Chapter 8 Late Antiquity

What aspect of the codex form enabled the production of elaborately decorated texts?

Animal skin was a good base for painting

In their stillness, stylized gestures, and frontality, the figures in this painting most resemble those of which Roman monument?

Arch of Septimius Severus

Which is a similarity between these two works?

Both of the works depict multiple scenes with figures in separate spaces.

Which artwork reveals the continued attachment to pagan style and iconography among the Roman upper classes after the Theodosian ban in 391?

Diptych of the Symmachi

In their construction, catacombs most resembled which earlier funerary structures?

Etruscan tomb chambers

Which figure did not appear in the synagogue paintings of Dura-Europos?

God

Which of the following best describes this scene painted on the page of a manuscript?

It shows four figures with a landscape of trees and a building in the background.

Which aspect of this mosaic from the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia is no longer rooted in the naturalist classical tradition?

Jesus carries a cross-scepter and wears purple.

The prohibition in he Second Commandment regarding the worship of images made the decorative program of which structure a surprise to art historians?

Jewish synagogue at Dura-Europos

What was the function of cubicula in the Christian catacombs of Rome?

Mortuary chapels

How has the artist of this painting distinguished two individuals from the group?

One figure is larger in scale, and the other wears purple.

Judging from these photographs, which of the following best describes the spatial arrangement of these buildings?

One is arranged in a circle; the other has a rectangular layout.

Which of the following statements is an accurate description of these sculptures?

One of the works is painted, and one is carved.

What explains the large size of tesserae used in Early Christian church mosaics as compared to earlier Roman Republican mosaics?

Placement in building

Who are the figures called orants in Christian art?

Praying people

Which term refers to the Early Christian view of how events in the Old Testament and the New Testament are related to each other?

Prefiguration

Which color was associated with the Roman emperor?

Purple

What architectural features do these structures share?

Round columns supporting rounded arches

In clarifying the importance of the Old Testament to Christians, who claimed "the New Testament is hidden in the Old; the Old is clarified by the New"?

Saint Augustine

Which early church had a mosaic program that included many subjects common to Roman funerary art- such as putti and wine- that could be given a Christian interpretation?

Santa Costanza

In what way does this painting differ from contemporaneous decoration of Roman houses?

Subject matter

Dura-Europos is a town overlooking the Euphrates River in which modern country?

Syria

What similarities connect all the figures depicted in this painting?

The figures lack volume and their faces are expressionless.

How has the artist arranged the elements of text and the painted scene on this page?

The painted scene is set apart from the text and framed with a red border.

Which of the following best describes the decoration in this catacomb?

There are painted decorations on the walls as well as the ceiling.

Which aspect of the plan of Old Saint Peter's is unusual for an early church?

Transept

What was the effect of the gold background of tesserae in church mosaics?

Transferred figures from the real world to the spiritual plane

Which architectural features are visible in this catacomb?

Two columns in the corners

What was the date and purpose of the Edict of Milan?

313, recognized Christianity as a legal religion equal to the cults of the traditional gods