Christ seated
a. What is the date of this image?
b. How does this figure show classical influences?
c. Why is that important?
Answers will vary.
a. 350-375 CE (4 th C. CE).
b. This small figure is presented with the body of a Roman philosopher and the head of an Apollo-like youth yet garbed in the Roman toga.
c. The acquisition of Roman motifs is demonstrating the growing acceptance of this religion and acceptance among the ruling classes of Rome.
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