Gardners Art through the Ages A Global History

imperial residence, which had a templelike facade with an arch within its pediment, as in the Temple of Venus (FIG. 10-72) at Ba ...

In another Constantinian relief (FIG. 10-76), the emperor dis- tributes largesse to grateful citizens who approach him from righ ...

fragments of a colossal enthroned statue of the emperor composed of a brick core, a wooden torso covered with bronze, and a head ...

The Basilica Nova ruins never fail to impress tourists with their size and mass. The original struc- ture was 300 feet long and ...

CONSTANTINIAN COINSThe two portraits of Constantine on the coins in FIG. 10-81reveal both the essential character of Roman imper ...

MONARCHY AND REPUBLIC, 753–27 BCE ❚According to legend, Romulus and Remus founded Rome in 753 BCE. In the sixth century, Etrusca ...

11-1Interior of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425. Before Late Antiquity, mosaics were usually confined t ...

T he Roman Empire was home to an extraordinarily diverse population. In Rome alone on any given day, someone walking through the ...

remains of more than a dozen different cult buildings, including many shrines of the polytheistic religions of the Mediterranean ...

The Dura murals are mostly devoid of action, even when the subject is a narrative theme. The artists told the stories through st ...

In accordance with Roman custom, Christians had to be buried outside a city’s walls on private property, usually purchased by a ...

Sculpture Most Christians rejected cremation, and the wealthiest Christian faithful, like their pagan contemporaries, favored im ...

are two different, yet linked, representations of Jesus—as the Good Shepherd and as a child receiving baptism in the Jordan Rive ...

tian art and unknown prior to the fifth century. Artists emphasized Christ’s divinity and exemplary life as teacher and miracle ...

296 Chapter 11 LATE ANTIQUITY C hristians believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the son of God, the Messiah (Savior, Christ) of the ...

Architecture and Mosaics 297 PASSION The Passion (from Latin passio,“suffering”) cycle includes the events leading to Jesus’ dea ...

OLD SAINT PETER’SThe greatest of Constantine’s churches in Rome was Old Saint Peter’s (FIG. 11-9), probably begun as early as 31 ...

Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the site of Christ’s Resurrection. The project also fulfilled the figurative words Christ himself s ...

monumental proportions and amplified its theme in numerous in- genious variations (see Chapter 12).In the West, builders general ...

Costanza mosaic program, however, also included subjects common in Roman funerary art, although they were susceptible to a Chris ...