Chapter 8

Question 1

Briefly describe the purpose and layout of the catacombs.

Question 2

Why was the Sasanian victory at Dura-Europas important?

Question 3

What might explain the reluctance of early Christians to commission statuary?

Question 4

Describe the Christian community house at Dura-Europas.

Question 5

What is meant by “early Christian art”?

Question 6

What is the subject of the diptych of the Nicomachi and Symmachi, and why is it significant?

Question 7

How did representations of Christ change after Christianity was legalized?

Question 8

What Roman architectural type was adopted for the first public Christian churches, and why?

Question 9

In what guise was Christ typically depicted in the earliest Christian art, and why?

Chapter 9

Question 1

How was Justinian’s wife, Theodora, unusual? How is her significance reflected in art?

Question 2

Why is the Nerezi Lamentation stylistically important?

Question 3

What was a strong influence on the opposition to icons in the East?

Question 4

Describe the influence of Byzantine art in Venice.

Question 5

What imparted a mystical effect to the interior of Hagia Sophia, and how was it achieved?

Question 6

Describe the Early Byzantine art aesthetic.

Question 7

In Middle Byzantine church decoration, what subjects frequently appeared, and where were they placed?

Google Art Question

Question 1

Visit the Byzantine Church of Christ in Chora (Kariye Museum) at http://www.learn.columbia.edu/ha/related_sites/kariye_camii_360/index.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Use the plan to investigate the styles found in the mosaics versus the frescoes. Report on what you find.

Question 2

Visit the Google Art Project: http://www.googleartproject.com/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. In the State Tretyakov Gallery, locate the Ustyug Annunciation The viewing notes refer to “some rather rare iconographic features.” Find those features and describe what they are.

Compare and Contrast Questions

Compare and Contrast the below two images by answering the following questions

Figure 8-23 Christ as the Good Shepherd, mosaic from the entrance (north) wall of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna	Figure 8-25 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

Question 1

Less than a century separates the creation of these two art pieces. Contrast the artistic styles of the two images. What distinctions are evident?

Question 2

These two images share a common medium and religious message. Discuss their similarities.

Compare and Contrast the below two images by answering the following questions

Figure 9-32 Virgin (Theotokos) and Child, icon (Vladimir Virgin), late 11th to early 12th century. Tempera on wood	Figure 9-34 Christ as Savior of Souls, icon from the church of Saint Clement, Ohrid, Macedonia, early 14th century. Tempera, linen, and silver on wood

Question 3

Discuss what classical artistic traditions are present in these two images.

Question 4

How did the artists of these portraits use color, line, texture, and proportion to show the heavenly, divine quality of the subjects?

 

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