Unit 8: Early Christian and Byzantine Art Flashcards
Byzantic Empire
roman empire
First image of christanity/ jesus
is graffiti that is mocking jesus (donkey on a cross) and is an insult to christianity
Rome
200 CE
In early rome, Chrisitainity was a ________ religon
persecuted
Chi-rho
roman catacombs
is a symbol of jesus (often seen on clergy clothes)
Roman stele
200 CE
What is the fish called and what does it represent?
Ichthys, fish represents Jesus/words
Why is Jesus depicted as white
because of racism/colonolism. Still depicted as different races in some places
anthropologist created what jesus would look like based on where he lived and the time period
what is another image of jesus
lamb/sheep
early images of jesus
often played off of other deities. Basically generic young man tending sheep
mosaic of jesus
Santa Pudenziana, Rome
402-417 CE
Religon changes and jesus becomes more associated with god. Becomes less human and older
Jesus
Egypt
5-6th century CE
Sarcophagous
Milan
3rd century CE
swatztaka was symbol for Jesus before nazi’s
jesus on cross
book 11th century
crucifixion scene as one of last images to be accepted
iconoclasts
someone who breaks images and who thinks religon shouldn’t use images of deities at all
Iconodules
supporters of images, believes use of images is benefical for culture
iconoclasm
when the 2 groups fight/ the struggle between religous factions in the use of images in culture
Who supported iconodules
Pope Gregory (good for teaching those that cant read)
Who supported Iconoclasts
Trullan Council (depicting Jesus as lamb does’t show his suffering as human)
Manuscript book Vienna Genesis
6th century
Manuscript books
Emerge in 2-3 CE (also called a codex(. Many had illistrations and were very ornate. May have been influenced by celtic art
Manuscript book Lindisfarne Gospels
before 698
lots of intricate celtic knotwork
Book of kells (Manuscript book)
early 9th century
highly decorated and made by monks as religous practices
Carolingian miniscule
writing was condensed into 1 version when emperor created writing schools that taught 1 version of writing
Carolingian Renaissance
if someone was called charlie, it was called carolingian era
Carolingian Miniseule
Emperor created writing schools that taught 1 style of writing called carolingian miniseule. Rewrote old roman and greek manuscripts to new copies that are often mistaken for originals
Where do lowercase letters come from
8th century script that 14th century scholars mistook for the way romans wrote
