Santa Costanza
Title
Santa Costanza
Date
ca. 350
Identifier
7642
Work Location
Italy (nation)
Rome (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Early Christian
Subject
mosaics (visual works)
ambulatories
mausoleums
Description
View of the mosaics in the barrel-vaulted ambulatory at Santa Constanza in Rome, Italy. "The vault is decorated with mosaics some depicting narrative scenes relating to the grape harvest, and some with geometric motifs ... These mosaics on the barrel vault depict secular themes--patterns of found objects scattered with fruit, birds, vessels, foliage, with intertwining grape vines and cupids engaged in the harvest of grapes. These motifs were not uncommon in Roman houses. But what had been Bacchic motifs now in a Christian context allude to the Eucharist. There are also two portrait heads, with the female perhaps representing Constantina,"--by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
N1ITROM2-350J19A1
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