1. William Evans Post University Art History I 1

2. A Trip to the Metropolitan Museum  The visit is blood-curdling and gives a fantastic experience  Metropolitan Museum of Art can easily fit among the famous legendary European museums  The museum is iconic Beaux-Arts façade 2

3. Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus  Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus is a significant marble of Early Christian Sarcophagus  used for the burial of Junius Bassus  the sarcophagus was placed in the Old St. Peter’s Basilica inside the Vatican 3

4. Junius Bassus  Junius Bassus was a significant figure and a senator  headed the government capital as the Praefectus Urbi  Bassus converted to Christianity shortly at the verge of his death 4

5. Style and art of sarcophagus  the workmanship and cooperation were of the highest quality  the sculpture shows fewer features of the late antique style of sculpture  the sculpture ignores practically all the rules obeyed by official artifacts  reflects a blending of the late Hellenic style with the contemporary Roman and Italian creativity  scenes in the artifact are three dimensional 5

6. The Roman Arch of Constantine  The Roman arch was significantly the foundation of Rome’s architectural mastery  It led to a massive expanse of building projects across the ancient world  It allowed the Romans to make bigger buildings, better aqueducts and longer roads 6

7. References  Baetjer, K. (1999). Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Publishers.  Stokstad, M. (2010). Art HIstory. Harlow: Prentice Hall PUblishers. 7