Chapter 8: Early Christian ArtLesson 3

Warm-up 12-9-14 Ch.8 L3 Early Christian

Respond to the Following:1.Describe what you see in this image.

What do you think is happening? Who are these people?

2.What medium is this?

3.What stylistic characteristics do you see?

Obj: SWBAT Identify Christian Iconography and its meaning

HW Reading: Ch 8 Pg. 232-248

Test Corrections due Monday 12/8

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Iconography

Definition:• the visual images and symbols used in a work of art

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HW Reading: Ch 8 Pg. 232-248

CHAPTER 8—EARLY CHRISTIAN

CHAPTER 9—BYZANTIUM

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Europe and the Near East in Late Antiquity

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Chapter 8

The Art of Late AntiquityTheme: TRANSFORMERS

(born again, appropriation)Dates: 4th and 5th centuries CE

EARLY Christian Art

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Early Christian ArtChapter 7

Historical Background• 200-300 years after Christ – Constantine issues Edict of Milan, & sponsors the

building of Christian churches (Constantinople capital of Eastern R. empire• Problem - How to depict God?- borrow motifs / symbols from pagan (Roman) art.• Churches based on Roman basilica , w/ mosaics to teach the new converts. • Goal of Churches = attract, teach and maintain converts• By 410 , Visigoths sack Rome, Ravenna becomes capital of Roman Empire

• What Happened in Art? (Stylistic)• simplistic and more abstract. • “Types” not individuals• APPROPRIATION Early Christian art combines classical & Christian motifs

Theme: TRANSFORMERS(born again, appropriation)

Dates: 4th and 5th centuries CE

Good Shepherd, Orants, Story of Jonah

Catacomb of Pietro and Marcellino, Rome, Italy

early 4th centuryfresco

Good Shepherd

Catacomb of Pietro and Marcellino, Rome, Italy

early 4th centuryfresco

15The 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.

CATACOMBS Christ Good Shepherd4th c. CEM: frescoF/L: catacombs (underground burial chambers).

Narrative/Figures:• Episodes from biblical story of Jonah• Left-Sailors throw Jonah from his

ship • Right-He emerges from the whale • Bottom-Jonah on land contemplates

salvation and mercy of God• Prefiguration of Christ who died and

rose from the grave• Orant (hand up in prayer) figures in

between—Christian family• Central figure—Christ as the good

shepherd, with sheep• Rescued sinner/redemption

Orant figure

Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome,Italy

3th centuryfresco

Check for Understanding

1. Summarize the figures/narrative seen in this work.

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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.

CATACOMBS Christ Good Shepherd4th c. CE

Style:•Lunettes—semicircular frames•Orant figures - People w/ hands up in prayer•Early images of Christ youthful (no beard).

The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, and orants,

CatacombsPolygonal frame

loculi

lunettes

Orants

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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.

CATACOMBS Christ Good Shepherd4th c. CE

Style:•Lunettes—semicircular frames•Orant figures - People w/ hands up in prayer•Early images of Christ youthful (no beard).

CONTENT / CONCEPT:•Christ w/ lamb – appropriated from classical motif. •Sheep symbolizes sinner who has been rescued.•Patron is ‘saved’ by Christ, engaging in the afterlife

Santa Sabina

Rome, Italy

ca. 422-432

Santa Sabina

Rome, Italy

ca. 422-432

Santa Sabina, Rome

Compare interiorto section of Old St. Peter’s