ART 112 Midterm: Question List #4
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Question list # 4 early christian, byzantine and early medieval art. Sarcophagus of junius bassus, rome, late imperial period, c. 359 a. d. The word sarcophagus" means: sacred casket" 2. The scenes that decorate this sarcophagus depict: greek stories 2. Christian stories 4. events from the life of the emperor. Which of the following is not a textual (i. e. written) source for the iconography of christian art: the old testament of the bible 2. Accounts of the lives of the christian saints 4. The writings of pagan philosophers like plato and aristotle. Which story is narrated in the bottom register of this sarcophagus, in the second compartment from the left: aphrodite and ares 2. When we speak of a problem and a solution at the center of christian doctrine, what does the problem refer to: the difficulty in reconciling pagan philosophy and christian teaching 2. Original sin and consequent misery in the afterlife 3.
