The Sacrifice of Isaac c stone capital Cathedral, Jaca (Aragón) Romanesque

Abraham and Isaac north transept Chartres Cathedral Chartres, France Gothic

Lorenzo Ghiberti Sacrifice of Isaac competition panel for the east doors of the Baptistery of Florence Cathedral

Early Christian, Jewish, and Byzantine Art

Judaism Christianity Islam How are these three religions different? see pages

Dream of Constantine Piero della Francesca fresco cycle The Legend of the True Cross Bacci Chapel, Church of San Francesco, Arezzo

Big Ideas syncretism: artists assimilate images from other traditions, giving them new meanings iconoclasm: 726 Emperor Leo III launched a campaign of iconoclasm (image breaking), decreeing that all religious images were idols and should be destroyed icons: often were believed to have been created miraculously and all were thought to have magical protective and healing powers typological exegesis: Old Testament themes illuminate events in the New Testament; for example, Abraham and Isaac predicts the sacrifice of Christ, Jonah and the whale predicts the resurrection on the third day

Hinton St. Mary Mosaic central panel of a Roman mosaic found at Hinton St Mary (Dorset, England) bjects/VfupdXVjTM6crACGDU-6uA

Christ Catacomb of Commodilla late 4 th century

Good Shepherd mosaic in the lunette over the west entrance, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

Baptism of Christ Baptistery of the Orthodox, Ravenna, Italy early 5 th century

Emperor Justinian and His Attendants c. 547 mosaic on the north wall of the apse, Church of San Vitale, Ravenna Italy

Empress Theodora and Her Attendants c. 547 mosaic on the south wall of the apse, Church of San Vitale, Ravenna Italy

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Christ Pantokrator mosaic in the central dome Church of the Dormition Daphni, Greece Central Dome c

Hagia Sophia YouTube Video: R. Steves uU&edufilter=-UYcvQGRLktRabtXL3Eq1w

Hagia Sophia

St. Marks Cathedral c

Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

DU-6uA This mosaic is probably one of the oldest surviving depictions of Christ. It comes from a Roman villa in Dorset. Christ is portrayed as a fair- haired and clean-shaven man wearing a tunic and cloak. Behind his head are the letters chi (X) and rho (P), the first two letters of the Greek word for Christ - Christos. Christ's head is a part of a larger mosaic, also containing pagan elements. These include the Greek hero Bellerophon riding Pegasus and slaying the monstrous Chimera. When did the Roman Empire become Christian? In AD 312 the Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity and the religion began to spread freely throughout the Roman Empire. Britain was at that point a far-flung province of the empire that would be abandoned 100 years later. This mosaic may have come from a villa's dining room or house-church owned by one of Britain's long- established Roman aristocratic families. Combining Christian and pagan imagery was common in this period and Bellerophon slaying the monster may represent Christ's triumph over death and evil.