Saturday 4 October 2008

The triumph of Christianity over Paganism


This is the central ceiling panel in a room where the Pope used to greet visitors, around the walls are images from the life of Constantine (he was the first Roman emporer to stop killing (and stop others killing) Christians).
It might not be very clear but there is a broken Greco-Roman statue on the floor while a crucifix is triumphant above it. (Lovely perspective in the room isn't there? - the floor and the walls)

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