society are the effects of such things as religion,

government, and art. When people study history, art does not

seem to play such an important role. However, art helps us

understand how a society feels, thinks, and looks at the

surroundings which in they live. Ecclesiastical art or

commonly know as Christian art dates back to the first and

second centuries. The first influences of Christian art were

believed to be Roman in nature. While other historians feel

that the Christian art influence came from the east,

particularly the Orient. The first know works of Christian

art were found in the Roman catacombs. The works found there

were considered to be done during the first or second

A problem with finding at art in a Christian nature is

very complicated during the first and second centuries, due

the religion still being small. During this time it is

believed to be more decoration then really art. Historians

feel that the first glimpses of art are not pagan, but

rather ornamentation. There also seems to be no real pattern

of items that can be considered Christian other then a

decoration, thus having to be brought about by some type of

century there was a constant demand for skilled

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