[D.1] EARLY CHRISTIAN PERIOD (copy)

Early Christian Art

Art pertaining to those produced by the early Christians until the founding of byzantine

Early Christian Art

Art produced at the time when Christianity was legalized

Early Christian Period

Time of the first apostles

Edict of Milan

A proclamation that permanently established religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman Empire. It was the outcome of a political agreement concluded in Milan between the Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius

Constantine

Emperor that transferred the capital from Rome to Byzantium

Turkey

Byzantium is modern day

Catacombs

Many art produced were found here, where the early Christians secretly gathered

Fish (Icthus)

A Christian symbol; Jesus as the fisher of men

Lamb

A Christian symbol; Jesus as the lamb of God

Chi-rho

A Christian symbol; taken from 2 Greek letters; Pax Christi (peace of Christ). A monogram of (Χ) and (Ρ) as the first two letters of Greek Khristos Christ, used as a Christian symbol. Placed on the armors of constantine w/c they believed to provide them success for every battle

Alpha and Omega

A Christian symbol; the beginning and the end

Wreath

A Christian symbol; eternal life

Grapes

A Christian symbol; Christ as the vine of life, His blood as wine

Dove

A Christian symbol; Holy Spirit

Monastic Values

Rejected the physical body and material world

Monastic Artists

They presented images that would draw the spectator to spiritual significance. Appearances were nondescript; their function was to represent a historical or biblical character in a symbolic tableau

(1) Fresco
(2) Mosaic
(3) Sarcophagus

Three types of Early Christian art

Sarcophagus

Had relief carvings of stories from the bible

Basilica

Law court of romans that were redesigned into churches with tripartite division of narthex, nave and apse

Atrium

Open-air court in the basilica

Nave

The middle aisle of a church

Apse

A semi-circular space in front of the nave

Altar

Placed at the center of the apse, accused of iconoclasm or iconoclastic controversy in 726

Emperor Leo III

Prohibited the production of icons in representational human form