FAH215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Bracteate, Apse, Stilicho
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Inscription of an historical figure the symmachus family. Style: conventions of roman classicism. (drapery folds, naturalistically on the figure). Leafs undercutting, projecting the leafs of the tree. He commissions an ivory diptych, its iconography communicates its values of a way of life that. Early christian ivory plaque showing christ"s ascension and the marys at the tomb, 400. Christian = telling a passage of the gospels. Stylistic: same under-carving in the tree as previous image. Same medium used for a christian message. (slow transformation of roman pagan world to roman. Christian world in which aristocratic are using familiar materials and format to tell christian story and produce objects that are suitable for christian purposes. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Cross, lamb of god = representation of jesus as a sacrificial offering. Edges images of the narrative of jesus"s life. The quedlinburg itala, first half of 5th c. Represents the moment of the 1st illustrated christian book.
