Examples of catacomb in the following topics:
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- Surviving paintings that feature early Christian art are most often found in Roman catacombs.
- Late classical style included a proportional portrayal of the human body and impressionistic presentation of space; this style is seen in early Christian frescos, such as those in the catacombs of Rome.
- The earliest surviving Christian art comes from the late second to early fourth centuries on the walls of Christian tombs in the catacombs of Rome.
- This fish and loaves fresco, iconography particular to Christians and representative of the Eucharist, is found in the Catacombs of San Callisto.
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- The Late Classical style is seen in early Christian frescos, such as those in the Catacombs of Rome, which include most examples of the earliest Christian art.
- The earliest surviving Christian art comes from the late second to early fourth centuries on the walls of Christian tombs in the catacombs of Rome.
- This fish-and-loaves fresco, iconography particular to Christians and representative of the Eucharist, is found in the Catacombs of San Callisto.
- Catacombs
of Marcellinus and Peter. c. 300-350.
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- The catacombs of Rome-- the early Christian tombs-- contain most of the surviving Christian funerary art of the Early Christian period, mainly in the form of frescoes and sculpted sarcophagi.
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- Wall painting from the early catacombs, Rome, 4th century.
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- A large number of
paintings also survived in the catacombs of Rome dating from the 3rd
century CE to 400, prior to the Christian age, demonstrating a continuation of
the domestic decorative tradition for use in humble burial chambers.Wall
painting was not considered high art in either Greece or Rome.