20. Jewish and Christian Art in the Rome before Constantine

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Synagogue and Church Decoration

+West wall with Torah niche, from Synagogue of Dura Europos, Syria, tempera on plaster, 244-245 CE (G 8-1)

+Torah nich, West wall, Synagogue of Dura Europos, Syria, tempera on plaster, 244-245 CE (G 8-1)

+Finding of the Baby Moses, West wall, Synagogue of Dura Europos, Syria, tempera on plaster, 244-245 CE (G 8-1)

Isometric drawing showing Christian House-Church,  Dura Europos, Syria, ca. 240 CE (G 8-2)

+*Baptistery from House-Church (Domus Ecclesiae), Dura Europos, Syria, ca. 240 CE

+*Good Shepherd (over font), Baptistery, House-Church (Domus Ecclesiae), Dura Europos, Syria, fresco, ca. 240 CE

*Miracle of Paralytic (upper right), Baptistery, House-Church (Domus Ecclesiae), Dura Europos, Syria, fresco, ca. 240 CE

*Women Coming to Tomb of Christ (lower right), Baptistery, House-Church (Domus Ecclesiae), showing , Dura Europos, Syria, fresco, ca. 240 CE

+Christ as Sol Invictus, Mausoleum of the Julii, Rome, vault mosaic, late 3rd century CE (G 8-12)

The Catacombs and the Art of Burial

*Plan of the Priscilla Catacomb, Rome, ca. 200 CE

+*Epulum (furnerary banquet), for the deceased, Priscilla Catacomb, Rome, wall painting, ca. 200 CE

+*Teacher and Pupils, Orant Woman ("Donna Velata") and Woman with Child, Crypt of the Veiled Lady, Priscilla Catacomb, Rome, wall painting, ca. 200 CE

*Teacher and Pupils, Orant Woman ("Donna Velata") and Woman with Child, Crypt of the Veiled Lady, Priscilla Catacomb, Rome, wall painting, ca. 200 CE, Detail: Orant Woman

+Sarcophagus with philosopher, Jonah, Baptism and orant from Santa Maria Antiqua, Rome, marble, ca. 270 CE (G 8-4)

Sarcophagus with philosopher, Jonah, Baptism and orant from Santa Maria Antiqua, Rome, marble, ca. 270 CE; Detail: Jonah(G 8-4)

+*Compare: Endymion sleeping, Roman sarcophagus, 2nd century

Terms

• catacombs (including galleries excavated from tufa; loculi for common graves; cubicula with arcosolium niches)

• law of the poemerium

• refrigerium

• epulum

• menorah

• Domus ecclesiae