The document discusses the art and architecture of the Late Antique and Early Christian periods in Europe and the Near East. It covers the transition from pagan Roman art to Christian art under Constantine and the development of new forms like early churches and basilicas with mosaics and frescoes depicting biblical scenes. Key locations discussed include Rome, Ravenna, and the wall paintings at Dura Europos synagogue and church from the 3rd century that show the coexistence of religions.
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EARLY CHRISTIAN ART
BYAZANTINE ARTCathedral of the Holy Wisdom in Kiev (Ukraine) preserves much of its original Byzantine interior. 1037.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Sophia_Cathedral_in_Kiev CHRISTIAN ART FROM CATACOMBS TO CATHEDRALS
We are entering another thousand-year period in the history of humanity and art.
Before you start reading this section, we need to touch the historical aspect of what happened with the powerful Roman Empire and Classical art (or Greco-Roman art).
In the 4th century the Roman Empire was divided into two parts: Western Roman Empire and Eastern Roman Empire (or Byzantine Empire). These parts would have very different historical fates. They will also provide two major branches for the Christian Church –Catholic (in the West) and Orthodox (in the East).
WEST
EAST
Roman Empire
Western Roman Empire
Capital: Rome
Eastern Roman Empire
Or Byzantine Empire
Capital: Constantinople
Christian Church
Catholic Church
Head of Church: Pope
Orthodox Church
Head of Church: Patriarch
The Latin-speaking Western Empire with its centre in Rome, would face the barbarian invasions, undergo a slow decline for 200 years and eventually fell under the barbarians. The Greek-speaking Byzantine Empire, centred in Constantinople, would grow to a powerful state. I would offer you to stick with the following simple timeline.
CHRISTIAN ART
1000 years
EARLY CHRISTIAN ART BYZANTINE ART
First 3 centuries A.D.4th - 14th centuries
Period of Persecution Period of Recognition
Since the very beginning of human history, art and religion have been closely connected. In the first unit you have learned that art played a central role in prehistoric magic rituals, as well as in Egyptian religious ceremonies to ensure the afterlife. Why so? Have you ever heard music –a church choir or organ -in the cathedral with beautiful stained glass windows? Yes, this is the answer – art has an ability to deliver a strong emotional message to the human soul.
Early Christian Art
Western Empire
Rome
Let us follow the events happening in the both parts of crumbling Roman Empire.
Name two key events that took place in the 3rd century.
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A Trip to the Metropolitan Museum
The visit is blood-curdling and gives a fantastic experience
Metropolitan Museum of Art can easily fit among the famous legendary European museums
The museum is iconic Beaux-Arts façade
Visiting Metropolitan Museum of Art has left me recalling of that blood-curdling and fantastic experience. Being one of the world’s premier cultural institutions and houses, it significantly encompasses nearly everything from the ancient classics to the modern masters. With its iconic Beaux-Arts façade, Metropolitan Museum of Art can easily fit among the famous legendary European museums. Although it is distinctly American and New York experience, it is a melting pot of the spectacular art and the artifacts from across time and the world. Interestingly, the museum is fondly referred to as the Met and visitors can travel from as far as Paleolithic Egypt to the Neolithic Near East to experience their culture in the form of artifacts in the museum.
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Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus is a significant marble of Early Christian Sarcophagus
used for the burial of Junius Bassus
the sarcophagus was placed in the Old St. Peter’s Basilica inside the Vatican
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus is a significant marble of Early Christian Sarcophagus that was used for the burial of Junius Bassus, who is known to have died in 359. Importantly, it has then been described as the single most famous piece of early Christian relief sculpture. Originally, the sarcophagus was placed in the Old St. Peter’s Basilica inside the Vatican. Moreover, is one of the oldest surviving high-status sarcophagi with clear and elaborate carvings of Christian themes with complicated iconographic plans that embrace both the old and new testaments.
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Junius Bassus
Junius Bassus was a significant figure and a senator
headed the government capital as the Praefectus Urbi
Bassus converted to Christianity shortly at the verge of his death
Junius Bassus was a significant figure and a senator who was the head of the government capital as the Praefectus Urbi at the time of his death in 359 when he was 42 years. Just as the artifact of sarcophagus depicts, Bassus converted to Christianity shortly at the verge of his death (Stokstad, 2010).
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Style and art of sarcophagus
the workmanship and cooperation were of the highest quality
the sculpture shows fewer features of the late antique style of sculpture
the sculpture ignores practically all the rules obeyed by official artifacts
reflects a blending of the late Hellenic style with the contemporary Roman and Ital.
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13. 7 Figure 8-1 Interior of the synagogue at Dura-Europos, Syria, with wall-paintings of Old Testament themes, ca. 245–256. Tempera on plaster. Reconstruction in National Museum, Damascus.
17. 11 Figure 8-3 The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, and orants, painted ceiling of a cubiculum in the Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus, Rome, Italy, early fourth century.
18. 12 Figure 8-4 Sarcophagus with philosopher, orant, and Old and New Testament scenes, Santa Maria Antiqua, Rome, Italy, ca. 270. Marble, 1’ 11 1/4” X 7’ 2”.
19. 13 Figure 8-5 Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, from Rome, Italy, ca. 359. Marble, 3’ 10 1/2” X 8’. Museo Storico del Tesoro della Basilica di San Pietro, Rome.
22. Cite illustrations of religious architecture and their origins, particularly the basilica.
23. Understand the media, methods and techniques used to create art, especially mosaics, in the Early Christian period.
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26. 17 Figure 8-7 Restored view (a), plan (b), and section (c) of Old Saint Peter’s, Rome, Italy, begun ca. 320. (The restoration of the forecourt is conjectural.)
27. 18 Figure 8-8 Interior of Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy, 422–432.
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30. 21 Figure 8-10 Longitudinal section (top) and plan (bottom) of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351.
31. 22 Figure 8-11 Detail of vault mosaic in the ambulatory of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351.
32. 23 Figure 8-12 Christ as Sol Invictus, detail of a vault mosaic in the Mausoleum of the Julii, Rome, Italy, late third century.
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35. 26 Figure 8-14 Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425.
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37. Cite illustrations of early Church architecture, their origins and development, particularly in Ravenna
38. Understand the new aesthetic informing the art and how it is different from the art of the classical period.
39. Understand the different media and forms used to create early Christian art, particularly illuminated manuscripts.
43. 31 Figure 8-17 Miracle of the loaves and fishes, mosaic from the top register of the nave wall (above the clerestory windows) of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 504.
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46. 34 Figure 8-20 Christ before Pilate, folio 8 verso of the Rossano Gospels, early sixth century. Tempera on purple vellum, approx. 11” X 10 1/4”. Diocesan Museum, Archepiscopal Palace, Rossano.
47. 35 Figure 8-22 Woman sacrificing at an altar, right leaf of the Diptych of the Nicomachi and the Symmachi, ca. 400. Ivory, 11 3/4” X 5 1/2”. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
48. 36 Figure 8-21 Suicide of Judas and Crucifixion of Christ, plaque from a box, ca. 420. Ivory, 3” X 3 7/8”. British Museum, London.
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50. What visual characteristics of earlier pagan funerary art are seen in Christian art from this period? Does the context change?
51. What might one speculate as reasons for the absence of a crucified Christ in Early Christian art?
