ART 336 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Santa Costanza, Georgics, Ancient Rites
20 Sep 2016
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The good shepherd, the story of jonah, and orants, frescoed ceiling of a cubiculum in the catacomb of saints peter and. Marcellinus: christian catacomb paintings often mixed old and new. Jonah was a popular subject because he emerged safely from a sea monster after three days, prefiguring christ"s resurrection. Old saint peter"s, rome: built by constantine, the first imperial patron of christianity, this huge church stood over saint peter"s grave. Its central featuring a domed interior, would become the preferred form for byzantine churches. Santa costanza has antecedents in the domed temples and mausoleums of the romans, but its plan, with a circle of 12 pairs of columns and a vaulted ambulatory, is new. The ambulatory mosaics depict putti harvesting grapes and making wine, motifs associated with. Bacchus, but for a christian, the scenes evoked the eucharist and christ"s blood.
