15. Early Christian Art and Architecture
in Rome and Ravenna after Constantine
Old St. Peter's, Rome
Exterior reconstruction of Old St. Peter's, Rome, ca. 319 (G 8-10)
Plan of Old St. Peter's, Rome, ca. 320-337 (G 8-10)
*Interior view of Old St. Peter's (drawing by Jacopo Grimaldi, ca. 1590), Rome,
ca. 319
*Constantinian Shrine of Saint Peter (shown on the Pola Casket, ivory, 5th
century)
Santa Sabina, Rome
Interior of Santa Sabina, Rome, 422-432 (G 8-10)
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, marble with high reliefs, from Old St. Peter's,
359 (G 8-1)
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, detail of Christ Enthroned with Saints Peter
and Paul (Traditio Legis), marble with high reliefs, from Old St. Peter's, 359 (G
8-1)
Santa Costanza, Rome
Santa Costanza mausoleum, Rome, ca. 338-350, Plan and Section (G 8-12)
Interior of Santa Costanza mausoleum, Rome, ca. 338-350 (G 8-11)
Grape Harvest, mosaic in the ambulatory of Santa Costanza, Rome, ca. 338350 (G 8-13)
Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome
*Interior of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, 432-440 (built under Pope Sixtus III)
Parting of Lot and Abraham, mosaic in the nave of Santa Maria Maggiore,
Rome, 432-440 (G 8-14)
Mausoleum "of Galla Placidia" (Monastery of Santa Croce), Ravenna
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, ca. 425-26 (G 8-15)
Interior view to the east with Saint Lawrence mosaic, Mausoleum of Galla
Placidia, Ravenna, ca. 425-26 (G 8-16)
Christ as Good Shepherd, mosaic on the enterance wall lunette of the
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, ca. 425-26, (G 8-17)
Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna (Palace Church of Theodoric)
Interior (to the east) of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, dedicated 504 ( G 818)
*Procession of Female Martyrs with Crowns, mosaic on the north wall of Sant'
Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, dedicated 504
*Detail of Procession of Female Martyrs with Crowns, mosaic on the north wall
of Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, dedicated 504
Miracle of Loaves and Fishes, mosaic from the nave wall of Sant' Apollinare
Nuovo, Ravenna, dedicated 504 (G 8-19)
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Battle of the Milvian Bridge, 312 (Constantine defeats Maxentius)
Edict of Milan, 313
basilica (including nave with side aisles, transept and apse)
burial ad sanctos
John 10 (The Good Shepherd)
Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths