Assignment
For this assignment, read these directions CAREFULLY.
Step I: First, watch this on the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia.
Step II: Then, answer the following questions.
i. Why do we find important buildings in Ravenna?
ii. Who was Galla Placidia?
iii. Though this structure and its mosaics are not Classical in time period nor style, there are remnants of Classical Rome. Identify some.
iv. Why do Christians portray Jesus as a shepherd?
Step III: Watch this that discusses Christ as the Good Shepherd.
i. Where does the idea of the Good Shepherd originate?
ii. What god was originally shown as a shepherd?
iii. What connects the sculpture they are discussing to the Classical period? What connects it to Christianity?
Step IV: Read this on syncretism.
i. How is the Good Shepherd an example of syncretism? What traditions are being combined?