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Early Christian

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The architecture of the earliest Christian structures, from 200 - c.500 AD. For later developments see Byzantine.

1. Early Christian and Byzantine Art and Architecture - Belmont University offers pages of annotated, expandable thumbnail images of Christian structures and art ranging from the Catacombs of Ancient Rome to the 12th century.
2. Early Christian Architecture - An illustrated introduction to the development of the church plan in the 3rd and 4th centuries by Dr. Franklin Toker, University of Pittsburgh. Includes the house-church at Dura Europos (230).
3. Early Christian Architecture - Alan Petersen of Coconino Community College gives old St Peter's and St Sabina as examples of basilica plan churches and Santa Costanza as the model of central plan churches.
4. Early Christian Art and Architecture - San Jose State University provides an extensive gallery of expandable images, accessed via pull-down menu and selection from an array. Basic information is given for each.
5. Early Christian Church Architecture in Anatolia - An account of its development from earliest beginnings to the Dark Ages with references and bibliography from the Associated Colleges of the South.
6. Margaret Visser: The Geometry of Love - A book exploring the basilican church of Sant Agnese fuori le Mura, Rome, rebuilt 625-38 to replace a 4th-century church. Author's biography, reviews, images with extracts.

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