Late Antiquity

1. Late Antiquity Constantine’s Aula Nova in Trier, 305-312 ce, hovering behind the Electoral Palace (1756)

2. Long life of the genus basilica Early Christian basilica Romanesque basilica Gothic basilica

3. Late Antique or Early Christian Early medieval Carolingian + Ottonian Romanesque Gothic Medieval styles in Western Europe 476 Fall of Rome c. 1400 Italian Renaissance begins

4. Architecture of late antiquity What is “late antiquity”? Late Antique or Early Christian Byzantine Byzantine = Eastern Empire 476 Fall of Rome 1453 Ottoman Turks conquer Constantinople

5. II. How did the style of late antique art differ from Classical art? Arch of Constantine, Rome, ca. 315

6. II. How did the style of late antique art differ from Classical art? Arch of Constantine, Rome, ca. 315

7. II. How did the style of late antique art differ from Classical art? Classical roundel, 100-33 ce Late antique frieze, ca. 315 ce Arch of Constantine, Rome, ca. 315

8. III. What about late antique architecture: how was it different from Classical architecture? Roman civic basilicas 1st cen. bce – 4th cen. ce 4th-century early Christian basilicas

9. Roman civil basilica at Pompeii, Italy, ca. 80 bce

10. Roman civil basilica at Pompeii, Italy, ca. 80 bce

11. Basilica Ulpia in the Forum of Trajan, Rome, 106-12ce

12. Basilica Ulpia in the Forum of Trajan, Rome, 106-12ce

13. Aula Nova (Constantine’s Basilica), Trier, Germany, 305-312 ce

14. Aula Nova (Constantine’s Basilica), Trier, Germany, 305-312 ce

15. Aula Nova (Constantine’s Basilica), Trier, Germany, 305-312 ce

16. Aula Nova (Constantine’s Basilica), Trier, Germany, 305-312 ce

17. Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, Rome, Italy, 307-315

18. Basilica of Maxentius and Constantine, Rome, Italy, 307-315 a vaulted Roman civil basilica in molded concrete