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
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