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Pages in category "Byzantine sculpture" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Carmagnola (Venice)
Byzantine art comprises the body of artistic products of the Eastern Roman Empire, [1] as well as the nations and states that inherited culturally from the empire. Though the empire itself emerged from the decline of western Rome and lasted until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, [2] the start date of the Byzantine period is rather clearer in art history than in political history, if still ...
The mosaics in the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem show the influence of Byzantine designs. Some Western art historians have dismissed or overlooked Byzantine art in general. For example, the deeply influential painter and historian Giorgio Vasari defined the Renaissance as a rejection of "that clumsy Greek style" ("quella greca goffa maniera"). [20]
Pages in category "Byzantine art" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Most examples of this architectural style and many of the other older Byzantine styles only survive on the outskirts of the Byzantine world, as most significant and ancient churches and buildings were in Asia Minor. During World War I, almost all churches that ended up within the Turkish borders were destroyed or converted into mosques.
Macedonian art is the art of the Macedonian Renaissance in Byzantine art style. The period in which the art was produced, the Macedonian Renaissance, followed the end of the Byzantine iconoclasm era lasting from 867-1056, concluding with the fall of the Macedonian dynasty .
The panel is the largest single piece of carved Byzantine ivory that survives, [1] at 42.9 × 14.3 cm (16 7/8 × 5 5/8 in). [2] It is, along with the Barberini ivory , one of two important surviving 6th-century Byzantine ivories attributed to the imperial workshops of Constantinople under Justinian, [ 3 ] although the attribution is mostly ...
It is generally agreed that the throne was carved in the Greek East of the Byzantine Empire and shipped to Ravenna, but there has long been scholarly debate over whether it was made in Constantinople or Alexandria. [4] [5] [6] The style of the throne is a mixture of Early Christian art and that of the First Golden Age of Byzantine art.