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Chapter 7
Religious Conviction
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Masada, Israel
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Herod’s Temple
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Tomb of Bene Hezir, 1st century BC. Kidron
The Archangel Michael, 5th c. Part of Ivory
Diptych
16 1/2 inches high. British Musuem, London.
St. Apollinare in Classe.
St. Paul outside the walls. Etching. 1749 Rome.
The catacombs functioned primarily as cemeteries. There
may been as many as four million bodies buried in the
catacombs of Rome. The Good Shepherd, ceiling fresco,
The Good Shepherd, 3rd C.
Marble.
Half life-size. Lateran Museum,
Chalice of Antioch, 350-500 Silver and gilt. 7 1/2” from
Syria. Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art. NYC
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Christian Orpheus with Animals. 5th C. Archeological
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus. 359 AD Marble.
St. Peter’s Rome
• Name an early Christian symbol and tell what is
represented?
• Where were the earliest Christian frescoes painted? What
is a diptych?
•What type of Roman buildings did the early Christians
adapt to become churches?
• How were basilicas decorated on the inside? Contrast this
to their exterior appearance?
•What was the purpose of sarcophagus?
•Describe how Christ was usually portrayed in a the earliest
Christian art?
Byzantine Art: A Shift to the East
San Vitale, Interior about 525-547
Ravenna
Emperor Justinian and Attendants, about 547. Mosaic, nearly life-sized. San
Vitale, Ravenna
Emperor Justinian heralded in the Golden Age of the Byzantine
art.
Where is Justinian located in the mosiac? What surrounds his crowned
Empress Theodora and Attendants, about 547 Mosaic nearly life-sized San
Vitale, Ravenna
Hagia Sophia. Istanbul
Christ between the Virgin and St. John the Baptist 1261
St. Marks 1063. Venice
Greek Cross plan
Cathedral of St. Basil. 1554 Moscow
Harbaville Triptych, Christ Enthroned with
Enthroned Madonna and child, 13th
century Egg Tempera. National
Gallery of Art Washington DC
• How are the figures stylized in Emperor Justinian and
Attendants
• Analyze how the artist has made Theodora the center
of attention in the mosaic Empress Theodora and the
attendants
• Where is Hagia Sophia located what was
extraodinary about its construction
• What is an icon
• Describe the cathedral of St. Basil
Court of the Lions. Alhambra
Court of the Lions. The Alhambra. 13-14th centuries. Granada,
The Alhambra Granada Spain
Dome of the Rock. Jerusalem Israel late 7th century.
The Great Mosque. Damascus, Syria. 706-715
Lalia and Majnun at school, miniature from manuscript of
Khamsa of Nizami.
Early Medival Art
Lindisfarne Gospel Book 698-721. British Library.
Lindisfarne Gospel Book 698-721. British Library.
Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne 792805.Aachen Germany
This piece was found at the burial site of a king. Purse
cover, first half of the 7th century. Gold, garnets, glass and
enamel. British Museum. London.
Plan of Saint Gall .
St. Matthew the Evangelist
816-835 from the Gospel
Book of Archbishop Ebbo of
St. Matthew the Evangelist
about 800 from the Gospel
Book. British Museum
• Describe early Christian basilicas
• Describe a typical Eastern European church built during the
second Golden Age of Byzantium
• Name one way Roman and Byzantium mosaics differ
• List several characteristics of Byzantine painting as
exemplified in Enthroned Madonna and Child
• How did the iconoclasts change the development of Byzantine
art
• What is a pendentive? Example/draw
• What material did Islamic artists use to decorate the arches in
the Court of the Lion at Alhambra?
• List several ways that early Christian art differed from classical
Greek Art
• How did the Edict of Milan affect architecture
• Compare the Roman copy of the Greek painting the Battle of
Issus, to Emperor Justinian and Attendants . Discuss Medium,
location & style
• Five Illuminated manuscript pages are illustrated in this
chapter. All are considered masterpieces. Which do you