Colossal Constantine, Rome
-See Basilica Nova for context
and reconstruction
Basilica Nova, Roma
-colossal
statue of Constantine sat in the apse of this structure, functioning as
a lauratron
Arch of Constantine, Rome
Forum of Trajan, Rome
-Basilica Ulpia is a great
example of secular basilica
Audience Hall, Trier, Germany
-basilicas were used for law courts, banks, and other civic buildings. They were also audience halls.
Basilica Constantiniana (St. John Lateran), Rome
-first large Christian place of worship to be built in Rome
-perhaps forerunner to transept seen in this building
Lateran Baptistry (in and out), Rome
St. Peter’s sat on top of an aboveground cemetery where St. Peter was buried in a humble grave
-refer to remains from Isola
Sacra (Christian Art Before the Peace of the Church) to see what a
similar aboveground cemetery would have looked like.
Location of St. Peter’s place of martyrdom and burial
-near the Circus of Caligula
where the martydom took place
Restored view (a), plan (b), and section (c) of Old Saint Peter’s, Rome, Italy, begun ca. 320. (The restoration of the forecourt is conjectural.)
Reconstruction of the apse of Old St. Peter’s with the shrine over the Apostle’s tomb after it had been encased by Constantine in marble and porphyry and surrounded by four ornate columns.
Drawings of Old St. Peter’s by Jacopo Grimaldi, 1619
S. Agnese, Rome
-note Sta. Costanza
-cf. similar structure above the catacomb of Peter and Marcellinus, Rome
-cf. similar structure above the catacomb of Peter and Marcellinus, Rome
Santa Costanza, Rome (elevation and groundplan reconstruction), interior, mosaic details from the annular barrel vault including unswept floor)
Porphyry sarcophagus that once stood in the middle (where altar is today)
Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, 359 AD
-as with catacomb painting you need to be able to discuss programmatic meaning
Sarcophagus of the Two Brothers, mid fourth century
Brescia Casket, ivory, third quarter fourth century, Brescia, Italy
-Aninias and Saphira (detail)
The Maries at the Sepulchre, ivory panel, Rome, late fourth c., Milan Italy
Nicomachi and Symmachi diptych, c. 388-401, 11 3/4”
-consider workshop practice and a varied clientele
Projecta’s Casket, Rome, late fourth century, London, British Museum, c. 11 x 21 x 16”
Land Walls, c. 412-413, Theodosius II, Constantinople (Istanbul)
-be sure to consult your textbook with regard to Constantinople
Missorium of Theodosius, 388, silver with silver gilt, c 29” diameter, Mainz, Germany
-cf. the architectural setting with the peristyle of Diocletian's Palace at Split (where Diocletian would appear beneath arcuated lintel)
Obelisk Base, 390, 13’ 1”, marble, Constantinople (Istanbul)
-be sure to consult your textbook
Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem
-result of Helen's pilgrimmage in c. 325-6
Church of the Holy Sepulchre and Anastasis Rotunda, Jerusalem
-be clear on the various ways in which congregational space and memorial space are handled in the Early Christian period
-detail of the south facade (what form does this facade emulate and what symbolism goes with that?)
-see your textbook on pilgrimmage in general and on this monument in particular