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Byzantine Art and Architecture Buildings, monuments, icons, mosaics, and other treasures of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Early Christian and Medieval and Romanesque and Byzantine Architecture Between 373 and 500 A.D., European architecture moved from the rectangular basilica forms to the classically inspired Byzantine style. Heavier, stocky Romanesque architecture, with rounded arches and other Roman features, became popular between 700 a
Butrint An online visit to Butrint, city of mosaics
Suggested Reading for Byzantine Studies - Art and Architecture Useful and informative books about Byzantine history, art, militaria and more.
Ephesus Ephesus was an Ionian colony in western Turkey, first occupied in the 10th century and continuously occupied through Roman times.
Going to Byzantium: art and spirituality converge in the Met's dazzling exhibit of Byzantine art."
One of the largest, most demanding exhibitions I have ever seen, the Metropolitan Museum of Art's "Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261-1557)," ......(Continue Reading) Mending the breach: with the title "Poetic Justice," the latest Istanbul Biennial signaled its interest in reconciling self-expression and politics. For
At first, glance, the title of the eighth Istanbul Biennial, "Poetic Justice," seemed to be one of those open-ended, important-sounding phrases that ......(Continue Reading)Art imitates architecture: the Saint Philip reliquary in Renaissance Florence
Public ritual in late medieval and Renaissance Florence was largely dependent on the cults of the city's patron saints, relics, and sacred images. (1) ......(Continue Reading)Wild volumes: inside Taschen's startling new store - Architecture
LEAVE IT TO BENEDIKT TASCHEN to toss aside the rules for how bookstores ought to look. The former comic book king has upset publishing by printing mass ......(Continue Reading)Greek Fire - architecture awards - Brief Article
The Hellenic Institute of Architecture's first national awards demonstrated a powerful range of talent, little known to the rest of the world, and even ......(Continue Reading)
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