Late Antique Europe (200-432 CE)

Question 1

Catacombs of Priscilla

Answer 1

Earliest preserved Christian art, though not explicit
Tomb for a martyr
Cubicula (room off the corridor)
Secular paintings (tend to draw on traditional Roman tropes in style and technique, but not in content)
7 women eating food
Benches along the wall for funeral banquets
Earliest depiction of Mary and Christ
Lunettes of peacocks (Hera or salvation?)
Release and salvation motifs

Question 2

Santa sabina

Answer 2

Change in orientation from Basilica ulpia
Post + lintel construction
Brick (not concrete)
Basilica form (first used by Constantine, who outlawed the persecution of Christians) (well lit, focal point an altar)
Serves laws and justice (the last judgement)
Spolia from nearby Juno temple
Nave, columns, apse, narthex
Doors (1st representation of the crucifixion)
Gold shimmer, simulates the divine

Question 3

Catacombs of Prisculla IDs

Answer 3

Late Antique Europe (Rome)
200-400 CE
Tufa and fresco

Question 4

Santa Sabina IDs

Answer 4

Late Antique Europe (Rome)
422-432 CE
Brick, stone, and wood

Question 5

Late Antique Art

Answer 5

Represents a transition between classical antiquity and early medieval
Christianity alongside Roman tradition