The Jonah Sarcophagus (c. 300),  Vatican Museums, Italy.    The enigma of early Christian art Early Christian art can strike our modern sensibilities as being a

Nativity of the Virgin (c. 1480), anonymous. Shipwrecked in time In 1703, a stylish Baroque reredos (the decorated “backdrop” commonly seen behind the high altar)

Dormition (c. 1392), Theophanes the Greek (c. 1330/40–1405/10)   This icon of the Virgin Mary’s Dormition was produced by Theophanes the Greek around 1392. It can