Late Roman Empire

• Transition Around Rome

Key Architectural Works

Colossal Head of Constantine the Great

• Location: Basilica Nova, Rome, Italy
• Time Period: 315-330 AD

Burial Chapel of Santa Costanza

• Description: Interior features Roman columns and stone mosaics
• Time Period: 337-351 AD

Catacomb of Commodilla

• Features: Depictions of New Testament scenes and ceiling portrait of Jesus via fresco
• Location: Rome, Italy
• Time Period: 370-385 AD

Dura Europos Synagogue

• Description: Old Testament scenes depicted in fresco
• Location: Dura Europos, Syria
• Time Period: 244 AD

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

• Description: Early Christian artwork in marble
• Date: c. 359 AD/C.E.
• Location: Rome

Basilica of Constantine

• Location: Trier, Germany
• Style: Early Christian
• Construction Materials: Brick, cement, and wood
• Time Period: 306-312 AD

Equestrian Portrait of Charlemagne

• Description: Artwork capturing Charlemagne or Charles the Great
• Location: Metz, France
• Time Period: 800-900 AD

Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne

• Description: Royal Church of Charlemagne
• Location: Aachen, near Trier, Germany
• Style: Holy Roman Empire
• Time Period: c. 810 AD

The Eastern Empire

Byzantine Empire Overview

• Time Period: 337-1453 AD

Geographic Map Features

• Descriptions of significant locations surrounding the Byzantine Empire:
  • Kingdom of the Visigoths
  • Kingdom of the Franks
  • Italy: Venice, Ravenna, Rome
  • Balkans and Anatolia
• Notable Cities: Constantinople (Byzantium/Istanbul), Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria, and others

Byzantine Empire Map at the Death of Justinian

• Date: 565 AD

Artistic Works in the Byzantine Period

The Good Shepherd Tympanum

• Location: Oratory Chapel of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy
• Medium: Brick with interior mosaics
• Time Period: c. 425 CE

Church of Hagia Sophia

• Architects: Anthemius and Isodorus
• Location: Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
• Time Period: 532-537 AD

Hagia Sophia Plan and Cutaway View

• Includes detailed architectural designs of the Hagia Sophia

Architectural Features of the Dome

• Pendentives and squinches
• Illustration of dome structures on pendentives and squinches

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child Enthroned

• Time Period: 867 AD
• Location: Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

Churches and Interiors

San Vitale Church

• Location: Ravenna, Italy
• Time Period: 526-547 AD
• Views:
  • Aerial view
  • Interior views
  • Choir and apse mosaic of Christ
  • Gold and glass mosaic of Emperor Justinian with attendants
  • Throne of Maximianus (546-556 AD)
  • Empress Theodora and Her Attendants (547 AD)

Christ between Constantine IX Monomachus and Empress Zoe

• Time Period: 1028-1035 AD

Saint Apollinaris in Class

• Description: Apse scene depicting Saint Apollinaris amid sheep
• Time Period: 533-549 AD

The Transfiguration of Christ

• Location: Apse of Saint Catherine Monastery
• Time Period: 548-565 AD

Vienna Genesis

• Illustrations:
  • Jacob wrestling with an angel
  • Rebecca at the well
• Time: late 6th Century AD, possibly from Syria or Palestine

Virgin and Child Enthroned

• Location: Monastery of St. Catherine
• Time Period: 600 AD

Monastery Churches and Iconography

Katholikon, Hosios Loukas

• Location: Greece
• Time Period: 1000-1100 AD
• Dome featuring Christ the Pantocrator (1000-1100 AD)

Cathedral of Saint Mark

• Location: Venice, Italy
• Time Period: 1063 AD
• Interior features towards apse

Old Testament Trinity by Andrei Rublyev

• Artworks:
  • 3 Angels Visiting Abraham
  • Annunciation in the Church of Saint Clement, Macedonia (1310 AD)

Conclusion of Byzantine Artistic Legacy

• Continued influence of Byzantine art and architecture throughout the centuries, with notable works and styles reflecting the skills and religious significance of the period.

• All artwork and architecture discussed reflects significant religious, political, and cultural movements within the Late Roman and Byzantine periods.