Such objects, often in valuable materials, were also the main sculptural traditions (as far as is known) of the barbaric civilizations of the Migration period, as seen in the objects found in the 6th-century burial treasure at Sutton Hoo, and the jewellery of Scythian art and the hybrid Christian and animal style productions of Insular art.
Kontrast k navedenemu je slaven prikaz na Konstantinovem slavoloku iz leta 315 v Rimu, ki združuje odseke v novem slogu z rondelami v polnem grško-rimskem slogu in "Štirje Tetrarhi" (okoli 305), iz novega glavnega mesta Carigrad, ki je zdaj v Benetkah.