Jewish, Early Christian and Byzantine Art

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Slide #		The Art of Late Antiquity Jewish, Early Christian and Byzantine Art
Late Antiquity 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.
Late Antiquity 2		plan of above
Late Antiquity 3		Burial Plaque, 3rd-4th Century CE, Marble: carved and painted, The Jewish Museum, New York.
Late Antiquity 4		Female Pillar Figurine, 1000-586 BCE, Clay: hand-formed body, mold-formed head, fired Jewish Museum, NY
		EARLY CHRISTIAN ART
Late Antiquity 6		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.
Late Antiquity 7		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”.
Late Antiquity 8		Jonah Swallowed, Asia Minor, probably Phrygia (Central Turkey), Early Christian, 3rd century, c. 270-280, Cleveland Museum of Art.
Late Antiquity 9		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.)
Late Antiquity 10		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.
Late Antiquity 11		Christ seated, from Civita Latina, Italy, ca. 350–375. Marble, approx. 2’ 4 1/2” high. Museo Nazionale Romano—Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome.
Late Antiquity 12		Interior of Santa Sabina, Rome, Italy, 422–432
Late Antiquity 13		Interior of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351.
Late Antiquity 14		Longitudinal section (top) and plan (bottom) of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351.
Late Antiquity 15		Harvesting of Grapes, detail of vault mosaic in the ambulatory of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351 (Stokstad 7-15)
Late Antiquity 16		Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425.
Late Antiquity 17		Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence. Lunette mosaic in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425. (Stokstad 7-17)
Late Antiquity 18		Christ as the Good Shepherd, mosaic from the entrance wall of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425.
Late Antiquity 19		The parting of Lot and Abraham, mosaic in the nave of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy, 432–440. (Stokstad 7-12)
		BYZANTINE ART
Late Antiquity 20		ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORUS OF MILETUS, Hagia Sophia (view facing north), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, 532–537. (Stokstad 7-22)
Late Antiquity 21		ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORUS OF MILETUS, longitudinal section of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, 532–537 (after drawings by Van Nice and Antoniades).
Late Antiquity 22		ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORUS OF MILETUS, interior of Hagia Sophia (view facing southwest), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, 532–537.
Late Antiquity 23		Aerial view of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, 526–547.
Late Antiquity 24		Interior of San Vitale (view from the apse into the choir), Ravenna, Italy, 526–547.
Late Antiquity 25		Justinian, Bishop Maximianus, and attendants, mosaic from the north wall of the apse, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 547.
Late Antiquity 26		Theodora and attendants, mosaic from the south wall of the apse, San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 547
Late Antiquity 27		Saint Apollinaris amid sheep, apse mosaic, Sant’Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 533-549
Late Antiquity 28		Transfiguration of Jesus, apse mosaic, Church of the Virgin, monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt, ca. 548–565.
Late Antiquity 29		Ascension of Christ, folio 13 verso of the Rabbula Gospels, from Zagba, Syria, 586. Approx. 1’ 1” X 10 1/2”. Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, Florence.
Late Antiquity 30		Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George, icon, sixth or early seventh century. Encaustic on wood, 2’ 3” X 1’ 7 3/8”. Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt.
Late Antiquity 31		Virgin (Theotokos) and Child enthroned, apse mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, dedicated 867.
Late Antiquity 32		Monastery churches at Hosios Loukas, Greece (view from the east). Katholikon (left), first quarter of eleventh century, and Church of the Theotokos (right), second half of tenth century.
Late Antiquity 33		Interior of Katholikon (view facing southeast), Hosios Loukas, Greece, first quarter of eleventh century.
Late Antiquity 34		Cathedral of Sainta Sophia, Kiev, Ukraine, c. 1017-37
Late Antiquity 35		Exterior of St. Mark's Cathedral, Venice, Italy, begun 1063
Late Antiqutiy 36		Interior of Saint Mark’s Cathedral (view facing east), Venice, Italy, begun 1063.
Late Antiquity 37		Justinian as world conqueror (Barberini Ivory), mid-sixth century. Ivory, 1’ 1 1/2” X 10 1/2”. Louvre, Paris.
Late Antiquity 38		Crucifixion, mosaic in the Church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece, ca. 1090–1100.
Late Antiquity 39		Christ as Pantokrator, dome mosaic in the Church of the Dormition, Daphni, Greece, ca. 1090–1100.
Late Antiquity 40		Virgin of Vladimir, icon, probably from Constantinople. Faces only, 12th century. The rest has been retouched. Tempera on panel. Height: approx. 31 in. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Late Antiquity 41		Christ enthroned with saints (Harbaville Triptych), ca. 950. Ivory, central panel. Louvre, Paris
Late Antiquity 42		David composing the Psalms, folio 1 verso of the Paris Psalter, ca. 950–970. Tempera on vellum, 1’ 2 1/8” X 10 1/4”. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
Late Antiquity 43		Anastasis, apse fresco in the parekklesion of the Church of Christ in Chora (now the Kariye Museum), Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, ca. 1310–1320.
Late Antiquity 44		ANDREI RUBLYEV, Three angels (Old Testament Trinity), ca. 1410. Tempera on wood, 4’ 8” X 3’ 9”. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow