Late Roman-Early Christian Art Vocabulary

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Late Roman-Early Christian Art Vocabulary

• Constantinople
• Tetrarchy
• Porphyry
• Tondo
• Basilica
• Nave
• Apse
• Buttress
• Narthex
• Transept

• Putto/Putti
• Catacomb
• Orant
• Diptych

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Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, 161 CE

• Apotheosis
• Personification

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• Decursio-ritual circling of the imperial funerary
  pyre (fire)

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Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Roman, 175
CE
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Four Tetrarchs, Late Roman, 305 CE

• Tetrarchy 2 Augustii (Sr.Emperor) and 2 Caesars
  (Jr. Emperor)four emperors.
• One of each in the Western capital Rome and in
  the Eastern capital Byzantium
• Porphyry

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Constantine the Great

• First Christian Emperor of the Roman Empire, Jr.
  Emperor in the West
• Defeats Maxentius in 313 at Battle of the Milvian
  Bridge to be sole ruler in the West
• Defeats Licinius in 324 to become sole ruler of
  the Empire
• Moves capital to Byzantium-Constantinople

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Arch of Constantine, Rome, 313-315 CE
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Early Christian Art Chapter 4
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Basilica Nova, Rome, 306-312
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Late Roman, Aula Palatina, Trier, Germany, 4th
cent.
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• Nave
• Apse

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Early Christian, Old Saint Peters, Rome, ca. 320

• Narthex
• Transept
• aisles

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Early Christian, Santa Sabina, Interior, Rome,
422-32
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Judaic, Synagogue at Dura Europos, Syria, 244-245
CE
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The Exodus from Egypt
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Roman Catacombs, Late Roman Early 4th century
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Early Christian, Three Hebrew Youths in the Fiery
Furnace, Early 3rd Century, Catacomb of Pricilla,
Rome
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Early Christian, Catacomb of Ss. Peter and
Marcelinus, Rome, 4th century
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Early Christian, Sarcophagus of Maria Antigua, 270
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Early Christian, Good Shepherd, late 3rd century,
Rome
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Relief detail from a marble sarcophagus of a
vintage scene, ca. 3rd century, Rome
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Late Roman, The Diptych of the Symmachi, ca. 400

• 391 Pagan worship banned by Theodosius I