A Brief History of Byzantine Art Essay

Byzantine Art important graphical DocumentSt.marks basilica, Venice italypicfour co-emperor ruling plan called The TetrarchypicCupola at the transept interbreedingpicThe most famous of the surviving Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople the image of delivery boy Pantocrator on the walls of the upper southern gallery picMiniatures of the 6th-century Rabula Gospeldisplay the more abstract and emblematic nature of Byzantine art. picFrescoes in Nerezi near Skopje (1164), with their unique blend of lofty tragedy, gentle humanity, and homespun realism, anticipate the approach of Giotto and other proto-Renaissance Italian artists. pic flicker from an ivory diptych ofAreobindus Dagalaiphus Areobindus, consul in Constantinople, 506. Areobindus is shown above, presiding everywhere the games in the Hippodrome, depicted beneath. picMosaic from San Vitale in Ravenna, showing the Emperor Justinian and Bishop Maximian of Ravenna surrounded by clerics and soldiers picMosaic from the church of Hagios Demetrios inThessaloniki, slowly 7th or early 8th century, showingSt. Demetrios with donors picHelios in his chariot, surrounded by symbols of the months and of the zodiac. From Vat. Gr. 1291, the Handy Tables of Ptolemy, produced during the reign of Constantine V. picAn example of Macedonian ivorywork the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, now in the Bode Museum,Berlin picThe Annunciation from Ohrid, one of the most admired icons of the Paleologan Mannerism, bears comparison with the finest present-day(a) works by Italian artists picModern Orthodox mural from Israel use a depiction of the Nativity of Christ little changed in oer a millennium picByzantine Manuscripts (sixth to 15th century)In the Byzantine Empire, another(prenominal) tradition of ms illumination emerged. The most influential characteristics of Byzantine manuscript painting were the abundant use of precious metals, especially bills the filling of bright colors and the use of empty space, often filled with gold leaf, as background. Byzantine illumination was frequently devoted to narrating biblical stories. Styles of characterisation the human figure varied in Byzantine art over the centuries. SarcophagusSt.peterpicThe so-called Gothic chieftain, from the Mosaic Peristyle of the Great Palace of Constantinople picSaint woodpecker mosaic from the Chora ChurchpicA pre-Iconoclastic depiction of St. Demetrios at the Hagios Demetrios Basilica in Thessaloniki. picThe mosaics of St. Marks Basilica in Venicepicmosaic in San Vitale in RavennapicByzantine mosaic in Ravennas Basilica di SantApollinare in Classe picLatin cross planA view of Hagia Sophia, IstanbulpicLocation within joker IstanbulpicInterior view of the Hagia Sophia, showing Islamic elements on the top of the main(prenominal) dome. picStone remains of the basilica ordered by Theodosius II, showing the beloved of God picConstruction of church depicted in codex Manasses archives (14th century) picGroundplan of the Hag ia Sophi