Answer Questions
Subject
Humanities
Question Description
Chapter 8
Question 1
Briefly describe the purpose and layout of the catacombs.
Question 2
Why was the Sasanian victory at Dura-Europas important?
Question 3
What might explain the reluctance of early Christians to commission statuary?
Question 4
Describe the Christian community house at Dura-Europas.
Question 5
What is meant by “early Christian art”?
Question 6
What is the subject of the diptych of the Nicomachi and Symmachi, and why is it significant?
Question 7
How did representations of Christ change after Christianity was legalized?
Question 8
What Roman architectural type was adopted for the first public Christian churches, and why?
Question 9
In what guise was Christ typically depicted in the earliest Christian art, and why?