ARTH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Transept, Aisle, Pendentive
23 Mar 2016
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Lecture 7: 04/11/2015 art as ritual: religion and art in early christianity. Roman religion: pantheistic many gods; took over the greek gods. Cult of the emperor: status almost of a god (augustus primaporta) The oldest living religion in the western world. Special relationship (covenant) between god and the chosen people (jews) Judaism forbade the worship of the roman emperor and the roman gods. The main religion of judea (israel)was judaism. Since 63 bce, judea was a roman province. Elusive figure: not mentioned in non-christian literature until almost the end of the first century. Source of information: gospels ( good news ) four books describing jesus" life and teaching. Portrayed as an eloquent and inspiring teacher, who performed miracles. Warned of the perils of riches and the temptations of the temporal world. Christianity spread throughout the roman empire in the years 100-300.
