AHIS 120gp Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Santa Pudenziana, Apse, Christian Art
Document Summary
Early christian: after the recognition of christianity 4th c. 7-13 old saint peter"s, rome. c. 320 327 ce. Could hold 14,000 worshippers in the middle area. Cathedral = where the bishop"s chair is. Bishop = the leader of the church of a certain area. Built on the spot where peter was buried in the 1st century. Size is so large because there were a lot of pilgrims who came here to worship near the body of peter. Apse - marks where peter"s body was. Transept - a large space illuminated with a lot of windows, purpose was for the funeral banquets where everyone came to celebrate peter"s death. Martyrium - peter as a martyr"s body is in this space. Baptistery of a christian house-church, dura europos, syria. A house that is converted to serve christian needs. Central space directed towards the apse - where the procession would take place - longitudinal position.
