AP ART HISTORY
PHS - BAILEY
things to Know
Early Christian/Medieval
48. Catacomb of Priscilla
49. Santa Sabina
*Old St. Peter's
*Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus
Byzantine
51. San Vitale
52. Hagia Sophia
54. Theotokos Virgin & Child Between Saints
Migratory & Early Northern Medieval
53. Merovingian Looped Fibulae
55. Lindisfarne Gospels
Vocabulary
Ambulatory Apse Atruim
Basilica Plan Catacomb Central Plan
Clerestory Coffer Cubical
Gospels Loculi Lunette
Narthex Nave Orant Figure
Spoilia Transept Cloisonne
Codex Fubula Gospels
Horror Vacui Parchment/Vellum
Scriptorium Zoomorphic Cathedral
Chalice Iconoclast Codex
Paten Continuous Narrative
Pendentive Eucharist Genesis
Icon Squinch Theotokos
concepts
themes
AP Art History images/flashcards
48. Catacomb of Priscilla. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 200–400 C.E. Excavated tufa and fresco.
49. Santa Sabina. Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 422–432 C.E. Brick and stone, wooden roof.
50. Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis. Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century C.E. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum).
51. San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526–547 C.E. Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic.
52. Hagia Sophia. Constantinople (Istanbul). Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532–537 C.E. Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer.
53. Merovingian looped fibulae. Early medieval Europe. Mid-sixth century C.E. Silver gilt worked in ligree, with inlays of garnets and other stones.
54. Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George. Early Byzantine Europe. Sixth or early seventh century C.E. Encaustic on wood.
55. Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St. Luke incipit page. Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe. c. 700 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigments, and gold on vellum).
Additional Images:
Old St. Peter's