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## Monumental Terra-Cotta ### Sarcophagus, from cervetiri, c. 520 BCE, Museo Nazionale de Villa Giulia, Rome * Image from Treasures of the World, 1961 CCP * Library * Made of Terra Cotta * length 6'7" (2.06 m) * A husband and wife are shown reclining comfortably, as if they were on a couch...

## Monumental Terra-Cotta ### Sarcophagus, from cervetiri, c. 520 BCE, Museo Nazionale de Villa Giulia, Rome * Image from Treasures of the World, 1961 CCP * Library * Made of Terra Cotta * length 6'7" (2.06 m) * A husband and wife are shown reclining comfortably, as if they were on a couch ## Byzantine Sculptures The dominant themes in Byzantine sculptures are religious, everyday life scenes, and motifs from nature. * Animals were used as symbols (dove, deer, peafowl) while some had acrostic signs (form of writing in which a message is formed by taking the first letter, syllable, or word of different lines and putting them together) that contained a great theological significance ## The Barberini Diptych * An early example of Byzantine Ivory work