Early Medieval Art History

• Arch of Titus
  • Rome
  • 81 C.E. (height of Roman empire)
    • anti-naturalism
    • sac of the temple of Jerusalem

• Arch of Constantine
  • Rome
  • 315 C.E.
    • victory at Milvian bridge
    • isocephaly (everyone in line)

• Missorium of Theodosius
  • 388 A.D.
    • ruler is largest surrounded by guard

• Portrait of Constantine
  • 324-337 C.E.
    • made to look semi-divine
    • shift toward abstraction

Arch forms:
Arcades, vaults, dome

• Constantinian Basilica
  • 300-310 C.E;
  • has an apse

• Dura-Europos
  • Synagogoue
  • 244-256 C.E.
    • filled with dirt used as a seage wall, dirt ended up preserving the art.

• Catacombs of Domitilla and Callisto
  • Rome
  • For burials (in a group)
    • Active spaxes
  • Mediaevil artt

• Catacomb in the Via Torlonia
  • Rome
  • 3rf 0 4^th century C.E.
    • detail of a lunnette and Jewish emblems

• Catacomb of Pricilla
  • Rome
  • Three Hebrews in the furnace
  • Mother and child
  • Orant figure

In February 313,Constantine I, emperor controlling the western part of the Roman Empire and lictinus, controlling the Balkans, met in Milan and, among other things, agreed to treat the Christians benevolently

• Sculptures telling the story of Jonah
  • 3^rd century C.E.
  • marble

• Mausoleum of the Julii
  • Rome
  • End of 3^rd century
  • Mosaic

• Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
  • Vatican
  • 359 C.E.

• triumph of Dionysus and seasons sarcophagus
  • traditional Romanesque

• Passion sarcophagus
  • Catacomb of Domitilla
  • 2^nd half of 4^th Century C.D
  • reference to crucifixion without actually showing it