1. Chapter 8: Early Christian Art
Lesson 3

2. Warm-up 12-9-14 Ch.8 L3 Early Christian
Respond to the Following:
Describe what you see in this image. What do you think is happening? Who are these people?
What medium is this?
What stylistic characteristics do you see?
Obj: SWBAT Identify Christian Iconography and its meaning
HW Reading: Ch 8 Pg
Test Corrections due Monday 12/8
PAST DUE: Chapter 16 China, Cue Cards Due

3. Iconography Definition:
the visual images and symbols used in a work of art

4. Agenda: HW Reading: Ch 8 Pg. 232-248 Warm-up
Announcements and Reminders
Notes
Exit Slip
HW Reading: Ch 8 Pg
Due Thursday 12/11:
Cue Cards Ch. 8 (4 cards)
Quiz on Ch. 8 & 16
Winter Break Homework (Due Mon 1/5/15)
Cue Cards:
Ch. 9 Byzantine (8 cards)
Ch. 11 Medieval
Ch. 12 Romanesque
Ch. 17 Japan
PAST DUE:
Chapter 16 China Cue Cards
Test Corrections
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5. Chapter 8—Early Christian

6. Chapter 9—Byzantium

10. Europe and the Near East in Late Antiquity

11. EARLY Christian Art Chapter 8 The Art of Late Antiquity
Theme: TRANSFORMERS
(born again, appropriation)
Dates: 4th and 5th centuries CE

12. Early Christian Art Chapter 7
Theme: TRANSFORMERS
(born again, appropriation)
Dates: 4th and 5th centuries CE
Historical Background
years after Christ – Constantine issues Edict of Milan, & sponsors the building of Christian churches (Constantinople  capital of Eastern R. empire
Problem - How to depict God?- borrow motifs / symbols from pagan (Roman) art.
Churches based on Roman basilica , w/ mosaics to teach the new converts.
Goal of Churches = attract, teach and maintain converts
By 410 , Visigoths sack Rome, Ravenna becomes capital of Roman Empire
What Happened in Art? (Stylistic)
simplistic and more abstract.
“Types” not individuals
APPROPRIATION Early Christian art combines classical & Christian motifs

13. Good Shepherd, Orants, Story of Jonah
Catacomb of Pietro and Marcellino, Rome, Italy
early 4th century fresco
Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights.

14. Catacomb of Pietro and Marcellino, Rome, Italy
Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights.
Good Shepherd
Catacomb of Pietro and Marcellino, Rome, Italy
early 4th century fresco

15. CATACOMBS Christ Good Shepherd
4th c. CE
M: fresco
F/L: catacombs (underground burial chambers).
Narrative/Figures:
Episodes from biblical story of Jonah
Left-Sailors throw Jonah from his ship
Right-He emerges from the whale
Bottom-Jonah on land contemplates salvation and mercy of God
Prefiguration of Christ who died and rose from the grave
Orant (hand up in prayer) figures in between—Christian family
Central figure—Christ as the good shepherd, with sheep
Rescued sinner/redemption
The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, and orants, painted ceiling of a cubiculum in the Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus, Rome, Italy, early fourth century.

16. Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome,Italy
Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights.
Orant figure
Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome,Italy
3th century fresco

17. Check for Understanding
1. Summarize the figures/narrative seen in this work.

18. CATACOMBS Christ Good Shepherd
4th c. CE
Style:
Lunettes—semicircular frames
Orant figures - People w/ hands up in prayer
Early images of Christ  youthful (no beard).
The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, and orants, painted ceiling of a cubiculum in the Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus, Rome, Italy, early fourth century.

19. The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, and orants,
lunettes
loculi
Orants
Catacombs
Polygonal frame

20. CATACOMBS Christ Good Shepherd
4th c. CE
Style:
Lunettes—semicircular frames
Orant figures - People w/ hands up in prayer
Early images of Christ  youthful (no beard).
CONTENT / CONCEPT:
Christ w/ lamb – appropriated from classical motif.
Sheep symbolizes sinner who has been rescued.
Patron is ‘saved’ by Christ, engaging in the afterlife
The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, and orants, painted ceiling of a cubiculum in the Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus, Rome, Italy, early fourth century.

21. Santa Sabina Rome, Italy ca. 422-432
Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights.
Santa Sabina
Rome, Italy ca

22. Santa Sabina Rome, Italy ca. 422-432
Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights.
Santa Sabina
Rome, Italy ca

23. Santa Sabina, Rome
Compare interior
to section of
Old St. Peter’s