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West Wall of Dura Europos synagogue
c.245. Tempera on Plaster
Moses giving water to the Twelve Tribe of Israel
Catacomb showing loculi
Rome
3rd-4th centuries
Map pf Byzan+ne Empire under Jus+nian I, ad 565
SARCOPHAGI
Santa Maria An<qua
Rome, 4th Century, Marble
Jonah as an Idealized Classical Reclining nude
BASILICAS
2. Aisles
3. Apse
4. Transept
5. Narthex
6. Atrium
Santa Costanza
Rome, Italy
ca. 337-351
Interior of Santa Costanza
Rome, c. 350
Longitudinal Section Plan
Santa Costanza
Rome, Italy
ca. 337-351
Santa Costanza vault mosaic
Rome, Italy
ca. 337-351
tessera mosaic
The ambulatory ceiling
of Santa Costanza
Rome, c. 350. Mosaic
Exterior of the
mausoleum of Galla
Placidia Ravenna
c. 425‐426
Interior of the mausoleum of Galla Placidia Ravenna
c. 425‐426
Dome Mosaic of Heaven
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
Ravenna, Italy
ca. 425
tessera mosaic
Christ as the Good Shepherd
c. 425‐426, Mosaic
Detail of geometric
border from the
mausoleum of Galla
Placidia Ravenna
c. 425‐426. Mosaic
Byzan+ne Style
a.d. 540
Justinian as world conqueror
(Barberini Ivory)
mid-6th century
ivory
1 ft. 1 1/2 in. x 10 1/2 in.
San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy
526-547
Interior of San Vitale
Ravenna, 540‐547
Ceiling of the Choir
San Vitale
c. 547, Mosaic
Detail of a capital
San Vitale
c. 540, Marble
Apse Mosaic
San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy
526-547
mosaic
Court of Jus<nian
Apse Mosaic, San Vitale c.547 (264 x 365 m)
Theodora and attendants
south wall apse mosaic, San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy
ca. 547
mosaic
Exterior of Hagia Sophia
Constan+nople (now Istanbul),
completed 537
Anthemius of Tralles & Isidorus of Miletus
Hagia Sophia
Constantinpole, (Istanbul), Turkey
532-537
5
6 6
4 3 2 1
6 6
• Disregarded perspec+ve – figures float in the
air
• Golden mosaic backgrounds depicts Christ as
the “Light of the World” and also illuminates
the interior of the structure
• Iconography – Chris+an oriented art