|
Wealthier Christian churches were the leaders in the creation of a developed Roman art that was not simply derivative of Greek traditions and escaped Roman cold conservativism. This mosaic adopts pagan motifs such as the Nilotic scene. but behind the traditional naturalistic content that imitates painting is Christian symbolism (icthys, fisherman). The fisherman is created with vertical rows of small tesserae that maintain a classical plastic sense, but the rest consists of horizontal rows of larger tesserae that reflect a new sense of linear stylization that is no longer indebted to painting techniques.
|
Kirstin Green
|
