ARTH 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Christian Art, Late Antiquity, Signify
2 Feb 2016
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In the decade after the 324 founding of constantinople, and the death of. Constantine in 337, the pace of christianization quickened. Theodosius issued an edict finally establishing christianity as the state religion. In 391 he enacted a ban against worship of the old roman gods. Theodosius died in 395 and his son honorius became the emperor of the west. In 402, the capital of the western empire moved from. Milan to ravenna, which became the most important city in italy from 402 the mid-eighth century. The good shepherd. c 425-50, mosaic, galla placidia. The earliest building in ravenna to preserve its full complement of mosaics. Followed a cruciform plan, which symbolize the idea of a church. The lunette over the main door is decorated with mosaic that shows christ as the good. Christ is sited, haloed and robed in gold and purple, against the natural landscape in the background.
