Byzantiam

Question 1

1. Title, Location+ Date
2. Medium (3)

What was it made of? Why?

3. Subject + Function (3)

What is it represented as?

What kind of realm? For what?

What kind of glorificaton?

4. Appearance + Relevance (4)

Appearance of windows?

What does 3rd level do?

What is different from 3rd to 1-2?

How big is the central area?

Answer 1

1. Church of San Vitale, Ravenna Byzantium 6th Century

2.

• colored marble
• cut glass
• gold
• precious stone

3.

• heaven on earth
• divine realm worship of chirst
• self glorification

4.

• Many windows
• 3rd level supports dome
• Level 1 &2 ppl could go
• Central area three stories

Question 2

Analysis

1. Title, Location+ Date

What was it made of? Why?

3. Subject + Function

What is interpreted? to fit what?

What is Justinian comparable to?

What inheritence is depicted? to whom is justinian equated?

How is military shown?

How many men? How many clergymen, administrators, military?

Portrait or generic?

What does justinian hold?

What do the robes represent?

What does the halor repressent?

4. Appearance + Relevance (5)

What is shown? Why?

Answer 2

• 1. Emperor Justinian, and His Attendants,* San Vitale, Ravenna Byzantium 6th Century
     
     2. Mosaic

3.

• interprates beliefs and earlier to befit their social, cultural, political, idealogical views
• Justinian coparable to Hamurabi and Augustus
• Depict rightful inheritance as christ secular representative
  
  • head of church
  • justify right to rule
  • equates to christ
  • justinian governs over all willingly military

4.

• 12 men with him like jesus desciples and apostles
  
  • 3 clergymen church
  • 3 administrators state
  • 6 military men
• portrait faces, distinctive soldiers generic, come from barbarian tribes willingly serving justin
• holds relavant object
  
  • proceeding to ceremony of eucarust max holds jewels and cross
• Purple and gold robes represnt royalty
• halo=divinity

Question 3

Analysis

1. Title & Date
2. Medium
3. Subj. + Funct.

What is proved through imagery?

What is represented?

What does Ecclesius do?

What do angels serve as?

What is interpreted from an earlier time? Why?

4. App. Rel.

What does gold stand for? who wore it previously?

Describe landscape

What is christ seated on? What does it represent? What iconography is there?

What is in his right hand? What does he extend to Saint Vitaleis? How does he accept?

Who is indirectly refernced to recieve crown?

What do the angel robes allude to? What do others wear?

Answer 3

1. Christ Enthroned, Flanked by Angles, Saint Vitalis, And Bishop Eccelsius, San Vitale, Ravenna Byzantium 6th century

2.

3.

• Prove through imagery divine favortism
• Represent paradise
• Ecclesius presents church as gift to Lord
• Angels serve as intercessors between mortals and Lord
• interpret beliefs from earlier time befiting to own social, cultural, political and ideological veiws

4.

• Gold Background=heaven
• flowers on green grass
• christ sits on orb throne
  
  • represents world
  • iconography borrowed from tradition w/ new images
• halo worn
  
  • used for holy figures
  • cross within for Christ
• 7 scrolls in his right hand
  
  • extends a martyrs crown victory to Saint Vitaleis
  • humbly has hands extended and covered by robe to recieve crown
• Jstinian indirectly referened to recieve crown
• angel robes= traditional roman robes
  • others have contemporary robe