VISC 1B02 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Bronze Sculpture, Early Christianity, Christian Art
17 Jan 2016
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Visc 1b02 class 6 notes early byzantine and christian art. More in the baroque period: reign of commodus marked the beginning of the period of political and economic decline. After the last of the severan emperors was assassinated, Rome was plunged into a period of anarchy that lasted half a century . Diocletian ruled after the mid third century, then succeeded by maxentius, who controlled the italian peninsula and constantine. Maxentius ordered the repair of many buildings in rome and had others built during his short reign: basilica nova (new basilica) of maxentius and constantine. The last important imperial government building erected in. Rome itself (rome trying to rebuild itself right before its fall) The directional focus of along the longitudinal axis from the entrance to the apse emphasized the presence of the emperor, or at least his statue (stockastad 154) Constantine became the sole ruler of the west after defeating. Maxentius (324 337 ce: triumphal arch commemorating constantine"s victory.
