Monuments of the early church . these have been preserved to us. It isX)robal)le that beforeConstantine there wereno religious statues ex-cept those of the GoodShepherd. Figure 117 illustratesa statue of the GoodShepherd belonging tothe third century, foundin the catacomb of Cal-ii stus ; it is altogetherthe most gracious repre-sentation of this symbolwhich exists, though anumber have been foundat Rome and even in theOrient. In the Metropolitan Museum in jSTew York there is a representation of the story of Jonah, executed in marble on an unusually large scale, partly in relief and partly in th
Monuments of the early church . these have been preserved to us. It isX)robal)le that beforeConstantine there wereno religious statues ex-cept those of the GoodShepherd. Figure 117 illustratesa statue of the GoodShepherd belonging tothe third century, foundin the catacomb of Cal-ii stus ; it is altogetherthe most gracious repre-sentation of this symbolwhich exists, though anumber have been foundat Rome and even in theOrient. In the Metropolitan Museum in jSTew York there is a representation of the story of Jonah, executed in marble on an unusually large scale, partly in relief and partly in the round — a style of treatment which is without parallel in early Christian art. This monument was found near the site of ancient Tarsus, and it belongs to the third or fourth century. There could at no time have been any objection, on religiousgrounds, to portrait statues. The statue of Ilippolytus () was undoubtedly executed during the very first years ofthe third century, that is, immediately after his death. On one. Fig. lis. — Statue of S. Hipixjlytus, in the LateranMuseum. First years of the tiiinl century. SCULPT URE — Statuary 291 side of his cathedra is engraved his computation of the Eastercycle, which soon after his death was discovered to be errone-ous, and after that woukl hardly have been commemoratedwith such honor. On the other side is engraved a list of hisworks. The head and shoulders are restored, the remainder isantique, and it com-pares well with the bestmonuments of Romanart. Of greater interestis the famous bronzestatue of S. Peter () which is now wor-shipped in the chair, and, ofcourse, the nimbus, aremodern; the rest isantique. Peter, likeHippolytus, wears thepallium; it is not sogracefully disposed,but it nevertheless in-dicates an age whenthis garment was stillunderstood. The atti-tude is stiff but noble,and it appears asthough the artist in-tended to give an im-pression of hieraticdignity. The severityis evidently inte
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