Early Medieval Art History

Late Antique and early Christian art -to- the Ottonians 936-1062 

111 cards   |   Total Attempts: 183
  

Cards In This Set

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Question 1
  • Arch of Titus
    • Rome
    • 81 C.E. (height of Roman empire)
      • anti-naturalism
      • sac of the temple of Jerusalem
Question 2
  • Arch of Constantine
    • Rome
    • 315 C.E.
      • victory at Milvian bridge
      • isocephaly (everyone in line)
Question 3
  • Missorium of Theodosius
    • 388 A.D.
      • ruler is largest surrounded by guard
Question 4
  • Portrait of Constantine
    • 324-337 C.E.
      • made to look semi-divine
      • shift toward abstraction
Arch forms:
Arcades, vaults, dome
Question 5
  • Constantinian Basilica
    • 300-310 C.E;
    • has an apse
Question 6
  • Dura-Europos
    • Synagogoue
    • 244-256 C.E.
      • filled with dirt used as a seage wall, dirt ended up preserving the art.
Question 7
  • Catacombs of Domitilla and Callisto
    • Rome
    • For burials (in a group)
      • Active spaxes
    • Mediaevil artt
Question 8
  • Catacomb in the Via Torlonia
    • Rome
    • 3rf 0 4th century C.E.
      • detail of a lunnette and Jewish emblems
Question 9
  • Catacomb of Pricilla
    • Rome
    • Three Hebrews in the furnace
    • Mother and child
    • Orant figure
313C.E. Christianity legalized
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
Question 11
  • Sculptures telling the story of Jonah
    • 3rd century C.E.
    • marble
Question 12
  • Mausoleum of the Julii
    • Rome
    • End of 3rd century
    • Mosaic
Question 13
  • Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
    • Vatican
    • 359 C.E.
Question 14
  • triumph of Dionysus and seasons sarcophagus
    • traditional Romanesque
Question 15
  • Passion sarcophagus
    • Catacomb of Domitilla
    • 2nd half of 4th Century C.D
    • reference to crucifixion without actually showing it