Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
8 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
Aula Palatina audience hall |
320 Trier Germany huge roman audience hall, built for large crowds originally called a basilica semi circle area is for the speaker |
|
Old St. Peter's Chruch |
320 Rome built on St Peter's grave, houses his relics shaped like a cross, resembles roman basilica was basically in the center of town, part of the community giant fountain the courtyard--has pinecones which symbolize eternal life |
|
Santa Sabina |
422-432 Rome stone pattern that let sun in but kept birds out giant wooden doors of the west end depict stories of the old and new testament doors are symbolic, entrances to heaven |
|
Vatican Virgil manuscript |
5th century Rome found in the vatican library alternating folio and page, new style roman style picture shown is when the trojans horse is brought in inscription of what's happening once belonged to a traditional roman family |
|
vienna genesis manuscript |
6th century vienna created for a royal patron parchment stained purple written in gold and silver picture is Noah on the Ark seeing all of the wicked dying super grim |
|
rebecca and Eliezer at the well of the vienna genesis |
6th century vienna manuscript text on page rebecca is shown many times to indicate time passing uses roman artistic techniques |
|
Rossano gospels Evangelist portrait |
6th century manuscript unknown which evangelist may have been inspired by a pose on a roman sarcophagus |
|
Ivory Diptych for wedding of Symmachi and Nicomachi (senatorial families) |
400 ivory relief uses classical style two women making offerings to pagan gods shows not everyone was christian at the time |