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lture reactedon the capital city andon Italy at large. Inthe second century A.D. we thus distinguisha certain decline, forinstance, in the generalquality of the sculpturedone at Rome as com-pared with that of thefirst century A. D. Inthe third century ofthe Christian era thedecline was so rapid… … Fig. 49.—Wax,!. Painting. Christ andTHE \V^03iAN OF SAMARIA. Catacombof St. Calixtus. Fourth Century. 76 EOMAN AND MEDIEVAL ART. pieces of antiquity. In architecture the same changewas going on as regards the purity of classic Greekdetails and the refinements of masonry construction.The monuments…
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