100AD 600AD ART IN QUEST OF SALVATION
Transcript of 100AD 600AD ART IN QUEST OF SALVATION
100AD – 600AD
ART IN QUEST OF SALVATION
Fall of the Roman
Empire (300-500AD),
Europe was under guidance of the
Christian Church.
Art was used to teach
the faithful about the
Christian faith.
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EARLY CHRISTIAN, BYZANTINE ART
100 AD-600 AD est.
The Roman Empire began to
Decline, 300-500.
Christian Church gains power
in the west.
In the East, the Roman Empire
became the Byzantine Empire.
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EARLY CHRISTIAN and BYZANTINE EMPIRE
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Church’s influence touched
every aspect of persons life –
even art. Why?
VOCAB
Catacombs
Campanile
Mosaic
piers
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313AD Christianity became legal within the Roman Empire.
CATACOMBS Early Christian paintings
made on stone walls of
narrow underground
passageways.
Catacombs tell a great
deal about early Christian
outlook on life .
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EARLY CHRISTIAN ART Paintings of people - little interest in the beauty, grace,
strength of the human body.
Which was very
Important to the
Greeks/Romans.
Illustrated the
power and glory
of Christ.
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EARLY CHRISTIAN ART BASILICAS
Christians were granted freedom
practice faith openly in 313AD.
Borrowed the Roman builders
plan’s for basilicas - Became
first churches.
Nave had pews added and
Apse had alter added for
Worship.
CAMPANILE
Bell tower was added.
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EARLY CHRISTIAN ART
MOSAIC
A wall decoration made with small
pieces of glass and stone set in cement.
Basilica-plain on the exterior, elaborate
on interior.
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EARLY CHRISTIAN ART
MOSAICS
UP CLOSE
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GROWTH OF BYZANTINE CULTURE
Eastern capital established –
Constantinople in 330AD - Modern Turkey.
Roman Empire was split into the
Western and Eastern sections.
In the West – Roman Empire fell
to the Barbarians.
Popes became the rulers of the West.
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GROWTH OF BYZANTINE CULTURE
Eastern Empire known as
the Byzantine Empire,
thrived for 1000 years.
Constantinople passes
Rome in size, wealth.
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BYZANTINE ARCHITECTURE AND MOSAICS
HAGIA SOFIA – Istanbul, Turkey, 532-37 AD
Built by Emperor Justinian with the central plan.
Blends skills of Greeks and Romans.
Dome rests on PIERS –
massive vertical
pillars with thin walls.
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HAGIA SOFIA
PIERS EMPEROR JUSTINIAN
MOSAIC OF
EMPEROR JUSTINIAN
Emperor of Byzantine empire.
Built Hagia Sofia in
Constantinople in 535.
Wanted to reunite the west and
east empires of the empire.
Survived first outbreak of
The Plague.
PLAGUE OF
EMPEROR JUSTINIAN
The Plague of Justinian (541–542)
was a pandemic that afflicted
the Eastern Roman (Byzantine)
Empire, especially its
capital Constantinople, and port cities
around the entire Mediterranean Sea.
One of the deadliest plagues in history!
This devastating pandemic resulted in
the deaths of an estimated 25 million
(at the time of the initial outbreak that
was at least 13% of the world's
population) to 50 million people in two
centuries of recurrence.
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THE MOSAICS OF HAGIA SOFIA
Dream-like setting, dimming light, walls of gold, silver,
ivory, and gems.
Brightly colored mosaics - trademark of the Byzantine
churches, tell stories from the Bible.
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JUSTINIAN AND ATTENDANTS
Archbishop
beside
Justinian.
Leg in front-
Leader of all
People, even
Emperor.
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JUSTINIAN AND ATTENDANTS Emphasis
Elegant attire
Crown, halo
to set him apart.
Harmony
Tall, slender
figures, oval
faces, stare.
Space
Floating, gold,
weightlessness-
feet hang down.
EARLY CHRISTIAN and BYZANTINE ART: Checking for Understanding
1. For what two purposes were the Catacombs created?
2. Why were mosaics, rather than paintings used to decorate the
walls of churches? How do mosaics differ from Roman mosaics?
3. How was the Roman Basilica changed by the Early Christians?
Give three additions the upgrade.
4. The Roman Empire split into two sections, what was the capital of
the western and eastern empires?
5. Which emperor of the eastern empire built the Hagia Sofia
basilica and created a mosaic of him within?
6. What lasting affects did the Plaque of Justinian have on society
in the Empire over time?