Western and Classical Art Traditions (Sculpture)

Their tombs required the most extensive used of sculpture. Which era this characteristic shows?

Their sculptures are made of monumental terra-cotta.

The dominant themes in Byzantine sculptures are religious, everyday life scenes, and motifs from nature.

Some of the famous sculptural pieces are reliquaries, altar frontals, crucifixes, and devotional images.

These sculptures have a greater freedom of style.

Archeologists believed that their sculpture is a result of natural erosion and not of human artistry.

It depicts battle scenes between Romans and Germans.

Animals were used as symbols (dove, deer, peafowl) while some had acrostic signs.

The most common materials used for sculptures are wood, ivory and stones.

One of the most popular styles of these sculptures was the

Hellenistic style.