The Roman Art

sculpture
mosaic
painting
metal work
terracottas

Early Antique art
eloquent lines
elegant drapery
idealized nude bodies highly naturalistic forms and balanced proportions

Late Antique art
frontality
stiffness of pose and drapery
deeply drilled lines
less naturalism
squat proportions
lack of individualism
Key figures are depicted slightly larger or are placed above the rest

The column of Trajan

The Arch of Titus

The Good Shepherd, marble statue, 3rd or 4th century A.D., Vatican Museums, Rome Italy.