ARTH 1380 1ST Edition Lecture 28 Outline of Last Lecture - Plebian and Classicizing- Equestrian Statue- Apotheosis of Antonius Pius- Plebeian art- ConstantineOutline of Current Lecture - Dura-Europos- Synagogues - Christian churches - Catacombs- Sarcophagus Current Lecture- Dura-Europos was a non- pagan city fell to a Roman attack in 256 - In a last effort to defend the city the built a wall around it which actually preserved the worship houses because they were built close to the wall- The places of worship the synagogues and churches were just houses that were converted into places of worship - These places had similar architecture - The people of these religions for the general part were not wealthy so they could not invest in a new building - Image making was not allowed it was considered making cult images and just seen as pagan not this was not part of the Jewish faith because they believed that you would - There are no images of a personified God- The wall with Torah niche wall painting at first glance the figures do not look classicizing - The figures are showed frontally - There are images of stories from the Old Testament - The finding of the baby Moses wall painting shows how there are multiple narratives in one image it show the baby in the water then out and overall movement of different scenes- In the image Crossing of the Red Sea it shows the hands of God parting the water- It shows two images of Moses and the story is basically told in one image- In the Christian community houses that are found there is a place where the sermon takes place and place for the public, but there is a room right next to the sermon room These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.where it is for people that are not yet converted so that they can listen but not be involved- In the baptismal room there are paintings along the wall and in the lunette paintings it shows Christ as the good shepherd and Adam and Eve- This order of showing the Old and New testament is in a way showing foreshadowing and answers to the Old Testament- In the painted ceiling of the Catacomb we seen in the middle Christ as the good shepherd and in other divisions Orants - In the lunette there is painting of Jonah and the whale- Christian art had common themes- Deliverance through divine intervention the idea that God can save you and examples to show that you could be saved to these examples are Jonah and the whale and the sacrifice of Isaac whom is saved by God in the end- Salvation through sacraments these were most important for early church example of these paintings are baptism and Eucharist and baptism was illustrated the most - Salvation through prayer and this is shown through Orants- Christ as good shepherd- Christ as philosopher or teacher - The images of Christ is to show him as gentle this was still a new church they were tryingto get converts- Christianity was promising afterlife as paradise- Sarcophagus of Santa Maria shows how there were similar themes in sarcophagus as in catacombs - These sarcophagi were carved with scenes it was not always Christians but burying the dead was introduced by monotheistic religions because pagans would usually cremate their deadKey TermsOrants- Praying figures that have arms extended outward to show they are in prayerLunette- semi-circles in the architecture where there were paintingsCatacombs- underground burial building that could have multiple
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