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  2. Early Christian art and architecture - Wikipedia

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    Early Christian sarcophagi were a much more expensive option, made of marble and often heavily decorated with scenes in very high relief, worked with drills. Free-standing statues that are unmistakably Christian are very rare, and never very large, as more common subjects such as the Good Shepherd were symbols appealing to several religious and ...

  3. Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus - Wikipedia

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    It has been described as "probably the single most famous piece of early Christian relief sculpture." [ 1 ] The sarcophagus was originally placed in or under Old St. Peter's Basilica , was rediscovered in 1597, [ 2 ] and is now below the modern basilica in the Museo Storico del Tesoro della Basilica di San Pietro (Museum of Saint Peter's ...

  4. Arch of Galerius and Rotunda - Wikipedia

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    The structure was an octopylon (eight-pillared gateway) forming a triple arch that was built of a rubble masonry core faced first with brick and then with marble panels with sculptural relief. The central arched opening was 9.7 m wide and 12.5 m high, and the secondary openings on other side were 4.8 m wide and 6.5 m high.

  5. Ancient Roman sarcophagi - Wikipedia

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    Early Christian sarcophagi produced from the late 3rd century onwards, represent the earliest form of large Christian sculpture, and are important for the study of Early Christian art. They were mostly made in a few major cities, including Rome and Athens , which exported them to other cities.

  6. Early Christian sarcophagi - Wikipedia

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    Early Christian sarcophagi are those Ancient Roman sarcophagi carrying inscriptions or carving relating them to early Christianity. They were produced from the late 3rd century through to the 5th century. They represent the earliest form of large Christian sculpture, and are important for the study of Early Christian art.

  7. Christian art - Wikipedia

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    But large free-standing sculpture, the medium for the most prominent pagan images, continued to be distrusted and largely shunned for some centuries, and virtually up to the present day in the Orthodox world. [1] The oldest Christian sculptures are small reliefs from Roman sarcophagi, dating to the beginning

  8. How are ancient Roman and Mayan buildings still standing ...

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    Ancient builders across the world created structures that are still standing today, thousands of years later — from Roman engineers who poured thick concrete sea barriers, to Maya masons who ...

  9. List of oldest church buildings - Wikipedia

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    A former Eastern Orthodox church dedicated to Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Constantinople, converted into a mosque during the Ottoman Empire. This Byzantine building with a central dome plan was erected in the 6th century by Justinian, likely was a model for Hagia Sophia, and is one of the most important early Byzantine buildings in Istanbul ...