Identify the distinctive features of basilicas and central-plan churches, and discuss how the forms of these early churches were geared toward specific types of Christian worship and devotional practice. .

PART A

Basilicas are characterized by longitudinal building plans, which comprises of an atrium, narthex, portals etc.

The Central Christian churches had a more vertical axis from the center up through the dome.

PART B

The Basilica was seen as the pope's church

The Basilica symbolises the Pope's authority over all Christians.

(1) The Central-plan churches were first used as tombs, they are known with the presence of baptisteries.

(2) The Central-planchurches were built over the graves of Christian martyrs.

Explanation: The Basilica is a special church usually associated with the Roam Catholic church and the Greek Ortodox churches, the basilica is a title conferred on a church building by the pope,it is usually known as the Pope' s church.

Central-plan Christian churches are churches built upon the graves of early Christian martyrs, they are known to contain baptisteries (where people are baptised.

i believe the answer is: a.  abstract forms were often used to represent human figures.

representing human figures in abstract forms is often used in the geometric period, not hellenistic  period.   during the hellenistic  period,   aesthetic value derived from creating arts which mimic the actual shape of a certain object or individuals.

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the correct answer is d.

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