Symbolic elements were widely used such as forms, hieroglyphics, relative size, location, materials, color, actions and gestures.

Their tombs required the most extensive used of sculpture.

Early sculptures were tensed and stiff, their bodies were hidden within enfolding robes but eventually evolved and showed all points of human anatomy and proportion.

One of the most popular styles was the Hellenistic style, a preference in sculpture for more elaborated patterns, mannered arrangement of figures and groups, and an emphasis on the representation of movement for dramatic effects.

Most sculptures in this period are made of monumental terra-cotta with continuous narrative reliefs around.

The dominant sculpture themes are religious, everyday life scenes, and motifs from nature. Animals were used as symbols while some had acrostic signs that contained a great theological significance.

Some of the famous sculptural pieces are reliquaries, altar frontals, crucifixes, and devotional images.

Small individual works of art were generally made of costly materials for royal and aristocratic patrons.

Figures were given their own particular attitudes instead of being set into particular patterns and are more lively and realistic.

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Figures were given their own particular attitudes instead of being set into particular patterns and are more lively and realistic.

Identify the period to which the given sculpture belongs.

Identify the period to which the given sculpture belongs.

Identify the period to which the given sculpture belongs.