Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART: Santa Maria Antiqua; Left Aisle Frescoes

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title: 
Santa Maria Antiqua; Left Aisle Frescoes
Image View: 
Raking view of entire left aisle wall; sarcophagus on display in foreground
Creator: 
reign of Pope Paul I (Italian pope, 700-767); unknown (Byzantine painter)
Location: 
repository: Santa Maria Antiqua (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note: 
Palantine Hill, Roman Forum
GPS: 
+41.891+12.485583
Date: 
ca. 757-767 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Byzantine
Style Period: 
Byzantine
Work Type 1: 
fresco (painting)
Classification: 
Paintings
Material: 
pigment on plaster (fresco)
Technique: 
fresco painting (technique)
Subjects: 
cycles or series; New Testament; Old Testament and Apocrypha; saints; Bible; Jesus Christ
Description: 
During the reign of Paul I (reigned 757-767) the apse was repainted with a monumental Christ. A Genesis cycle was painted in two upper registers on the left aisle wall of the nave, while a third depicts a long line of standing saints flanking the enthroned figure of Christ. These were probably the last wall paintings to be added to the church’s interior. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier: 
7A2-I-R-RF-SMA-SW-A06
Rights: 
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.