RAVENNA, ITALY
Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, c. 425-450 AD:
Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph, Elsner, 1998, p. 229, illustration 154, “Christian triumph: a new religion as state cult | The ‘mausoleum of Galla Placidia’, Ravenna, c. AD 450” [grape vines]:
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Art History, Stokstad, Revised Edition, 1999, Vol. 1, p. 303, figure 7-19, “Central-Plan Churches”:
Early Christian & Byzantine Art, Lowden, 1997, pp. 108-109, illustration 62, “Art before Iconoclasm | Heretics and Bankers | Ravenna and the West | Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, c.430-50. Interior looking south”:
Early Christian Art, W. F. Volbach, 1961, plate 145, “Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia (d. 450). Interior seen from entrance”:
Orthodox Baptistery, c. 458 AD:
Early Christian & Byzantine Art, Lowden, 1997, p. 113, illustration 64, “Art before Iconoclasm | Heretics and Bankers | Ravenna and the West | Cathedral (or Orthodox) Baptistery. Ravenna, c.458 [grape vines / scrolls]”:
The Decline of Rome, Vogt, 1967 (translated from German), illustration 23, “The Basilica”:
Early Christian Art, W. F. Volbach, 1961, plate 140, “Ravenna, Orthodox Baptistery. Consecrated c. 458. Interior seen from the entrance” [vines]:
The Origins of Christian Art, Gough, 1973, p. 96, “From Constantine to Justinian”:
P. 97, illustration 82:
The Origins of Christian Art, Gough, 1973, p. 208, “List of Illustrations”:
Early Christian Art, W. F. Volbach, 1961, plate 141, “Ravenna, Orthodox Baptistery. Dome, Baptism of Christ in the centre, surrounded by the Apostles”:
San Vitale, c. 525-547 AD:
The Origins of Christian Art, Gough, 1973, p. 155, “Justinian and after” [grape vines / scrolls]:
P. 154, illustration 149:
P. 210, “List of Illustrations”:
Seeing Salvation: Images of Christ in Art, MacGregor, 2000, pp. 26-27, plate 4, “San Vitale, Ravenna”:
Enlargement:
P. 70, “Signs and Deeds”:
P. 71, plate 21:
Early Christian Art, W. F. Volbach, 1961, plate 161, “Ravenna, San Vitale. Vault of presbyterium and middle of wall arch”:
Early Christian & Byzantine Art, Lowden, 1997, p. 130, illustration 78, “Art before Iconoclasm | Heretics and Bankers | Ravenna and the West | S. Vitale, Ravenna … North presbytery wall mosaics”:
Ivory throne of Archbishop Maximianus / Maximian, c. 550 AD:
Early Christian & Byzantine Art, Lowden, 1997, p. 117, illustrations 67-68, “Art before Iconoclasm | Heretics and Bankers | Ravenna and the West | Throne of Maximian, c.550” [grapevines galore]:
Early Christian Art, W. F. Volbach, 1961, plate 226, “Ravenna, Archiepiscopal Museum. Ivory throne of Archbishop Maximianus (545-553)”:
Plate 232, “Ravenna, Archiepiscopal Museum. Detail from ivory throne of Archbishop Maximianus. Behind the throne, Baptism of Christ” [grape vines]:
Plate 233, “Ravenna, Archiepiscopal Museum. Detail from ivory throne of Archbishop Maximianus. Behind the throne, Miracle of loaves and fishes” [grape vines]:
Plate 234, “Ravenna, Archiepiscopal Museum. Detail from ivory throne of Archbishop Maximianus. Upper half of left side, Joseph receives his Brethren and the Measuring of the Corn” [grape vines]:
Plate 235, “Ravenna, Archiepiscopal Museum. Detail from ivory throne of Archbishop Maximianus …” [grape vines]:
Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Beckwith, 1979, pp. 116-117, illustration 94, “The Age of Justinian”:
Miscellaneous:
Art and Architecture in Europe, Matějček, 1960, p. 139, illustration 228, “The Arts of Christian Antiquity | Choir screen in the Church of S. Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna. Beg. of 6th cent.” (grape vines / scrolls):
Early Christian Art, W. F. Volbach, 1961, plate 181, “Ravenna, Sant’Apollinare Nuovo. Three slabs in the presbyterium, middle of VIth century” [grape vines / scrolls]:
Early Christian Art, W. F. Volbach, 1961, p. 346, “Notes to the Plates”:
Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Beckwith, 1979, p. 123, illustration 99, “The Age of Justinian”:
Early Christian Art, W. F. Volbach, 1961, plate 223, “Ravenna, National Museum. Five-part panel of an ivory diptych, VIth century. Middle: Christ among Saints and Apostles, among them the three youths in the furnace …” [grape vines]:
I’d say that the earlier Dionysus grapevine art continued into Christian themes.