Late Roman-Early Christian Art

Vocabulary

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

• Putto/Putti• Catacomb• Orant• Diptych

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius,

Roman, 175 CE

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

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

Arch of Constantine, Rome, 313-315 CE

Early Christian Art: Chapter 4

Basilica Nova, Rome, 306-312

Late Roman, Aula Palatina, Trier, Germany, 4th cent.

•Nave•Apse

Early Christian, Old Saint Peter’s, Rome, ca. 320

•Narthex•Transept•aisles

Roman Catacombs,

Late RomanEarly 4th century

Early Christian, Three Hebrew Youths in the Fiery Furnace, Early 3rd Century, Catacomb of Pricilla, Rome

Early Christian, Catacomb of Ss. Peter and Marcelinus, Rome, 4th century

Early Christian, Sarcophagus of Maria Antigua, 270

Early Christian, Good Shepherd, late 3rd century, Rome

Relief detail from a marble sarcophagus of a vintage scene, ca. 3rd century, Rome

Late Roman, The Diptych of the

Symmachi, ca. 400•391 Pagan worship banned by Theodosius I