After Constantine's acceptance of the Christian Religion, the Roman's religion changed and also their artistic styles. Constantine's willingness gave us a harbinger of what kind of art would we have in the middle age. But not most of the people of Rome accepted this changed at first. The paintings that were produced and expressed by artist on this time of confusion showed rage and anger of the big sudden change of everything. Over time they have accepted everything and started building church for Christ. They built the city with grand buildings and architectures with big domes filled with artistic designs.
I am most intrigued with the Christian Atr's paintings because it all tell tales of Christ Jesus from his birth until his glorious sacrifice to save us from our sins. Some paintings justify the story others for me quietly mocks the existence of the religion. There were lots of hidden meanings and symbols. I remember the famous painting of Da Vinci which is the last supper, like in the early christian art you will see symbols with meanings, but there is something more. My former classmates and I were researching and found out that if you form the painting in pentagon shape you will see witchcraft signs and creepy symbols. It was a fun and scary experience.
Today most of us think that Christian Artworks are not as glorious as it was before. Maybe because we have largely lost respect and reverence of Christian art. But I still think most modern artworks of today modifies the true meaning of christian art.
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