The Second Golden Age in Roman and Christian Art Was Brought About
Art produced past Christians before Byzantine times Early on Christian art and compages or Paleochristian art is the art produced by Christians or nether Christian patronage from the earliest catamenia of Christianity to, depending on the definition used, sometime betwixt 260 and 525. In practice, identifiably Christian art only survives from the 2d century onwards. [i] After 550 at the latest, Christian art is classified as Byzantine, or of another regional blazon. [i] [two] It is hard to know when distinctly Christian fine art began. Prior to 100, Christians may have been constrained by their position as a persecuted group from producing durable works of art. Since Christianity was largely a organized religion not well represented in the public sphere, [ citation needed ] the lack of surviving art may ...