AHIS BC 1001x Lecture 4: Introduction to Art History, Class Notes, 11/14
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Introduction to the history of art i, late antiquity ii. Christian worship and belief was initially a more private affair. The good shepherd, orants, and jonah narrative, late antique, late 200s-early 300s ce. Little niche for bones/earthly remains roundels/half roundels frame christian iconography symbolic/allegorical representation of christ in the middle (christ as a good shepherd); no narrative here. Orant figures- hands raised in gesture of prayer and beseeching higher authority (is there a ritual tied to this position) Other figures in position of prayer- not related to other narratives. Narratives in half roundels- jonah and the whale story. Look into christian old testament that are prefigurations of christian new testament. Selene and endymion sarcophagus, early 200s, rome (severan) Endymion, who is reclining, was adored by selene, in the middle, so she put him to sleep/gave him immortality so she could just look at him.