We just learned about the Shrine of the Three Kings.
Another ancient roman sculpture is the Stavelot Triptych.
We learned before that a triptych is like a sculpted book that opens and closes.
This triptych opens up, and has two smaller triptychs in the middle.
The smaller triptychs are much older, and are said to have held small pieces of the cross that Christ died on, as well as some dirt from Christ's tomb, and a piece of his mother Mary's robe.
The triptychs are made of gold, jewels and glass, and have pictures showing saints, mother Mary, and the story of the Christian Emperor Constantine's mother when she traveled to find the cross that Christ died on.
(from: wikipedia - stavelot triptych)
Kid Facts - Blast from the past: Dance - Objectless Composition - Rodchenko
