Early Christian and Jewish Art: Art History Unit 1/2 Quiz

Good Shepherd, ceiling painting from Catacomb of St. Peter and Marcellinus, Rome, fourth century

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, c. 359, marble, Grottoes of St. Peter, Vatican City

Baptistery, Dura Europos, Syria, before 256 CE 

Synagogue, Dura Europos, Syria, before 256 CE

Synagogue, Beth Alpha, Galilee, Israel, sixth century CE

Monotheism

 the doctrine or belief that there is only one God

Aniconic

the absence of artistic representations of the natural and supernatural worlds, or it is the absence of representations of certain figures in religions

Synagogue

the building where a Jewish assembly or congregation meets for religious worship and instruction

Basilica

 an early Christian church building consisting of nave and aisles with clerestory and a large high transept from which an apse projects