Chapter 8: Late Antique Art (10 points)
Homework #8
8.2 Samuel anoints David, detail of the main interior wall of the synagogue, Dura-Europos, Syria, ca. 245–256. Tempera on plaster, 4′ 7″ high.
What does your textbook say about this work?
8.4A Ark of the Covenant and two menorahs, painted wall in a Jewish catacomb, Villa Torlonia, Rome, Italy, third century. Fresco, 3′ 11″ high.
8.6 The Good Shepherd, the story of Jonah, orants, and Seasons, frescoed ceiling of a cubiculum in the Catacomb of Saints Peter and Marcellinus, Rome, Italy, early fourth century.
8.8A Christ as the Good Shepherd, ca. 300–350. Marble, 3′ 1/4″ high. Musei Vaticani, Rome.
8.11 Interior of Santa Costanza (looking southwest), Rome, Italy, ca. 337–351.
8.16 Suicide of Judas and Crucifixion of Christ, plaque from a box, early fifth century. Ivory, 3″
3 7/8″. British Museum, London.
8.17 Woman sacrificing at an altar, right leaf of the diptych of the Nicomachi and the Symmachi, ca. 400. Ivory, 11 3/4″ 5 1/2″. Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
8.19 Exterior of Santa Sabina (looking west), Rome, Italy, 422–432.
This is an example of the basilica plan. What is the difference between this plan and the plan of Galla Placidia (8.22 below)?
8.21 The Parting of Abraham and Lot, mosaic in the nave of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, Italy, 432–440.
8.22 Mausoleum of Galla Placidia (looking northeast), Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425.
8.24 Christ as Good Shepherd, mosaic from the entrance (north) wall of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425.