long as there have been people, there has been art. Though rare, early Christian art manages to express, in picture form, a story from the bible. One piece, which was actual a mural painted in the fourth century, on walls of the mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Raveena, Italy, depicts Christ teaching his apostles. Just a few miles away in a Vatican City museum is a statue from the third century which also depicts Christ as the Good Shepherd. The artists who crafted these works of art shared a common
context of this essay power shall be defined as control over others, more specifically as represented in the chosen pieces of art, control over animals. In these three pieces, Bull Jumping, Late Minoan Period (5-5), Good Shepherd, Oratory of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy (7-12), and The Unicorn is Found, The Hunt of the Unicorn tapestry series (12-9), the power shown may be power over animals, but actually represents power over most facets of life. To begin, humans since creation have always tried
Within Sant’Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna, Italy on the top register of the nave wall stands the stunning mosaic Miracle of Loaves and Fishes. This piece—created by an unknown artist in 504 CE—depicts a miracle performed during the life of Jesus Christ in which a starving crowd was gifted with an increased supply of bread and fish. Overall, this piece tells the story of just one event in the life of Christ, with other mosaics around this piece telling other narratives from his life. Compositionally
In other words, women played important roles in the medieval period as well as some women were powerful. Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna Italy from 425-26 AD was built for Galla Placidia who was the mother and Ruler-Regent of Emperor Valentinian III. She was a powerful woman in the Early Christianity period. In the Eastern Roman, Theodora was depicted in the apse of San Vitale which was the holiest
eight statues of Roman gods, goddesses and heroes. The pool appears to be styled after an ancient Roman bath such as the Baths of Caracalla in Rome c. 211-17 CE. The mosaic tiled patterns were inspired by mosaics found in the 5 C. Mausoleum of Galla Placidia in Ravenna, Italy (Kastner, p. I-261.) They are also representative of traditional marine monster themes that can be found in ancient Roman baths (Strong, p. 124.) The statues are rough copies of ancient Greek and Roman statues. One such copy
ambulatory vault, which meant the mosaics were made from larger pieces of tesserae. The designs were very simplistic with focusing on Christian themes through medieval times (223). For example, Christ and the Good Shepard (Fig. 5) in Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna depicts Jesus sitting among a
in very simple terms, as a shepherd, to acknowledge those poorer people. However, in Ravenna, Italy, ca. 425, one also sees Christ, as the Good Shepherd, painted in a mosaic in the form of a lunette, from the entrance wall of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia. In this more developed image, one can see Christ with, his no longer the rays of sun, but the halo itself, with a gold robe and a purple scarf which is a traditional characteristic that symbolizes one is from royal status. In this image, one
The earliest mosaics were to create cheap and long-lasting flooring. The mosaics were created from pebbles found on the beach. These pebbles maintained the same color and form were placed into cement. The pebbles were later made into an art form to create patterns, designs, and geometric shapes. The pebbles colors consisted mostly of black and white. During the fourth century, the Greeks later depicted intricate images (Kleiner 223). These Pella mosaics were usually located in wealthy homes (Kleiner