Early Christian and Byzantine Art & Architecture
Santa Costanza, exterior view from NW
exterior view
ca. 350, Early Christian, Santa Costanza, exterior view from NW, Rome
Santa Costanza, interior view
interior view
ca. 350, Early Christian, Santa Costanza, interior, detail of annular vault (ambulatory) with mosaics (including grape-harvesting putti), Rome
Sarcophagus with Scenes from the Passion of Christ
Complete View/
Relief detail
325-300, Early Christian, "Good Shepherd" Sarcophagus: sculpted relief showing three shepherds and grape harvest, Rome, Capitoline Museum
Early Christian Roman Basilica
Sant' Apollinare Nouvo, Nave Mosaic
Three Magi
6th C, Early Christian, Sant' Apollinare Nuovo: interior, detail of N. wall of nave showing mosaic of the Three Magi. Ravenna
exterior view
ca. 493-526, Early Christian, Baptistry of the Arians: exterior, view from E. Ravenna
Baptistry of the Arians
Baptism of Christ
ca. 493-526, Early Christian, Baptistry of the Arians: interior, detail of dome mosaic of the Baptism of Christ. Ravenna
Sant' Apollinare in Classe, interior, view E.
Interior view/
detail
ca. 549, Early Christian, Sant' Apollinare in Classe, interior, view E. toward apse
mosaic showing Saint Apollinaris with Twelve Lambs; Cross in a starry firmament; Moses and Elijah. Ravenna
Hosios Loukas Monastery
Church of the Katholikon, interior view towards E
Interior dome and apse mosaic
ca. 1040, Byzantine, Hosios Loukas Monastery: Church of the Katholikon, interior view towards E. showing dome and apse with mosaic. Phocis, Greece