Christ the Good Shepherd
a. How does this show classical influences?
b. Why is that important?
c. How has the iconography been adapted to fit the new religion?
d. What is the medium?
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a. The artists are using Greco-Roman illusionistic devices to show space, depth, shape, and form.
b. It is part of a rich ensemble of mosaics that decorate the interior of the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia.
c. This version of Christ as the Good Shepherd has taken on the presence of a youthful emperor seen in an earlier version (Sarcophagus Junius Bassus). This figure wears the imperial purple and is seated as if on a throne.
d. Mosaic.
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