ART HIS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Solar Deity, Apse, Imperial Cult (Ancient Rome)
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Sample answer with images from the first slide: the interplay of the pagan god apollo with that of the christian god christ. Vines and leaves can be a symbol of the eurcharist as well as simply wine for indulgence. Bread and fish image: bread is a symbol of the communion and body of. The miracle of the fish and bread infinitely made for the starving people. The baptistery is the best preserved of the building. In the earliest period of church history, the service was divided into sections. One section was for everyone, the catechumen, and the other sections were for only those baptized and initiated, catechumens asked politely to leave. Iconographic program- symbols used in a work of art; collection of pictures of a particular subject such as christ. Often depicted in a post-byzantine painting with mother helena who has exerted heavy influence on him and caused him to convert.
