The early Christian paintings were the wall frescoes of the Catacombs of [[Rome]]. ''The earliest works tend to employ Christian symbols (e.g. bread, wine, or the fish symbolizing Jesus)... The Early Christian period also includes the earliest known European illuminated manuscripts.'' [http://essentialhumanities.net/paint2_3.html] | The early Christian paintings were the wall frescoes of the Catacombs of [[Rome]]. ''The earliest works tend to employ Christian symbols (e.g. bread, wine, or the fish symbolizing Jesus)... The Early Christian period also includes the earliest known European illuminated manuscripts.'' [http://essentialhumanities.net/paint2_3.html] |