Chapter 10- Early Christian and Byzantine Art 

How did Constantine allow Christianity to spread?How/where did Early Christians worship?How were Roman basilicas transformed?What is the significance of Justinian?What is the compulsory style of Byzantine icons?

catacombs, altar, apse, narthex, transept, clerestory,   pendantives, lunettes, codex, vellum, parchment,  Byzantine,   Icons, Justinian, Theodora, SanVitale, Ravena,  Hagia Sophia,,

Early Christian sarcophagus , Santa Maria Antiqua, Rome, 4th century.

Christ as the Good Shepherd , catacomb of Priscilla , Rome, 2nd–3rd century

Floor Plan of Old St. Peter's Basilica- Rome 333-390 

St. Paul outside the walls, Rome, begun 385 AD

Exterior of San Vitale , Ravenna, A.D. 540–547

Interior of San Vitale looking east toward the apse, A.D. 540–547

Apse mosaic showing Christ with San Vitale, Bishop Ecclesius, and two angels, San Vitale, c. A.D. 547

Court of Justinian , apse mosaic, San Vitale, c. A.D. 547

Court of Theodora , apse mosaic, San Vitale, c. A.D. 547

Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), completed A.D. 537

Pendantives-Triangular structuresbetween the tops of the arches which the domesits upon

Detail of arcade spandrels and capital, Hagia Sophia.

Christ , Deësis mosaic , Hagia Sophia, 13th century

Apse Mosaic - Virgin and Child

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife , from the Vienna Genesis , early 6th century

Saint Peter , Church of Saint Catherine's monastery, Mount Sinai, Egypt, 6th or 7th century.