PPT-Early Christian & Byzantine Art

Hollie Moffat March 12 2013 Art 1010 Early Christian Art Early Christian Art refers to the art and architecture produced for the Christian Empire under the rule of Constantine the Great Christianity was illegal until Constantine implemented the Edict of Milan AD 313. Definition. Byzantine:. this term is a modern invention. The Byzantines called themselves either ‘Romans’. . or ‘Greeks’. Invented by the classical scholar Hieronymus Wolf and popularized by Montesquieu. aka Eastern Roman Empire. Byzantine Empire. ". Byzantine" derives from Byzantium, an ancient Greek colony founded by a man named . Byzas. . . Located . on the European side of the Bosporus (the strait linking the Black Sea to the Mediterranean), . 610-1070. Strains on the Empire. Avars. Slavs. Persians. And after 632 the Muslims. Heraclius. Came to power amid military disaster. Avars. , Slavs, and Persians were all attacking the empire at once. Early Byzantine 500-726 (Iconoclastic Controversy). Iconoclastic Controversy 726-843. Middle/High Byzantine 843-1200 (Medieval Crusades). Late Byzantine 1200-1453 (Ottoman Conquest). Main Ideas of Byzantine Art. Eleanor Birrell. November 23, 2010. x. y. SIG(x, . i. ). SIG(y, . i. ). SIG(. x,i. ). SK. A. Authenticated Messages. Digital Signatures. Public-Key. Inefficient . Message Authentication Codes (MAC). Secret-Key. Chapter 6: The Byzantine & Islamic Empires. The Rise of “New Rome”. Constantinople . D. edicated in 330. Important commercial center. Political and religious center. Capital of Eastern Roman Empire. Location. The eastern portion of the former Roman Empire. Capital City – Constantinople (modern day Istanbul). Excellent location for trade. Military defense. Fought with the following for control of the area. Architectural History. ACT 322. Doris Kemp. Topics. Early Christian Architecture. Rome Structures . Structures in the Holy Lands. Milan Structures. Ravenna Structures. Structures in Greece, Syria, and the Rhineland. Realism was not their goal but to communicate religious ideas. At first, borrowed from the Romans but began to go their own direction. Earliest surviving Christian art is found on frescoed walls of the catacombs of Rome.. Early . Christian, byzantine, . Islamic Period. REVIEW. Read pages 275-311. 46 questions including vocabulary. Studio Art. Beginning Blog. Imagine that the United States . ws. planning to adopt an official state religion. How would such a development affect the kinds of art the government would sponsor or even allow?. . . Ninth Edition. CHAPTER 8. Continuity and Change in . Europe and Western Asia, 200–850. Copyright © 2011 by Bedford/St. Martin’s. John P. McKay ● Bennett D. Hill ● John Buckler. Patricia Buckley Ebrey ● Roger B. Beck. Developments in Europe and the Byzantine Empire. . Where we last left off…. The Roman Empire was divided into two factions. The . Eastern Roman Empire. , centered in Constantinople became highly centralized government known as the . Western CivilizationCodified Roman LawUnder Emperor Justinian Byzantine legal experts collected and arranged Roman lawMain source of law remained enactments of emperorsLaws became more extensive regul Unit Two. Introduction. When the Western Roman Empire crumbled in the 5. th. century, as it was overrun by invading tribes, a new empire began to rise. Emperor Constantine had seen this threat as it became apparent in the 4.