Late Roman-Early Christian Art Vocabulary Constantinople Tetrarchy Porphyry Tondo Basilica Nave Apse Buttress Narthex Transept Putto/Putti Catacomb Orant Diptych

Column of Antoninus Pius, Rome, 161 CE Apotheosis Personification

Decursio-ritual circling of the imperial funerary pyre (fire)

Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, Roman, 175 CE

Four Tetrarchs, Late Roman, 305 CE Tetrarchy: 2 Augustii (Sr.Emperor) and 2 Caesars (Jr. Emperor)=four emperors. One of each in the Western capital: Rome and in the Eastern capital: Byzantium Porphyry

Constantine the Great First Christian Emperor of the Roman Empire, Jr. Emperor in the West Defeats Maxentius in 313 at Battle of the Milvian Bridge to be sole ruler in the West Defeats Licinius in 324 to become sole ruler of the Empire Moves capital to Byzantium-Constantinople

Arch of Constantine, Rome, CE

Early Christian Art: Chapter 4

Basilica Nova, Rome,

Late Roman, Aula Palatina, Trier, Germany, 4 th cent.

Nave Apse

Early Christian, Old Saint Peter’s, Rome, ca. 320 Narthex Transept aisles

Early Christian, Santa Sabina, Interior, Rome,

Judaic, Synagogue at Dura Europos, Syria, CE

The Exodus from Egypt

Roman Catacombs, Late Roman Early 4 th century

Early Christian, Three Hebrew Youths in the Fiery Furnace, Early 3 rd Century, Catacomb of Pricilla, Rome

Early Christian, Catacomb of Ss. Peter and Marcelinus, Rome, 4 th century

Early Christian, Sarcophagus of Maria Antigua, 270

Early Christian, Good Shepherd, late 3 rd century, Rome

Relief detail from a marble sarcophagus of a vintage scene, ca. 3rd century, Rome

Late Roman, The Diptych of the Symmachi, ca Pagan worship banned by Theodosius I