There are two main stylistic trends, one hellenizing (realistic),
the other more abstract, spiritual, rejecting naturalistic forms.
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01 Rome: Arch ofConstantine
(315 AD) |
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02 detail (spolia) |
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03 detail (spolia) |
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04 detail
(frieze: Constantinian) |
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06 Constantinople-column of Theodosius (c. 390 AD) |
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07 detail of base |
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08 detail of base |
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09 detail of base |
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10 detail of base |
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11 Rome, Ara pacis of Augustus (13 BC) |
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12 detail |
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13 Symmachi&Nichomachi
diptych (c. 388-394 AD) |
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14 Arch of Constantine, detail |
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16 Rome, Sta Sabina doors
(c. 432-440 AD) |
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17 detail |
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18 detail |
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19 detail |
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21 Marcus Aurelius (161-80 AD), thought in the Middle Ages to be
Constantine (306-337 AD) |
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22 Constantine (306-337 AD) or Justinian (525-67 AD) |
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23 Rome, Constantine-Colossus |
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24 detail |
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26 Venice-Tetrarchs (c. 300) |
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27 Ravenna-Museum |
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28 Istanbul Museum, tombs |
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29 Rome, Sta Costanza
tomb of Costanza (daughter of Constantine) (c. 350 AD) |
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30 Good-Shepherd |
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31 Rome, Capitoline Museum
sarcophagus |
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32 Ravenna, San Vitale, sarcophagus-Daniel in Lions' Den |
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33 Ravenna, San Vitale, sarcophagus -Raising of Lazarus |
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34 Ravenna, San Vitale-'Traditio Legis' (Christ giving the Law to the
apostles Peter and Paul) |
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35 Ludovisi Sarcophagus
(Roman, 1st c. BC-1st c. AD) |
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36 Sarcophagus of Adelphia |
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37 Adelphia-detail: the Temptation of Adam and Eve |
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38 Rome, Sta Maria Antiqua, sarcophagus Jonah, washed up on the shore
after emerging from the belly of the whale, rests under a gourd tree |
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39 Jonah -detail |
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41Vatican Grottos, Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus 359 AD |
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42 Junius-Bassus |
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43 Junius-details (Peter taken prisoner; Adam and Eve) |
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44 Junius-detail
Entry to Jerusalem |
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45 Junius-detail
'Traditio legis' (Christ hands Law to Peter and Paul; personification
of Earth below) |
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46 Ravenna, San Vitale, throne of Maximian, first Archibishop of Ravenna,
c. 547 AD |
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47 detail of side panel: the story of Joseph
(Genesis 37-50) |
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48 Joseph put in the well
(Genesis 37) |
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49 front: evangelists and St John the Baptist, New Testament scenes
on the inside of t he back |
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50 The Journey to Bethlehem |
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51 The Naivity: curing of the withered hand (Protevangelium of James) |
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52 Baptism |
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53 Two evangelists |
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54 Brescia-Casket
c. 360 AD |
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55 Brescia detail |
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56 Ravenna, San Vitale-stucco decoration
c. 547 AD |
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57 San Vitale, sculpted capital in marble, soffit in stucco |
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58 Ravenna, pulpit |
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59 pulpit detail |
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60 copy |
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