

The Wedding of Zephyrus and Chloris (54–68 AD, Pompeian Fourth Style) within painted architectural panels from the Casa del Naviglio

龐貝出土的羅馬畫作,幾乎達到文藝復興的等級
Heracles and Omphale, Roman fresco Pompeian Fourth Style (45-79 AD),

圖拉真之柱上的雕刻

Veristic portrait bust of an old man, head covered (capite velato), either a priest or paterfamilias (marble, mid-1st century BC)

Bust of Emperor Claudius, c. 50 CE,

Bust of Antinous, c. 130 AD

The Blacas Cameo of Augustus, from his last years or soon after
對比之下,三世紀危機後的羅馬藝術品

The Four Tetrarchs, c. 305, showing the new anti-classical style, in porphyry, now San Marco, Venice
由色彩豐富和空間感強烈的風格,開始走向更加簡單的馬賽克

君士坦丁堡出品的雕刻,對人物臉部輪廓的刻畫明顯退步

皇帝也不能幸免
君士坦丁的臉部輪廓比例走向“卡通化”
瓦倫丁二世,越後越慘不忍睹