The Marys at Jesus’s TombThis late-fourth-century ivory panel tells the biblical story of Mary Magdalene and another Mary who went to Jesus’s tomb to anoint the body (Matthew 28:1–7). At the top, guards collapse when an angel descends from Heaven; at the bottom, the Marys listen to the angel telling them that Jesus has risen. Here the artist uses Roman artistic styles to convey Christian subject matter, synthesizing classical form and Christian teaching. (Scala/Art Resource, NY)