Late Antiquity

Constantine’s Aula Nova in Trier, 305-312 CE, hovering behind the Electoral Palace (1756)

Long life of the genus basilica

Romanesque basilica Gothic basilicaEarly Christian basilica

476Fall of Rome

c. 1400Italian

Renaissance begins

Late Antique or Early

ChristianCarolingian

+Ottonian

Medieval styles in Western Europe

Romanesque GothicEarly medieval

Architecture of late antiquity

476Fall of Rome

1453Ottoman Turks

conquer Constantinople

Byzantine = Eastern Empire

Late Antique or Early

ChristianByzantine

What is “late antiquity”?

II. How did the style of late antique art differ from Classical art?

Arch of Constantine, Rome, ca. 315

II. How did the style of late antique art differ from Classical art?

Arch of Constantine, Rome, ca. 315

II. How did the style of late antique art differ from Classical art?

Arch of Constantine, Rome, ca. 315

Classical roundel, 100-33 CE Late antique frieze, ca. 315 CE

4th-century early Christian basilicasRoman civic basilicas1st cen. BCE – 4th cen. CE

III. What about late antique architecture: how was it different from Classical architecture?

Roman civil basilica at Pompeii, Italy, ca. 80 BCE

Roman civil basilica at Pompeii, Italy, ca. 80 BCE

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

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

Aula Nova (Constantine’s Basilica), Trier, Germany, 305-312 CE

Aula Nova (Constantine’s Basilica), Trier, Germany, 305-312 CE

Aula Nova (Constantine’s Basilica), Trier, Germany, 305-312 CE

Aula Nova (Constantine’s Basilica), Trier, Germany, 305-312 CE

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

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

a vaulted Roman civil basilica in molded concrete