2005 Discussion questions for Byzantine and Early Christian Art

  Christ Before Pilate, Rossano Gospels, early 6^th cent.              David Composing the Psalms, Paris Psalter,  c. 950-970

Compare the treatment of space and form in these two manuscripts and discuss the factors that may account for the pronounced differences in style.

Interior, Katholikon, Hosios Loukas, 1st                       Interior, St. Mark’s, Venice, Italy, begun 1063

quarter 11^th century

Compare these two images.  How do they differ and why?