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Jesus healing the bleeding woman, Roman catacombs, 300–350 Early Christian art and architecture or Paleochristian art is the art produced by Christians or under Christian patronage from the earliest period of Christianity to, depending on the definition used, sometime between 260 and 525. In practice, identifiably Christian art only survives from the 2nd century onwards. [1] After 550 at the latest, Christian art is classified as Byzantine, or of some other regional type. [2] It is hard to know when distinctly Christian art began. Prior to 100, Christians may have been constrained by their position as a persecuted group from producing durable works of art. Since Christianity was largely a religion of the lower classes in this period, [ citation needed ] the lack of surviving art may reflect a lack of funds for patronage, and simply small numbers of followers. The Old Testament restrictions against the production of graven (an idol or fetish carved in wood or stone) images (see also

Pierre Mignard, Clio , muse of heroic poetry and history, 17th century History of art Prehistoric Ancient European Asian Islamic Painting  (Western) Art history v t e European art history Medieval Renaissance Mannerism Baroque Neoclassicism Romanticism Realism Modern Contemporary v t e The art of Europe , or Western art , encompasses the history of visual art in Europe. European prehistoric art started as mobile rock and cave painting art and was characteristic of the period between the Paleolithic and the Iron Age. [1] Written histories of European art often begin with the art of the Ancient Middle East and the Ancient Aegean civilizations, dating from the 3rd millennium BC. Parallel with these significant cultures, art of one form or another existed all over Europe, wherever there were people, leaving signs such as carvings, decorated artifacts and huge standing stones. However a consistent pattern of artistic development within Europe becomes clear only with the art of Ancient Gree