Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Byzantine Art
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| San Vitale, ground plan |
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| San Vitale, Ravenna |
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| San Vitale, Emperor Justinian and his retinue |
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| Empress Theodora and attendants (mosaic from San Vitale, 6th century) |
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| San Vitale, iterior |
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| San Vitale detail |
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| Hagia Sophia |
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| Hagia Sophia interior |
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| St. Sophia ( Hagia Sophia) detail |
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Late Byzantine Art
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| The Veroli Casket, ivory, 10c |
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| David playing the harp, Paris Psalter, 10 c. |
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| Harbaville Triptych, Middle leaf, top panel: Deesis, Christ, Mary and John the Baptist |
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| St Mark's Basilica in Venice |
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| St Mark's Basilica in Venice, detail |
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| St Mark's Basilica in Venice, where imported Byzantine mosaicists were succeeded by Italians they had trained |
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| Helios in his chariot, surrounded by symbols of the months and of the zodiac. From Vat. Gr. 1291, the "Handy Tables" |
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| Chora Church, Constantinople |
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| "White Angel" from the Mileseve Monastery fresco (1222-1224) |
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