Spaces for Christian worship, and the images that adorned them, did very different things than the temples in which Mediterranean gods had been worshipped for millennia.
Here’s some background on Christianity.
Here are the images we will be looking at.
Readings:
- Gospel of Matthew 5.1-12 (“the Beatitudes”)
- Early Christian Art & Architecture After Constantine (Old St. Peter’s), on Smarthistory
- Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, on Smarthistory
- Sant’Apollinare in Classe, on Smarthistory
