EARLY CHRISTIAN AND BYZANTINE ART, 1st–9th CENTURIES Crucifixion of Jesus (c. A.D. 33)
Constantine's Edict of Milan (A.D. 313)
Early Christian art: catacombs, Old Saint Peter's Martyria, mosaics, basilicas
Byzantine Empire: Justinian and Theodora (6th century)
San Vitale; Hagia Sophia; domes on pendentives
The codex (Vienna Genesis)
Iconoclastic Controversy (8th–9th centuries)
Developments in Buddhist Art, 1st–7th Centuries
India: Gupta sculpture; Ajanta Caves
China: Silk Roads; Yungang Caves; Longmen Caves
Paradise sects