Art and

Christianity
Art and Architecture in
Rome

Ancient
2nd century AD until 313 AD

Fish, Catacombs of Sebastian

Three Children in the Furnace,

Catacombs of Priscilla

Good Shepherd, Catacombs of

Priscilla

Madonna, Catacombs of
Priscilla

4th century AD until the

Medieval Period

Majestas Domini, Chiesa di

Santa Prudenziana

Triumphal Arch, Santa Maria

Maggiore (5th C)

Majestas Domini, Chiesa di

Santa Prassede (9th C)

Coronation of the Virgin, Santa

Maria Maggiore (1296)

St. Paul Outside the Wall

St. Paul Outside the Wall

(interior)

Renaissance Art
14th to 16th century

Pieta

Moses

David (in Florence)

St. Peters Basilica (Dome)

Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Creation of Adam

Last Judgment

The Calling of St. Matthew

Conversion on the Way to

Damascus

School of Athens

Baroque Art
17th Century

Ecstasy of St. Teresa,

Bernini

SantIvo alla Sapienza

(interior), Borromini

Baldacchino
(St. Peters Basilica)