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7-14 Santa Costanza
- Consists of large rotunda with an encircling barrel vaulted passageway called ambulatory
- Part of the mausoleum of Constantina
- Now dedicated to Santa Costanza
Composite capitals
7-15 Harvesting of Grapes
- Mosaic in ambulatory vault of the Church of Santa Costanza
- Decorated with a tangle of grapevines and puttis (naked male angels)
Roman style, technique, and subject
7-17 Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
- Exterior and interior of chapel differ greatly to represent passage from the real world to the supernatural one
- Lunette mosaic of Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Sarcophagus in niches
7-18 Good Shepard
- Mosaic in the lunette above the west entrance to the Mausoleum of Galla
Contains classical elements:
- Illusionistic shading suggesting a single light source
- Intimation of landscape in rocks and foilage
Changes in the conception of Jesus the Shepherd
- Once depicted as a simple shepherd boy carrying a sheep
- Here a young adult with a golden halo, in imperial robes, and a staff with a cross at the end instead of a shepherds crook
- Stylized landscaped elements more rigid
