Since the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD to the demise of the beginning of the 15th century Renaissance period, known as the Middle Ages. Italian Renaissance in order to oppose the religious theocratic rule, praised Rome's ancient Greek cultural tradition, and that from the fall of the Roman Empire, the Renaissance to the historical period between the barbaric dark age, is in a revival of civilization and the times between the Therefore, the "Middle Ages", the name was inherited by historians.

Culture of the Middle Ages in Europe, the impact of the Christian dominant, determined at the time of social life and social ideology, art inevitably have very biblical, to act as a spokesman for the Church and God. As a result, some people will be known as the Christian art of medieval art. However, the medieval art still is a colorful, multicultural origins is a comprehensive and modern European culture laid the foundation for the development. Christian originated in the Middle East, when it as a form of culture in Europe was established, the East has also brought some of the characteristics of the culture. At the same time, the ancient Roman Empire in a Christian culture, may not have given up deep-rooted ancient Greek and Roman culture and traditions, particularly in construction, carving and painting style, and so on, but there is a long transformation of the integration process.

Finally, the establishment of Christianity in the Mediterranean Sea, to Western Europe in the process of expansion, to absorb the local culture component, the so-called "art barbarians", have had a number of new styles. Until the year before and after the 10th century, before the formation of relatively uniform style of Christian art. As a result, European medieval art can not be simply interpreted as religious art, but in oriental culture, traditions and culture of ancient Greek culture barbarians on the basis of a combination of Christian art.

In 313 AD, the Roman emperor Constantine Milan promulgated by Royal Decree, to recognize the legitimate status of the Church of Christ in the past, Christianity has suffered long-term suppression of the Roman Empire, Christianity's activities are carried out on the ground floor.

When Constantine announced that the new religion as state religion, has been at the disintegration of the Roman Empire on the eve of the Christian faith as the people of the lower and awareness for the end of the Roman Empire of the millennium has fueled gains legal status after As a tool for the rulers to control people's thinking. Early Christian art to reflect the transition of some of the typical characteristics.

 

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