AP Art History Slide Identification List
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| Slide # | Pagans, Christians and Jews: Art of Late Antiquity |
Early Jewish Art |
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| Jewish 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. |
| Jewish 2 | plan of above |
| Jewish 3 | Burial Plaque, 3rd-4th Century CE, Marble: carved and painted, The Jewish Museum, New York. |
| Jewish 4 | Female Pillar Figurine, 1000-586 BCE, Clay: hand-formed body, mold-formed head, fired Jewish Museum, NY |
Early Christian Art |
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| Early Christian 1 | 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. |
| Early Christian 2 | 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”. |
| Early Christian 3 | Jonah Swallowed, Asia Minor, probably Phrygia (Central Turkey), Early Christian, 3rd century, c. 270-280, Cleveland Museum of Art. |
| Early Christian 4 | 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.) |
| Early Christian 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. |
| Early Christian 6 | Christ seated, from Civita Latina, Italy, ca. 350–375. Marble, approx. 2’ 4 1/2” high. Museo Nazionale Romano—Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome. |
| Early Christian 7 | Interior of Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy, 422–432 |
| Early Christian 8 | Interior of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351. |
| Early Christian 9 | Longitudinal section (top) and plan (bottom) of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351. |
| Harvesting of Grapes, details of vault mosaic in the ambulatory of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351 | |
| Early Christian 11 | Christ as Sol Invictus, detail of a vault mosaic in the Mausoleum of the Julii, Italy, late 3rd century |
| Early Christian 12 | Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425. |
| Early Christian 13 | Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. Lunette mosaic in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425. |
| Early Christian 14 | Christ as the Good Shepherd, mosaic from the entrance wall of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425. |
| Early Christian 15 | The parting of Lot and Abraham, mosaic in the nave of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy, 432–440. |
| Early Christian 16 | Interior of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy, dedicated 504 |
| Early Christian 17 | Miracle of the loaves and fishes, mosaic from Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy, dedicated 504 |
| Early Christian 18 | Saints Onesiphorus and Porphyrius, detail of the dome mosaic, Church of Saint George, Thassaloniiki, Greece, ca. 390-450 |
| Early Christian 19 | Rebecca and Eliezer at the well, folio 7 of the Vienna Genesis, early 6th century, tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum, approx 1' 1/4" x 9 1/4". Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna |
| Link to a National Geographic Website about early Christianity, the gospels, and particularly the recently discovered Gospel of Judas | |
