Early Christian paintings and sculpture in Illyricum in St Jerome`s time

Abstract

During the second half of the 4th and fi rst decades of the 5th century, in St Jerome`s time, early Christian art at the territory of Illyricum was a subject of rich development. Differences among particular provinces, caused by different historical circumstances, were, nevertheless, visible. In the article, the broad fi elds of early Christian paintings and sculpture are presented by means of smaller groups of painted tombs and sarcophagi reliefs. Although St Jerome didn`t specially comment paintings and sculpture in Illyricum, some of the images on the preserved monuments could be interpreted in the context of his words.