Early Christian Art

Question 1

Fish and Bread, Callixtus Catacomb

Answer 1

ixthys (ichthys)=fish

1. Rome
2. fresco
3. 3rd century CE
4. early christian

Question 2

Sarcophagus of Sant a Maria

Answer 2

1. Rome
2. marble
3. 270 CE
4. early christian

Question 3

Good Shepherd, Orants, and the Story of Jonah, Catacomb of SS Peter and Marcellinus

Answer 3

painted ceiling of a cubiculum

1. Rome
2. fresco
3. 300 CE
4. Early Christian

Question 4

Raising of Lazarus, Via Latina Catacomb

Answer 4

1. Rome
2. fresco
3. later 4th century
4. Early Christian

Question 5

Sarcophagus Fragment with Miracle Scenes, Old Saint Peters

Answer 5

1. Rome
2. marble
3. early 4th century
4. Early Christian

Question 6

Old Saint Peters (architecture)

Answer 6

1. Rome
2. begun under Constantine
3. (L) roads and catacombs
   (R) the locations of different Christian churches built/begun under Constantine outside the Aurelian Wall
   2.
   - reconstruction of Old St. Peters/Atriuma and façade (after a 17th cent. drawing
   - nave interior
   -transept
   -Constantinian shrine and the baldacchino in the front of the apse
4. 319 CE, completed 390 CE
5. Early Christian

Question 7

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Answer 7

1. Rome
2. marble
3. 359 CE
4. Early Christian

Question 8

Church of Santa Sabina

Answer 8

1. Rome
2. founded by Bishop Peter of Illyria
3. 422-32 CE
4. Early Christian
5. wood truss roof in the aisle/opus sectile decoration depicting the chalices and patens, and spoliated Corinthian columns in the nave arcade

Question 9

Oratory of Calla Placidia, Ravenna

Answer 9

1. Ravenna
2. 425 CE
3. Early Christian
4. dome on pendentives/ squinches
5. The Good Shepherd: mosaic in the lunette in the north arm, above the door

Question 10

Orthodox Baptistery

Answer 10

1. Ravenna
2. late 4th century CE; remodeled, domed and decorated c. 450-60 CE under Bishop Neon
3. Early Christian
4. Processing apostles offering crowns; Baptism of Jesus, in the dome

Question 11

Santa Maria Maggiore

Answer 11

1. Rome
2. built and decorated c. 432-40 CE under Pope Sixtus III
3. Early Christian
4. nave:
   -Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek
   -Feast of Abraham and the Three Men in the Valley of Mamre (nave)
   triumphal arch:
   -Annunciation
   -Adoration of the Magi
   -Massacre of the Innocents
   -The Empty Throne prepared;Evangelist Symbols; SS Peter and Paul

Question 12

Scenes from the story of Saul and Samuel, Quedlinburg Itala

Answer 12

1. Rome
2. ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
3. 400-450 CE
4. Early Christian

Question 13

The Story of Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Ashburnham Pentateuch

Answer 13

1. North Africa? Syria? Italy?
2. ink and tempera on parchment
3. late 6th century
4. Early Christian
5. strip narrative

Question 14

Story of Jacob, Vienna Genesis

Answer 14

1. Constantinople, Antioch, Palestine?
2. gold, silver, ink, and tempera on purple parchment
3. Early Christian

Question 15

Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, with Old Testament Prophets, Rosanno Gospels

Answer 15

1. Syria or Palestine
2. gold, silver ink and tempera on purple parchment
3. 6th century CE
4. Early Christian

Question 16

Trial of Jesus before Pilate, Rosanno Gospels

Answer 16

1. Syria, Palestine?
2. gold, silver ink, and tempera on purple parchment
3. 6th cent CE
4. Early Christian