
Greek cross
icon
Latin cross
mandorla
martyrium
minaret
mosque
narthex
orant
parchment
pendentive
transept
vellum