Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, built c. 500, renovated 560s, Ravenna, Italy speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
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@ajmittendorf3 жыл бұрын
I need you guys at Smarthistory to know this: I love you all dearly!
@marthavillegas62503 жыл бұрын
Always waiting for your videos. Thank you. Stay safe and greetings from Los Angeles, California.
@smarthistory-art-history3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, you too!
@hlb9793 жыл бұрын
I miss Ravenna so much
@Joey-rs7uq3 жыл бұрын
I love their videos because it feels like im on vacation, wondering through museums and have two friends who are well educated telling me the history of what im seeing. Very calm and insightful!
@curiousworld79123 жыл бұрын
If there's one place I could possibly go, and spend days/weeks/months - it would be Ravenna. You've no idea how delighted I was to see notice of this video. I feel like I've memorized all these churches, mausoleums, etc. over the years, as I've been long intrigued by all things 'byzantine'. Thank you, so much, for this wonderful Saturday gift!
@FraPode3 жыл бұрын
You will always be welcome in Ravenna! 😁
@curiousworld79123 жыл бұрын
@@FraPode Thank you. That's very kind. :)
@sonjak82653 жыл бұрын
Why can't you go?
@curiousworld79123 жыл бұрын
@@sonjak8265 Money, primarily. :) But, I watch every video I can concerning Ravenna, and have many books that allow me to imagine it. So, I'm grateful for that.
@sonjak82653 жыл бұрын
@@curiousworld7912 Go in the fall or spring, stay at an Airbnb place for less than $60, buy food at a grocery store.
@tiodeniz3 жыл бұрын
I also want to appreciate what you've been doing for us and the art community. You literally have become my routine, I make myself a coffee, take my pen and paper then watch you :) Thanks for the info and the quality time you're providing. Love from Turkey.
@smarthistory-art-history3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to reach out to us. I read your generous note, which is very much appreciated, while drinking my own cup of coffee.
@fr.michaelknipe4839 Жыл бұрын
Incredible. The photography, the highlighting of the exact points and the commentary. Outstanding in every way 🙌🏼😇
@LadyDee-m1b3 жыл бұрын
My father is currently reading a book with the virgin martyrs on the cover, I just felt so happy all I told him about this is in this video❤️
@elevers3 жыл бұрын
I love the 'tell' of the mosaic's genuine antiquity where the Last Supper shows the diners reclining, in the Roman style, rather than seated.
@LJ70003 жыл бұрын
So beautifully stylised, might say we've never really beaten this for beauty
@doncarlodivargas54973 жыл бұрын
This church I have visited, I was on a sea trial on a chemical tanker in the Adriatic sea and the vessel went in to Ravenna to be painted, and we stayed in the city for a week, during that sea trial I was actually physically the one sailing the vessel, the captain, an incredible overweighted man sat on a chair constantly eating while I was sailing this large commercial vessel up and down the Adriatic sea for weeks, day and night, the reason why it took so long was new technology and difficulty in making it work properly, anyhow, I still remember the church, and remember the job also, when I saw the church
@astridmulkens66353 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making these videos I love it !!! 🤩
@smarthistory-art-history3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@jeffstins2030 Жыл бұрын
Love these videos ❤. I wouldn’t mind if you went all around explaining all of the mosaics and other features of the church and how it changed and was added to over the centuries 😋
@Sasha0927 Жыл бұрын
What a showdown it must've been between Arian / Orthodox Christians... I can't wrap my head around Arian Christianity, it seems like a complete paradox, but it's interesting to learn about. In a way, ironically, the history of this place is similar to the history of my own (lack of) faith. Anywho, I'm a sucker for a good mosaic and love that this church was uniquely able to keep theirs! They're absolutely gorgeous.. I love the gold and detail. Another place I really hope to get lost in.
@sebolddaniel2 жыл бұрын
Beautifully done
@smarthistory-art-history2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@supremereader76142 жыл бұрын
Amazing, thanks. You fill in for me what the heck happened in the 500's.
@johnmonkus46003 жыл бұрын
It's interesting that most of the podiums in the mosaic have sides that slope in at back, implying perspective, but the Virgin Mary podium is a clumsy , no perspective layout.
@kentwang44 Жыл бұрын
It looks so much like Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome
@danahammele7439 Жыл бұрын
Reminded me a bit of Monreale. In Sicily. Which is significantly older.
@smarthistory-art-history Жыл бұрын
Sant'Apollinare Nuovo was built 700 years before Monreale Cathedral.
@danahammele7439 Жыл бұрын
@@smarthistory-art-history I knew that it is considerably older and yet I wonder if the design was inspired by this. I know Monreale has exquisite mosaics but also much Norman influence and Arabic influence as well.
@supremereader76143 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video as usual! Great choice of art, but can I request some Buddhist art?
@smarthistory-art-history3 жыл бұрын
We have recently added a slew of new essays on the art of Asia and quite a few discuss Buddhism. Look here: smarthistory.org/asia/ And here are a few recent ones to get you started: smarthistory.org/wang-zhen-buddhist-sage/ smarthistory.org/bodh-gaya/ smarthistory.org/mt-baoding-dazu-rock-carvings/ smarthistory.org/yungang-grottoes/ smarthistory.org/tenzing-rigdol-pin-drop-silence/
@ow27503 жыл бұрын
3.55 this is not the last supper. that is the 2 fishes and bread wonder... and right of it its the preaching of the beautitudes
@smarthistory-art-history3 жыл бұрын
While there is no inscription declaring this the Last Supper, scholars are consistent in this interpretation, and it is worth noting that fish often appear in Byzantine depictions of this event. See for example Deliyannis, Ravenna in Late Antiquity, Cambridge University Press, 2010.
@Acquavallo3 жыл бұрын
What is Arianism?
@smarthistory-art-history3 жыл бұрын
Arianism is form of Christian belief that differed from the Orthodox in its understanding of the relationship of Jesus Christ to God the Father. It's complicated, but as I understand it, the Arians held that Jesus Christ and God the Father were not co-equal.
@Cesarhiguera664Ай бұрын
Most mainstream Christians believe Christ, as the logos (word) or son of God, has existed co-eternally and co-equally with the Father and Holy Spirit. Meanwhile Arians believe he was "created" by God the Father before time, and thus subordinate to the Father. Thats why the Nicene creed says "begotten not created", explicity condeming Arianism.