Text, Origins of Christian iconography

Byzantine and Christian Museum, Athens, Greece

Text panel explaining that early Christian artists (2nd-4th centuries AD) borrowed Greco-Roman forms-most notably the shepherd with a lamb (from moschophoros/kriophoros), Orpheus the lyre-player, and the philosopher-and reinterpreted them as visual prototypes for Christ and Christian teaching.

Christian art and Greco-Roman prototypes in late antiquity

Genre: 570 BC

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Comparison of Moschophoros and Good Shepherd

Statue (left):Material: MarbleDate range: 570 BCOrigin: Athens, Acropolis Museum Fresco...

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