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This document summarizes different types of sculptures from ancient Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic periods: - Roman sculptures were mostly made of terra-cotta and featured reliefs on triumphal columns with continuous narratives. The Portonacio Sarcophagus from 180-190 BCE depicted battle scenes and was used for a Roman general's burial. - Byzantine sculptures focused on religious themes and nature motifs. Animals represented symbols while some works featured acrostic inscriptions. The Barberini Diptych exemplified Byzantine ivory work. - Romanesque sculptures included reliquaries, altar fronts, and devotional images, usually made of valuable materials. Works were often portable for process

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Roman Sculptures

This document summarizes different types of sculptures from ancient Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Gothic periods: - Roman sculptures were mostly made of terra-cotta and featured reliefs on triumphal columns with continuous narratives. The Portonacio Sarcophagus from 180-190 BCE depicted battle scenes and was used for a Roman general's burial. - Byzantine sculptures focused on religious themes and nature motifs. Animals represented symbols while some works featured acrostic inscriptions. The Barberini Diptych exemplified Byzantine ivory work. - Romanesque sculptures included reliquaries, altar fronts, and devotional images, usually made of valuable materials. Works were often portable for process

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ROMAN

SCULPTUR
ES
ROMAN SCULPTURES

Most of Roman Sculptures are made


of monumental terra-cotta.
They did not attempt to compete with
the free standing Greek words of
history or mythology but rather they
produced reliefs in the Great Roman
triumphal columns with continuous
narrative reliefs around.
THE
PORTONACIO
SARCHOPAGU
S
The Portonacio Sarcophagus
between 180 - 190 BCE
Museu Nationale Romano
Used for the burial of Roman General
involved in the campaign of Marcus
Aurellius
The best known and most elaborate of all
sarchopagus (It is a box –like funeral
receptacle for a dead body. Comes from a
greek word sarx meaning “flesh’’ and
phagein meaning to “eat’’)
It depicts battle scenes between Roman
and Germans
Carved in marble
Sarcopagus, from cervetiri, c.
520 BCE, Museo Nationalize de Villa
Giulia; Rome

Made of Terra Cotta


Length 6’7 (2.06 m)
A husband and wife are shown
reclining comfortably, as if they
were on a couch
BYZANTINE
SCULPTURES
Byzantine Sculptures
 The dominant themes in Byzantine
sculptures are religious, everyday life
scenes, and motifs from nature.
 Animals where used as symbols (dove,
deer, peafowl) while some have acrostic
signs (from writing in which a message
is formed by taking the first letter,
syllable, or word of different lines and
putting them together)that contained a
great theological significance.
The Barberini Diptych

An example of
Byzantine Ivory work
ROMANESQUE
SCULPTURES
 Some of the famous sculptural pieces
are reliquaries, altar frontals,
crucifixes, and devotional images. Small
individual works of arts were generally
made of costly materials for royal and
aristocratic patrons. These lightweight
devotional images were usually carried
during processions both inside and
outside the churches.
Last Judgement
• Tymapnum (an
architectural element
within the arch or
pediment) of the west
portal Cathedral of
Saint- Lazare, Autun
Burgundy France, c.
1120 35 by Gislebertus
GOTHIC
SCULPTURE
Gothic sculptures have a
greater freedom of style. They
no longer lay closely against
the wall, but begun to project
outward. Figures were given
their own particular patterns
and more lively and realistic.
RESURRECTION OF
THE VIRGIN
 End of the
12th

century
Cathedral
Amiens image
GROUP 3 REPORT
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• Babie Jean Baste
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