ARTH 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Byzantine Architecture, Middle Ages, Aisle
2 Nov 2014
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Triumphal arches: arch of trajan, benevento, italy 114 (example of earlier arches) Follows traditions established by earlier arches (to celebrate emperor"s accomplishments and victories) Constantine"s triple arch design takes design elements from earlier arches, to associate himself with emperors that were very popular, and well-liked rulers. Wanted to establish continuity between earlier traditions, and the ones that he is starting, Constantine ended the executions of christians by romans with the edict of milan. He demanded christianity"s legal status to be equivalent of superior to pagan beliefs. Christians became free to practice their religion openly. Iconography during byzantine period intended to deliver a christian message. It takes on more christian symbols and subjects. Art production shifts away from secular and imperial things. Less focus on the human form and its perfection and more focus on holy event of figure (more spiritual and symbolic) Symbolizes an essence as supposed to an anatomical ideal.
