VIS 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Catacombs, Sea Monster, Christian Art
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Lecture 7 early christianity, byzantium, & early medieval. Background: earliest christian art found in private burials in the catacombs in. The good shepherd, jonah and orants, catacomb of saints peter and. Marcellinus, early 4th c. (4-2: christian catacomb just outside of rome, underground so the light would never have been good here more quickly painted, sketchy style, room carved to look like there was a dome. Image of shepherd in the center, carrying a lamb over his shoulder: wearing a simple tunic. The good shepherd": not originally supposed to be a depiction of christ because that would be idolatry. Jonah"s ordeal foreshadows jesus" death and resurrection: also, a reference to baptism, symbol of rebirth significant for tomb. Christ as good shepherd, mausoleum of galla placidia, ravenna, ca. Mosaics: christ with angels, st. vitalis: christ enthroned in half dome over the alter, passage about when christ returns, he will be seated on the.
