March 9
Ancient Rome & the Early Christian Era
Map of Ancient Rome
http://www.rome.info/ancient/map/ancientmap.gif
Augustus Primaporta. c. 40 BCE.
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/r/roman/roman_augustus2.jpg
Recreation of ancient city of Pompeii with exploding Mt. Vesuvius in background
http://www.sdnhm.org/pompeii/images_vtour/Pompeii.jpg
Herculaneum today
http://cache.virtualtourist.com/3909312-Ancient_and_modern_Herculaneum-Herculaneum.jpg
Victims of Pompeii
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Pompeii_Garden_of_the_Fugitives_02.jpg
Roman Painting. Architectual View. Detail of west wall in a villa at Boscoreale.
1st Century BCE. Fresco on lime plaster. Height 8’.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2216265347_1df40370bd.jpg?v=0
Pantheon. 118 - 125 CE.
http://www.odt.co.nz/files/story/2009/02/otago_researcher_sheds_light_on_pantheon_2010052861.jpg
four views of the Pantheon
http://traumwerk.stanford.edu/philolog/pantheon_4views.lg.gif
Giovanni Paolo Panini. Interior of the Pantheon. c. 1734.
http://intranet.arc.miami.edu/rjohn/images/HadrianicArchitecture/Dome%20view%20Pantheon.jpg
Interior view of the Pantheon in the present day
Christ as the Good Sheherd. 4th century.
http://www.utexas.edu/courses/ancientfilmCC304/lecture27/images/3catacomb.jpg
Christ Teaching His Disciples. Catacomb of Domitilla, Rome. Mid 4th century.
http://www.aug.edu/augusta/iconography/catacombs/apostolicCollege.jpg
Head of Constantine. c. 312.
http://kathyreba.com/_gallery/d/569-2/collossal+head+of+constantine.jpg
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Old St. Peter's Basilica. Rome. c. 320 - 335. |
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San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. 526 - 547.
http://www.tty1.net/images/sca2002-05-18_13.jpg
San Vitale Floor Plan
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3285/2880443609_4ae48d0c38.jpg?v=0
San Vitale altar
http://www.sights-and-culture.com/Italy/Ravenna-San-Vitale-6240.jpg
Emperor Justinian mosaic in San Vitale, Ravenna. c. 547.
http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/l/5/56357-famous-mosiac-of-justinian-san-vitale-05-ravena-italy.jpg
Empress Theodora mosaic in San Vitale, Ravenna. c. 547.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2385/2249572412_2e876d71d0.jpg
Emperor Justinian mosaic in San Vitale, Ravenna. c. 547.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Justinian_mosaik_ravenna.jpg
Empress Theodora mosaic in San Vitale, Ravenna. c. 547.
http://www.travelplan.it/img/ravenna02.jpg
detail of Theodora