Remember that time in 1164 when Jesus had a rack? Good times. #ByzantineArt (Monastery of Saint Pantaleon)
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Remember that time in 1164 when Jesus had a rack? Good times. #ByzantineArt (Monastery of Saint Pantaleon)
The mosaics of Monreale Cathedral shine with strong Byzantine influence. Crafted by Greek artists in the 12th century, they use shimmering gold backgrounds, iconic frontal figures, and expressive eyes to tell Biblical stories.
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#Monreale #ByzantineArt
December 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The mosaics of Monreale Cathedral shine with strong Byzantine influence. Crafted by Greek artists in the 12th century, they use shimmering gold backgrounds, iconic frontal figures, and expressive eyes to tell Biblical stories.
#Monreale #ByzantineArt
#Monreale #ByzantineArt
Icon with Saint Demetrios
Byzantine, 950–1000
Saint Demetrios stands armed with spear and shield, protector of the faithful. Martyred in Thessalonike, he became the city’s patron saint.
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Byzantine, 950–1000
Saint Demetrios stands armed with spear and shield, protector of the faithful. Martyred in Thessalonike, he became the city’s patron saint.
📷 Metropolitan Museum of Art
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December 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Icon with Saint Demetrios
Byzantine, 950–1000
Saint Demetrios stands armed with spear and shield, protector of the faithful. Martyred in Thessalonike, he became the city’s patron saint.
📷 Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Byzantine, 950–1000
Saint Demetrios stands armed with spear and shield, protector of the faithful. Martyred in Thessalonike, he became the city’s patron saint.
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#ByzantineArt #Icon #SaintDemetrios #MedievalArt
Circular Box (Pyxis) with the Women at Jesus’ Tomb
Byzantine, 6th century
Ivory pyxis showing the women at Christ’s empty tomb (Gospel of Luke 24:1–10). Figures appear in prayer as censers approach a domed structure with curtains.
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Byzantine, 6th century
Ivory pyxis showing the women at Christ’s empty tomb (Gospel of Luke 24:1–10). Figures appear in prayer as censers approach a domed structure with curtains.
📷 Metropolitan Museum of Art
#ByzantineArt #EarlyChristianArt
December 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Circular Box (Pyxis) with the Women at Jesus’ Tomb
Byzantine, 6th century
Ivory pyxis showing the women at Christ’s empty tomb (Gospel of Luke 24:1–10). Figures appear in prayer as censers approach a domed structure with curtains.
📷 Metropolitan Museum of Art
#ByzantineArt #EarlyChristianArt
Byzantine, 6th century
Ivory pyxis showing the women at Christ’s empty tomb (Gospel of Luke 24:1–10). Figures appear in prayer as censers approach a domed structure with curtains.
📷 Metropolitan Museum of Art
#ByzantineArt #EarlyChristianArt
Early Byzantine floor mosaic showing Ktisis, the personification of foundation/creation—an allegory linking architecture, prosperity, and order. Byzantine, 500–550 CE
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📷The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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December 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Early Byzantine floor mosaic showing Ktisis, the personification of foundation/creation—an allegory linking architecture, prosperity, and order. Byzantine, 500–550 CE
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#ByzantineArt #Mosaic #LateAntiquity #ArtHistory
📷The Metropolitan Museum of Art
#ByzantineArt #Mosaic #LateAntiquity #ArtHistory
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The Ladder of Divine
Ascent is a late-12th-century Christian icon in the monastery of Saint Catherine, located at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt.
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The Ladder of Divine
Ascent is a late-12th-century Christian icon in the monastery of Saint Catherine, located at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt.
ChristianArt #ByzantineArt
December 17, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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The Ladder of Divine
Ascent is a late-12th-century Christian icon in the monastery of Saint Catherine, located at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt.
ChristianArt #ByzantineArt
The Ladder of Divine
Ascent is a late-12th-century Christian icon in the monastery of Saint Catherine, located at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt.
ChristianArt #ByzantineArt
A view of the altar of Basilica San Marco, Venice. The Palo D'Oro (Golden Panel) sits at the altar decorated with precious stones.The high altar holds the relics of St. Mark. A combination of Venetian and Byzantine art.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A view of the altar of Basilica San Marco, Venice. The Palo D'Oro (Golden Panel) sits at the altar decorated with precious stones.The high altar holds the relics of St. Mark. A combination of Venetian and Byzantine art.
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#italy
#travelphotography
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#byzantineart
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#history
#byzantineart
St.John The Baptist Icon from Hilandar
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Saint John the Baptist Icon – Hilandar, 14th Century Byzantine Art | ArtAddict Gallery
14th century Saint John the Baptist icon. This Byzantine masterpiece reflects the intersection of ascetic devotion and theological symbolism.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
St.John The Baptist Icon from Hilandar
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November 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A 6th-century mosaic depicts 22 virgin martyrs. Here: Cecilia, Eulalia, Agnes (with her lamb), Agatha & Pelagia. Each are crowned for martyrdom and divided by palm trees representing resurrection
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October 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A 6th-century mosaic depicts 22 virgin martyrs. Here: Cecilia, Eulalia, Agnes (with her lamb), Agatha & Pelagia. Each are crowned for martyrdom and divided by palm trees representing resurrection
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Golden Manuscript Cover — a lavish gift from Ivan the Terrible to the Cathedral of the Annunciation, 1571 A.D.
Gold, topaz, tourmaline, and sapphire shimmer in sacred splendor. #ArtHistory #RussianIcons #ByzantineArt
Gold, topaz, tourmaline, and sapphire shimmer in sacred splendor. #ArtHistory #RussianIcons #ByzantineArt
October 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Golden Manuscript Cover — a lavish gift from Ivan the Terrible to the Cathedral of the Annunciation, 1571 A.D.
Gold, topaz, tourmaline, and sapphire shimmer in sacred splendor. #ArtHistory #RussianIcons #ByzantineArt
Gold, topaz, tourmaline, and sapphire shimmer in sacred splendor. #ArtHistory #RussianIcons #ByzantineArt
Byzantine mosaics were created between the 4th and 15th centuries under the Byzantine Empire.
They developed from Roman and Hellenistic traditions, but artists made key technical advances that turned mosaics into a major form of religious and imperial art.
#ByzantineArt #Mosaic #ArtHistory
They developed from Roman and Hellenistic traditions, but artists made key technical advances that turned mosaics into a major form of religious and imperial art.
#ByzantineArt #Mosaic #ArtHistory
October 26, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Byzantine mosaics were created between the 4th and 15th centuries under the Byzantine Empire.
They developed from Roman and Hellenistic traditions, but artists made key technical advances that turned mosaics into a major form of religious and imperial art.
#ByzantineArt #Mosaic #ArtHistory
They developed from Roman and Hellenistic traditions, but artists made key technical advances that turned mosaics into a major form of religious and imperial art.
#ByzantineArt #Mosaic #ArtHistory
🕊️ The Battistero Neoniano (Orthodox Baptistery) in Ravenna is a 5th-century octagonal masterpiece, famed for its shimmering Byzantine mosaics. Crafted from irregular tesserae, they mark a shift from naturalism to radiant gold backgrounds.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🕊️ The Battistero Neoniano (Orthodox Baptistery) in Ravenna is a 5th-century octagonal masterpiece, famed for its shimmering Byzantine mosaics. Crafted from irregular tesserae, they mark a shift from naturalism to radiant gold backgrounds.
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Stars that never fade.
The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna — a night sky built for eternity.
#Ravenna #ByzantineArt #Mosaics #UNESCO
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The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna — a night sky built for eternity.
#Ravenna #ByzantineArt #Mosaics #UNESCO
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October 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Stars that never fade.
The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna — a night sky built for eternity.
#Ravenna #ByzantineArt #Mosaics #UNESCO
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The Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna — a night sky built for eternity.
#Ravenna #ByzantineArt #Mosaics #UNESCO
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Empress Theodora, consort of Justinian I, in mosaic at San Vitale, Ravenna (c. 547 CE).
Crowned, haloed, and holding the Eucharistic chalice — power and piety rendered in gold tesserae.
#Theodora #ByzantineArt #Ravenna #SanVitale #ArtHistory
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Crowned, haloed, and holding the Eucharistic chalice — power and piety rendered in gold tesserae.
#Theodora #ByzantineArt #Ravenna #SanVitale #ArtHistory
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October 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Empress Theodora, consort of Justinian I, in mosaic at San Vitale, Ravenna (c. 547 CE).
Crowned, haloed, and holding the Eucharistic chalice — power and piety rendered in gold tesserae.
#Theodora #ByzantineArt #Ravenna #SanVitale #ArtHistory
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Crowned, haloed, and holding the Eucharistic chalice — power and piety rendered in gold tesserae.
#Theodora #ByzantineArt #Ravenna #SanVitale #ArtHistory
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The presbytery of San Vitale glows with 6th-century mosaics — vines, angels, and prophets spiraling toward heaven
#Ravenna #ByzantineArt
#Ravenna #ByzantineArt
October 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The presbytery of San Vitale glows with 6th-century mosaics — vines, angels, and prophets spiraling toward heaven
#Ravenna #ByzantineArt
#Ravenna #ByzantineArt
✨ The Apse Mosaic of San Vitale, Ravenna ✨
The mosaic shows Christ the Pantocrator, seated on a blue globe of the universe, flanked by Saint Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius.
#Ravenna #Mosaics #ByzantineArt #SanVitale #ArtHistory #Italy
The mosaic shows Christ the Pantocrator, seated on a blue globe of the universe, flanked by Saint Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius.
#Ravenna #Mosaics #ByzantineArt #SanVitale #ArtHistory #Italy
October 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
✨ The Apse Mosaic of San Vitale, Ravenna ✨
The mosaic shows Christ the Pantocrator, seated on a blue globe of the universe, flanked by Saint Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius.
#Ravenna #Mosaics #ByzantineArt #SanVitale #ArtHistory #Italy
The mosaic shows Christ the Pantocrator, seated on a blue globe of the universe, flanked by Saint Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius.
#Ravenna #Mosaics #ByzantineArt #SanVitale #ArtHistory #Italy
✨ Dome of San Vitale ✨
Byzantine brilliance in Ravenna: a 6th-c. vision of Christ, angels & paradise swirling above. Built under Justinian, this dome still lifts the gaze heavenward. 🌟
#Ravenna #SanVitale #ByzantineArt #Mosaics #UNESCO
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Byzantine brilliance in Ravenna: a 6th-c. vision of Christ, angels & paradise swirling above. Built under Justinian, this dome still lifts the gaze heavenward. 🌟
#Ravenna #SanVitale #ByzantineArt #Mosaics #UNESCO
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October 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
✨ Dome of San Vitale ✨
Byzantine brilliance in Ravenna: a 6th-c. vision of Christ, angels & paradise swirling above. Built under Justinian, this dome still lifts the gaze heavenward. 🌟
#Ravenna #SanVitale #ByzantineArt #Mosaics #UNESCO
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Byzantine brilliance in Ravenna: a 6th-c. vision of Christ, angels & paradise swirling above. Built under Justinian, this dome still lifts the gaze heavenward. 🌟
#Ravenna #SanVitale #ByzantineArt #Mosaics #UNESCO
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The Three Magi in Ravenna
At the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, the stunning 6th-century mosaics show the Wise Men—Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar—wearing exotic patterned garments, bringing gifts to the Virgin and Child. 🌟
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At the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, the stunning 6th-century mosaics show the Wise Men—Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar—wearing exotic patterned garments, bringing gifts to the Virgin and Child. 🌟
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#Ravenna #Mosaics #ByzantineArt
October 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
The Three Magi in Ravenna
At the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, the stunning 6th-century mosaics show the Wise Men—Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar—wearing exotic patterned garments, bringing gifts to the Virgin and Child. 🌟
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#Ravenna #Mosaics #ByzantineArt
At the Basilica of Sant’Apollinare Nuovo, the stunning 6th-century mosaics show the Wise Men—Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar—wearing exotic patterned garments, bringing gifts to the Virgin and Child. 🌟
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#Ravenna #Mosaics #ByzantineArt
A detail from the Ciborium of Saint Demetrius in Thessaloniki — a living masterpiece of Byzantine art. The empire lasted over 1,100 years, and its devotion, symbolism, and craftsmanship still shine today. #ByzantineArt #Thessaloniki
August 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A detail from the Ciborium of Saint Demetrius in Thessaloniki — a living masterpiece of Byzantine art. The empire lasted over 1,100 years, and its devotion, symbolism, and craftsmanship still shine today. #ByzantineArt #Thessaloniki
Palatine Chapel: A blend of Byzantine, Norman, and Arab art. #PalatineChapel #Palermo #Sicily #ArtHistory #ByzantineArt #NormanArchitecture #ArabInfluence #TravelItaly #CulturalHeritage
July 18, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Palatine Chapel: A blend of Byzantine, Norman, and Arab art. #PalatineChapel #Palermo #Sicily #ArtHistory #ByzantineArt #NormanArchitecture #ArabInfluence #TravelItaly #CulturalHeritage
Byzantine mosaics in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo. These intricate artworks tell stories of faith and power, blending Eastern and Western styles. #ByzantineArt #Palermo
July 11, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Byzantine mosaics in the Palatine Chapel, Palermo. These intricate artworks tell stories of faith and power, blending Eastern and Western styles. #ByzantineArt #Palermo