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EARLY CHRISTIAN, JEWISH, AND BYZANTINE ART

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64899829synagogue-wall with Torah NicheSyria. 244-45. Jewish places of worship, called a synagogue, were built like a house but with a long bench and a niche for the Torah scrolls.0
64899830Saint Peter's BasilicaConstantine began construction of this first great Christian church. Christian basilicas developed a distinctive form.1
64899831Basilica and Central-planThe basilica-Plan is long with a narrow clerestory. The central-plan is more compact with a dome.2
64899832The Finding of Baby MosesSyria. 244-45. wall painting in synagogue3
64920077Church of Santa ConstanzaThe church was built as a mausoleum for Constantine's daughter Constanza.4
64920078Harvesting of grapesRome c.350. Mosaic5
64920079MAUSOLEUM OF GALA PLACIDIARAVENNA C. 425-266
64920080GOOD SHEPARDMAUSOLEUM OF GALA PLACIDIA C. 425-267
64920081CLERESTORY AND DOME, BAPTISTRY OF ORTHODOXEarly 5th century; dome remodeled c. 450-608
64920082ICONOCLASMthe rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical; the doctrine of iconoclasts.9
64920083Pendentivestriangular support system for dome10
64920084Squinchesarchitectural devices used as a transition from a square to a polygonal or circular base for a dome11
64920085Icona conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel12
64920086Codexan unbound manuscript of some ancient classic (as distinguished from a scroll)13
64920087CHURCH OF HAGIA SOPHIAAnthemis of Trailles and Isidorus of Miletus. built for Emperor Justinian in 532-537 by these two famous architects.14
64920088Plan of Hagia Sophia15
64920089Pendentives and SquinchesTwo methods of supporting a round dome16
64920090Church of San VitaleRavenna. c.546-54817
64920091Empress TheodoraSouth wall of apse at The church of San Vitale18
64920092Virgin of VladimirThis revered panel is painted in tempera. Tempera is powdered pigment mixed with egg yolk and water.Gold leaf applied to Christ's robe and the Maria's cape. 11th-12th C.19
64920093Harbaville TriptychMid-11th c. Ivory20
64920094Archangel MichaelLate 10th - Early 11th c. Silver gilt with Enamel.21
64920095ANASTASISApse of funerary chapel, Church of the Monastery of Christ in Chora.22
64920096The old testament TrinityTempera icon by monk Andrey Rublyov.23

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