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ARTA PALEOCRETIN
I. ATITUDINI I PREMISE CE AU FAVORIZAT APARIIA ARTEI CRETINE
A. Atitudini a. Predica Sf. Ap. Pavel n Areopagul Atenei (FA 17, 16-33) (principiu misionar) b. Mediul funerar al hipogeelor mediteraneene (iniiativ privat) c. Atitudinea autoritii bisericeti fa de arta cretin (acceptare de facto) B. Premise a. Simbolismul biblic b. Imagistica antic

II. TIPURI DE REPREZENTRI

1. Simboluri grafice, fitomorfe i zoomorfe: monogramul lui Hristos, Crucea, sfenicul, ancora; via de vie, ramura de mslin; mielul, petele, porumbelul, pasrea Phoenix, delfinul, punul etc. 2. Simboluri antropomorfe: Orantul, Bunul Pstor, Amor i Psyche, Orfeu cu lira, Anotimpurile, etc. 3. Teme veterotestamentare 4. Teme neotestamentare

III. PROGRAME ICONOGRAFICE INCIPIENTE

1. Iconografia catacombelor 2. Sculptura sarcofagelor

IV. CONFIGURAREA SPAIULUI ECCLESIAL

1. Foiorul Cinei celei de Tain (Mc. 14, 12-15; Lc. 22, 7-13) 2. ncperi din casele particulare (FA 2, 46; 20, 7; 1 Co. 16, 19) 3. Domus ecclesiae (consacrarea ncperii- casei) a. Mrturii scrise: Constituiile Apostolice II, LVII; Testamentum Domini I, 19 b. Mrturii arheologice: Dura Europos, Aquillea 4. Amenajri cultice din catacombe (arhitectur & iconografie)

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