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Byzantine Art and Architecture Buildings, monuments, icons, mosaics, and other treasures of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Suggested Reading for Byzantine Studies - Art and Architecture Useful and informative books about Byzantine history, art, militaria and more.
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
Suggested Reading for Byzantine Studies - Religion Useful and informative books about Byzantine history, art, militaria and more.
The Forgotten Empire - Suggested Reading Useful and informative books about Byzantine history, art, militaria and more.
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) 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)Art under the Arch - revitalized art scene in St. Louis, Missouri
New and revitalized institutions, along with world-class architecture and public sculpture, are adding punch to the St. Louis art scene. In considering ......(Continue Reading)BETTER TO LIGHT A CANDLE - Bare churches, cold hearts - Catholic church art and architecture - Brief Article
Last week, at our Altar-Rosary Society meeting, I made a heartfelt request that we have vigil candles in church for people to light. Olga, a member who grew up in an Eastern Catholic church, agreed...(Continue Reading)The Museum of Modern Art reopens on 20 November after being closed for over two years. Its new galleries, designed by Yoshio Taniguchi, are a triumph:
On 20 November, after two and a half years of closure, New York's Museum of Modern Art re-opens with three additional new buildings, all by Yoshio Taniguchi, ......(Continue Reading)
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