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4th century Christian art
Jonah Sarcophagus, Rome, 3rd century, 2’x8’Lateran museum, Vatican
Jonah Sarcophagus, Rome, late 3rd century, 2’x8’Lateran museum, Vatican
Images from the story of Jonah in a Christian cubiculum at the Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus, Rome, early 4th cent.
Jonah Sarcophagus, Rome, late 3rd century, 2’x8’Lateran museum, Vatican
Orestes myth Sarcophagus, mid-2nd cent. CE
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, Rome, 359
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, Rome, 359
Asiatic sarcophagus, late 2nd cent.
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, Rome, 359
Frieze from the Arch of Constantine, Rome 315: Emperor Constantine distributing largesse
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, Rome, 359
Christ seated, from Civita Latina, ca. 350
“Old” St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, ca. 319reconstruction drawing
“Old” St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, ca. 319reconstruction drawing
New St. Peter’s Basilica today, begun in 16th cent.
Medieval sketch showing Old Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome.
Plan
Medieval sketch showing Old Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, built ca. 319.
Basilica Nova (Basilica of Constantine), Rome ca. 315
Medieval sketch showing Old Saint Peter’s Basilica, Rome, built ca. 319.
Basilica Nova (Basilica of Constantine), Rome ca. 315
Basilica has 3 different meanings:
1. Functional: A Roman public building, i.e. tribunal hall of an emperor, a law court, or public marketplace.
2. Functional: A Christian church serving as the cathedral church of a bishop.
3. Architectural: a roofed hall with 3 or more aisles, with an apse at one end. The central aisle (nave) is higher than the flanking aisles, allowing for a clerestory.
Interior of Santa Sabina, Rome, 422-432
Santa Costanza (Mausoleum of Constanza), Rome, 337-351
Santa Costanza, Rome, 337-351
Santa Costanza, Rome, 337-351: Mosaics in the ambulatory