Ravenna Italy, Neonian Baptistery

3D Model

One of the oldest early-Christian monuments in Ravenna, UNESCO World Heritage monument since 1996.

The iconography of the dome is to observe in an ascensional direction, from outside to the centre, with its highest accomplishment in the clypeus.

The most external strip is divided in eight parts, in each of which alternate natural motifs, such as plants and flowers, empty thrones that recall the day of Universal Judgement, and altars on which lays a Gospel.

In the middle strip, on a blue backround, the twelve apostles stands out dressed in tunics and cloaks and divided in two groups, one headed by St. Paul and one by St. Peter. Walking hieratically, swinging, they walk in circle, carrying in their hands —veiled as a sign of obeisance— a laurel wrath, the symbol of triumph.