ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Early Christian Art And Architecture, Pope Urban Viii
19 Mar 2016
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Triumphal arch celebrates victory over usurper maxentius. Sculptural program consists of spolia: trajanic, hadrianic, marcus aurelius; constantine = victories in spandrels. Exedra (apse) with colossal statue (acrolithic stone at extremities , brick and wood core) of constantine clean-shaven, reversing tradition established by. Roman art relevant to roman culture and society. Christian art significance imparted through rites, rituals, and tenets of. Christian church; iconography developed around old and new testaments of the. Bible (imagery of greco-roman religion loses significance); borrows stylistically from roman art. Elements form roman art and architecture are employed in christian contexts with different meanings (iconographical readings) or uses (architectural forms) Roman into christian: bridge from classical antiquity into middle ages. Ad 324 constantine makes byzantium the capital of the roman empire. Site of early christian cemetery, commissioned by constantine (paid for with great expense) By 2nd c. ad, tomb of peter honoured as sacred spot.
