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Roman Wedding Relief Sculpture

April 29, 2024
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A marble relief of a wedding scene: veiled bride followed by pronuba clasps hands with groom before altar; on the left a huge male carries the sacrificial bull on his shoulder, on the right a maenad dances. ...
Christine Truesdale
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The Three Crosses

April 29, 2024
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During the crusades, Pope John VIII declared that warriors who died fighting pagans would surely have eternal life. Here lies a depiction of Christ being crucified between the two thieves. ...
Leanna Di Fulvio
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Gaiseric Sacking Rome

April 29, 2024
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A painting by Karl Bryullov (1799-1852) depicting the barbarians invading the Roman provinces during the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476. ...
Leanna Di Fulvio
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The baptism of Clovis

April 29, 2024
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A painting demonstrating how the Christian Catholic Church survived the fall of the Roman Empire thanks to the strength of its organization and its large number of faithful. ...
Leanna Di Fulvio
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