These potraits represent a break and a continuation of the past because in the Ravenna potrait one of the men has a glowing circle over his head. This glowing circle shows that he has the Holy Spirit within him telling him how to live his life and what to do. In that potrait you can also see a book which could represent the Bible or another holy book that they followed. The people in this picture also had robes on resembling holy men or priests. In the other potrait, the Fayum potraits, you could see a headress that a mummy would wear and the boy who that belonged to. This represents ancient Egyptian religion and how they would preserve the bodies so that Ka could come and take their souls to the afterlife.
Citations: "File:Meister Von San Vitale in Ravenna 003.jpg -." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 14 Mar. 2010.
"Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt | Past Exhibitions | The Metropolitan Museum of Art." The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Metmuseum.org. Web. 14 Mar. 2010.
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