ch.11 Early Christian

Question 1

Catacomb of Priscilla

Answer 1

• Late Antique Europe
• tufa and fresco
• Rome, Italy
• Priscilla owned the catacombs, donated to Christians
• early persecuted Christians prayed here

Question 2

Good Shepherd fresco

Answer 2

• earliest depiction of Christ, 300 years after death
• cross shaped, Jesus centered
• Gospel - parts of the bible about Jesus
• painted on the ceiling
• Jesus as a symbol
• contrapposto (classical influence)
• stories of Jonah at the 4 ends of the cross

Question 3

Orant Fresco

Answer 3

• orant - praying with raised hands
• shows the same woman 3 times (wedding, childbirth and worship)
• the veiled woman has exaggerated hands and eyes a symbol of eternal devotion
• prefiguration

Question 4

Treasury

Answer 4

• Nabatean Ptolemaic and Roman
• cut rock, partially carved into a mountain
• Petra, Jordan
• used to be a tomb
• Hellenistic influence
• 2 relief layers
• corinthian columns

Question 5

Santa Sabina

Answer 5

• Late Antique Europe
• brick and stone, wood roof
• Rome, Italy
• built above the remains of saints
• influenced by the basilica
• focuses on the altar
• nave - hallway
• aisle - building surrounding the nave
• nanthex - lobby
• baptistry - seperate building for baptism
• spolia - columns taken from other buildings
• high windows and mosaics

Question 6

Rebecca and Eliezer at Well

Answer 6

• Early Byzantine Europe
• made with tempera, gold, and silver on vallum dyed purple
• illuminated manuscript
• Classical influence (nude river woman, perspective, shading)
• Rebecca appears twice (continuous narrative, Hu’Nefer influence)
• Jacob appears twice, once leading his wives/servants and wrestling the angel
• mixing space, some perspective