03-04-2013, 06:42 PM
I have to say the world of late roman empire came as a shock to me first. I have been so used to the cool, stream-lined world of classical art and the highly stylized, orientalized late roman statues staring with blank eyes to the eternity looked awful and alien in this context. When I got used to the conventions of the late roman art / world they started to be strangely fascinating, combined with the late roman history when there definitely was not a dull day . Maybe there simply is just a morbid element to all this which appeals to my morbid mind :whistle: ...