Christianity – Image Transformation of Jesus

Chi-Rho monogram – ca 340

The Good Shepherd , the story of Jonah – catacombs in Rome

The Good Shepherd – marble – 300

Christ seated – marble - 350

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus – marble - 359

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus 359

Christ as Sol Invictus – mosaic in mausoleum of the Julii – Rome – circa 300

Christ as the Good Shepherd – Mausoleum of Galla Placidia – Ravenna - 425

The Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes - Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna - mosaic - 504

Suicide of Judas and Crucifixion of Christ – plaque from a box – ivory - 420

Byzantine Art

Apse of San Vitale – Ravenna - 526

Justinian and his Retinue – mosaic - 547

Apse mosaic at Saint Apollinaris – Ravenna - 540

S Apollinare – Ravenna - 549

The Transfiguration – Apse in the church of the monastery – Egypt - 550

Iconoclasm

• 726 Leo III• 843 Basil I

Incarnation initial from Book of Kells – Ink and vellum – 800

Christ Pantokrator – Church at Daphni, Athens - 1020

Crucifixion – church of dormition, Greece - 1100

Virgin and Child (Vladimir Virgin) – tempura on wood- 1100