AP ART HISTORY
READING QUESTIONS: EARLY CHRISTIAN & BYZANTINE
T. FLEMING
Name: _____________________________________________
Answer the following using your textbook; bullet points are acceptable!
EARLY CHRISTIAN
1) Define the following terms:
a. Orants
b. Lunette
c. Diptych
d. Illuminated manuscript
2) What did the story of Jonah symbolize for Early Christian?
3) How was Christ most often represented during the Period of Persecution?
4) How was Christ most often represented during the Period of Recognition?
5) Name two features of the mosaic of the Miracle of the Loaves and the Fishes that will become
standard Byzantine art
6) Identify two remnants of Roman illusionism that can be found in the mosaic Christ as the Good
Shepherd in the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia.
AP ART HISTORY
READING QUESTIONS: EARLY CHRISTIAN & BYZANTINE
BYZANTINE
7) What city functioned as the center for the Byzantine Empire?
8) Who (in the Byzantine world) was considered to be Christ’s vicar on earth?
9) In regards to Hagia Sophia
a. Meaning of the name:
b. Patron:
c. Architects:
10) Define the following terms
a. Squinch
b. Pendentive
c. Theotokos
d. Pantocrator
e. Triptych
11) Describe the plan/structure of San Vitale in Ravenna
12) Identify Justinian and Theodora
T. FLEMING
AP ART HISTORY
READING QUESTIONS: EARLY CHRISTIAN & BYZANTINE
T. FLEMING
13) In the mosaic of Justinian and Theodora, what does Justinian’s halo signify? What explanation is
given for the curious overlapping of Justinian Maximanus?
14) Explain the meaning of the following symbols from the apse mosaic of Sant’Apollinare in Classe
a. Jeweled cross
b. Three sheep below the cross
c. Twelve sheep
15) List four features that Justinian adopted from the Roman past as seen in the Barberini ivory?
16) In what ways the ivory carving of St. Michael the Archangel reflect Classical prototypes?
17) What effect did iconoclasm have on the visual arts?
18) What earlier style was revived in the so-called Paris Psalter?
19) Describe two features that identify Saint Mark’s in Venice as a Byzantine building
20) Define FFFG