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| 2. | (Snyder 1-26; Beckwith 21-22)Request topic for
discussion 1 Roman Houses; Domus Ecclesiae; Shrine of St Peter, Rome, late C2; Jonah and the Whale, statuette, C3; Good Shepherd, statuette, C3; Sarcophagus with story of Jonah, Rome, late C3; Projecta Casket, Rome, late C4; Catacomb of Sts Peter and Marcellinus, Rome, C4 (Good Shepherd and Jonah, Adam and Eve frescoes) |
Salvation: The Message and Meaning of the Early Christian
Basilica
| 3. | (Snyder 27-39; 40-65; 91-3 for Doors: Sta Sabina,
Rome, 422-32) Old St Peter's, Rome, c.324-40 (apse and nave C4?); S Paolo fuori le mure, Rome, 385 (triumphal arch c.450), S Lorenzo fuori le mure, Rome, c.330; Sta Pudenziana, Rome (apse mosaic c.400); Sta Maria Maggiore, Rome, C5; Sts Cosmas and Damian, Rome (apse mosaic c.526-30) |
Salvation: Death and Resurrection
| 4a. | (Snyder 28-39; 66-78 for information) Sta Costanza (mausoleum), Rome, c.350; Lateran Baptistery, Rome, c.315 and c.423-40 |
Salvation: Early Christian Italian Reliefs
| 4b. | (Snyder 90-96; Beckwith 20-21; reminder, compare units 1
and 2) Brescia Casket, c. 360-70; Maries at Sepulcher panel, Rome, late C4; Maries and Ascension panel, Rome, late C4/early C5; British Museum Passion Casket, c.420; Wooden Doors, Sta Sabina, Milan, 422-32; Miracles of Christ diptych, Rome, c.475-c.500; Agnus Dei book cover, Milan Cathedral, late C5 |
Salvation: Early Christian Illustrated Books and Picture Cycles
| 4c. | (Snyder 79-90) Vatican Vergil, C5; Iliad Ambrosiana, C5; Vienna Dioscurides, 512; St Augustine Gospels, c.600 |
| 5. | DISCUSSION #1 You should have asked for this topic at unit 2. You did: Before its legalization, Christianity was not expressed through Roman Imperial imagery and building types, and no other contemporary religion used them either, so it was extraordinary that Constantine sanctioned this for Christianity. What was he saying to the world about Christ and about the Roman Empire through this, and how might the package of message and imagery have affected the spread of Christanity? What is the other big message expressed in Early Christian Art? Use specific examples to illustrate and support your answers. note: Paper on this topic due on discussion day. See Requirements, Paper Writing, and Grading Policy for help in preparing this. |
Constantinople under Justinian (527-565)
| 6a. | (Snyder 101-105; reminder, compare and contrast unit
3 and 4a) Imperial Chapels: Hagia Sophia, 532-527; Sts Sergius and Bacchus, by 536 |
Early Byzantine Illustrated Books and Picture Cycles
| 6b. | (Snyder 83-87; reminder, compare unit 4c) Vienna Genesis, mid C6; Rossano Gospels, mid C6 |
Ivories from Constantinople
| 6c. | (Snyder 103-106; 95-96; Beckwith 35-37; reminder,
compare unit 4b) Consular Diptych of Anastasius, 517; St Michael Plaque, early C6; Ariadne Panel, early C6; Barberini Diptych, mid C6; Throne of Maximian, for archbishop of Ravenna, c.547, Adoration Plaque, Coptic, C6 |
Churches in Ravenna
| 7a. | (Snyder 111-115; reminder compare units 3 and 6a)
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, c.425-50; Orthodox Baptistery, 450-60; Arian Baptistery,
c.500 |
| 7b. | (Snyder 115-125; reminder compare units 3, 6a and 6b) S Apollinare Nuovo, c.500; S Vitale, 546-48; S Apollinare in Classe, c.549 |
A New Importance for the Virgin
| 8a. | (no reading, but you should have seen these objects in
your reading to-date) Virgin and Child, Catacomb of Commodilla, Rome, c.528; Virgin and Child, Sta Maria Antiqua, Rome, C6-C7; Virgin and Child, apse mosaic, Sta Maria Nova, Rome, redone in C12; Enthroned Virgin and Majesty diptych, Constantinople, mid C6; Virgin and Child, apse mosaic, Euphrasian basilica, Porec, c.550 |
Icons and Iconoclasm
| 8b. | (Snyder 126-129; Beckwith 37-42)
Transfiguration, apse mosaic, St Catherine, Mt Sinai, Egypt, c.550-65; |
For interest Old English Pages: Art and Artifacts - 6th to 11th century mix. Check it out.
The Kings of Northumbria, new converts: what they inherited
| 9a. | (Wilson 9-27; reminder, compare and contrast
Constantine's inheritance, unit 2) The Sutton Hoo ship burial, East Anglia, c.625: note especially the great gold buckle, the purse-lid, the clasps (sort of), the hanging bowls. |
Northumbria turns to Iona
Kings of Northumbria: Oswald 634-642; Oswy 642-673; Ecfrith 673-685
| 9b. | (Snyder 175-184; Wilson 29-38) Cathach of St Columba (a psalter), Iona?, c.600; Durham Gospels A.II.10, Lindisfarne, c.650; Book of Durrow, Ireland, Iona or Northumbria, c.625-64?; Durham Gospels A.II.17, Lindisfarne, by 664? |
Consolidation of Insular Art: Iona and Ireland after Whitby
(664)
| 10. | (Snyder 185-189; Wilson 120-130) Ardagh chalice,
Ireland, c.700-750; Tara brooch, Ireland, c.700-750; Large Rogart brooch,
Scotland, c.750; St Ninian's Isle brooches, Scotland, c.750-800 |
Northumbria and Southern England turn to Rome
Kings of Northumbria: Aldfrith 685-704; Osred 705-716; Ceolwulf 729-737; Eadberht 737-758
Ask for topic for discussion 2
| 11. | (Snyder 184-186; Wilson 36-49; 72-79; reminder, compare
unit 4c and Snyder 20-29)
Northumbria and the North: Codex
Amiatinus, Monkwearmouth-Jarrow,
c.700; Ruthwell Cross, c.730-750 and its associates |
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, a new convert: what he inherited
Charlemagne King of the Franks 768
| 12. | (Repeat Snyder 175-181; also read 188-189; 203-204;
Wilson 135-38; reminder, compare units 2, 9a and 9b) Gelasian Sacramentary, Frankish, c.750; Tassilo Chalice, Frankish, Lombardic or Insular?, 788; Lindau Gospels back cover, Frankish, Lombardic or Insular?, c.800; St Denis (royal mausoleum), nr Paris, c.754-775; Fulda, 971-819; Frescoes, S Benedetto, Malles, c.790; Frescoes, St John, Müstair, Switzerland, c.800 |
Charlemagne, King of the Franks, turns to Rome
Charlemagne King of the Franks 768
| 13. | (Snyder 192-206; reminder, compare units 4a-c and 11)
Early Court/Ada School: Godescalc Evangelistary, 781-83; Dagulf Psalter; before 795; Lindau
Gospels, c.800 |
Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor, turns to Byzantium
Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor 800-814
| 14. | (Snyder 202-3; 206-8; reminder, compare units 6c, 7a
and 7b)
Late Court/Ada School: Soissons Gospels, Ada Gospels, Lorsch Gospels, all c.800 |
| 15. | DISCUSSION #2 You should have asked for this topic at unit 11. |
The Macedonian Renaissance, or Second Golden Age
| 16a. | (Snyder end 128-133; Beckwith end 85-91; compare Ada
school, unit 14) Standing Virgin, apse mosaic, Church of the Dormition, Nicea, C9; Dominion and Might, vault mosaic, Church of the Dormition, Nicea, C9; Enthroned Virgin, apse mosaic, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople, by 867; Leo VI kneeling before Christ, tympanum mosaic of imperial entrance, Hagia Sophia, late C9; enthroned Virgin with Emperors, tympanum mosaic of narthex door, Hagia Sophia, late C10 |
Imperial Scriptoria
| 16b. | (Snyder 135-47; compare Ada school, unit 14) Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus, for Basil I, Constantinople, 880-882; Paris Psalter, Constantinople?, early C10; Joshua Roll, C10; Menologion of Basil II, 976-1025 |
C11 Byzantine Churches
| 17. | (Snyder 147-56)
Hosios Lukas, Greece, c.1020; Church of the Dormition, Daphni,
c.1080-1100 |
The Empire Divided
Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor 817-40 had three sons
Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor 814-840
Ebbo, foster brother of Louis, Archbishop of Reims 816-835; 840-845
| 18. | (Snyder 208-219; reminder, compare units 2, 12, 13
and 14)
Architecture: Corvey, consec 822; St Gall, designed 816 |
Lothar I, Co-Emperor 817-840; Holy Roman Emperor 840-855
Drogo, half-brother of Louis the Pious, Bishop of Metz 823-44, Archbishop 844-55
| 19a. | (Snyder 223-224)
Painting, Metz court scriptorium: Drogo Sacramentary, 823-55 |
Charles the Bald, King of "France" 843
Adalhard, father-in-law to Louis the Pious, Abbot of Tours 834-44, Abbot of Trier 844-79
| 19b. | (Snyder 219-223; reminder, compare units 4c, 11 and
16) Painting, Tours and Trier scriptoria: Grandval Bible, Tours, c.840, Vivian Bible, Tours 843-846; Lothar Gospels, Trier 844-51 |
Charles the Bald, King of "France" 843-77, acquired half Lotharingia 869, Emperor 875-7
| 19c. | (Wilson, color plate 152; compare units 9b, 10 and
11)
Painting, Franco-Saxon school: Second Bible of Charles the Bald, 871-73 |
| 20. | (Snyder 222-3; 225-9; compare units 4c, 11, 19a and
19b)
Painting, Court school of Charles the Bald: Coronation Sacramentary of Charles the Bald, Metz,
c.870; Codex Aureus of St Emmeram, c.870; Bible of S Paolo fuori le mure, c.870 |
FINAL DISCUSSION (Final Exam)
You should have asked for this topic at unit 17.
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