1. Early Christian
Part 2

2. Figure 11-9 Interior of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351.

3. The Roman prototype
Here was the central-plan
Mausoleum…
Figure Longitudinal section (top) and plan (bottom) of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351.

4. Figure 11-11 Detail of vault mosaic in the ambulatory of Santa Costanza, Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351.
Symbols with Christian and pagan connotations

5. Figure 11-11 Detail Close detail of 2 oxen pulling cart with grapes
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6. Figure 11-11 Closer detail 4th c
Figure Closer detail 4th c. Ambulatory vault Mosaics: closer view of decorative roundels with putti and birds
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7. Figure Christ as Sol Invictus, detail of a vault mosaic in the Mausoleum of the Julii, Rome, Italy, late third century.
Imperial power language
Slips to the Christ image

8. Figure The parting of Lot and Abraham, mosaic in the nave of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy, 432–440.
Head clusters (crowd), hierarchy of scale, setting and costume (this time/this place),
Solidity/shadows of the figures (of this world) lack of connection to ground (of the spiritual)
Flatness and frontality (these are symbols of a sacred idea)

9. Figure 11-14 Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425.
Cruciform plan: the plan from above is in the shape of a cross
Figure Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425.

10. Figure 11-14 Alternate View Closer view from the East
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11. Transition from banal outer world to glorious spiritual inner world……this
Is a supernatural experience in its time….
Figure Christ as the Good Shepherd, mosaic from the entrance wall of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425.

12. Figure 11-16 Interior of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy, dedicated 504.

13. Figure Miracle of the loaves and fishes, mosaic from the top register of the nave wall (above the clerestory windows) of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 504.
Spiritual gold background