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Change In Art: Late Roman Empire Art

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Late Roman Empire Art only lasted for a short extent of time. During which many changes occurred in art, predominantly changes to sculpture. This change was a moving away from sculpture being meant for a particular person to sculpture being for the people of the Roman Empire.
Under the rule of Diocletian, sculpture made a change for the better. An example of this change would be the sculpture, The Tetrarchs. The appearance of these four leaders is different from anything seen before, because of Diocletian’s new form of government. The eyes of the emperors are very wide and cutting to any person looking at the sculpture, with a similar likeness to classicism from the earlier Roman Empire. Each of the

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