FSN 132 Lecture 5: FSN132 Art History Lecture Week 5.docx
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Arch of constantine, rome 313 a. d (7. 39 & . 40) The romans were very influenced by greeks especially in paintings and sculptures, as well as aesthetics. They were engineers on a level that the romans could never obtain. Pantheon, 7. 26 - . 29: the interior space made possible by vaulting. Fall of the western roman empire 476. Early christian art 2nd to 5th centuries a. d. 259-261 for a basic guide to christan bilical stories. If you invaded and conquered all these people who have hit many religions, and then ask these people to insert the reigning emporer into your group of gods that makes him one of your gods. If you have 15-20 gods, one more will not make a difference. But if only have one god, you cannot make an emporer a god. Empire was against christianity because they were once made up of many gods but converted to one god.
