Byzantine art

A mosaic () is a pattern or image made of small regular or irregular pieces of colored stone, glass or ceramic, held in place by plaster/mortar, and covering a surface. Mosaics are often used as floor and wall decoration, and were particularly popular in the Ancient Roman world.

art of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire

11th-century Byzantine monastery in Greece

church converted to mosque in Turkey

coronation crown in the Kingdom of Hungary

11th-century monastery on the island of Chios, Greece

cathedral in Italy

Byzantine-style minor basilica in Ravenna, Italy

former church, at present a mosque and museum in Istanbul

royal chapel in Palermo, Sicily

thumb|Icon of the Deesis – St. Catherine's Monastery Sinai, 12th century thumb| Great Deesis with Prophets; 16th century; Walters Art Museum In Byzantine art, and in later Eastern Orthodox iconography generally, the Deësis or Deisis (, ; , "prayer" or "supplication") is a traditional iconic representation of Christ in Majesty or Christ Pantocrator: enthroned, carrying a book, and flanked by the Virgin Mary and St. John the Baptist, and sometimes other saints and angels. Mary and John, and any other figures, are shown facing towards Christ with their hands raised in supplication on behalf of h

title for the Virgin Mary and a 15th century icon

Byzantine empire cultural movement during the reign of the Macedonian dynasty

medieval church in Rome

type of depiction of the Virgin Mary in icons in which the infant Jesus Christ is nestled against her cheek

cultural interaction in Medieval Sicily

Christian image of Christ seated on a throne as ruler of the world, often surrounded by other Christian figures

altar in the Basilica di San Marco, Venice

Byzantine crown

Period in Byzantine art

thumb|250px|The empty throne with cushion, crux gemmata and cloth, flanked by Saints Peter and Paul. [[Arian Baptistery, Ravenna, early 6th century.]]

large ceremonial silver dish

sacred art that uses mosaic in places of worship, between the 6th and 15th centuries in the Byzantine Empire

period of Byzantine art

silver-gilt metalwork in the Met

thumb|The , Diocesan Museum, Bamberg The '''''' () is a Byzantine silk tapestry which represents the triumphal return of a Byzantine Emperor from a victorious campaign. The piece was purchased, or possibly received as a gift, by Gunther von Bamberg, Bishop of Bamberg, during his 1064–65 pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Gunther died on his return journey, and was buried with it in the Bamberg Cathedral. The fabric was rediscovered in 1830, and is now exhibited in the Bamberg Diocesan Museum.

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thumb|Example in Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. Nicopeia (sometimes transliterated Nikopoia, Nikopea or Nikopeia; literally 'bringer of victory', from ) is a title of the Virgin Mary and a type of icon in Byzantine art showing Mary frontally, seated on a throne and holding the Christ Child in her arms. A conceptually similar idea in the Western Church is Our Lady of Victory. It is similar to the Theotokos Kyriotissa (enthroned Madonna) and the Tuscan 'Maestà'.

artifacts found in Castana, Bulgaria

museum in Greece

processional cross and reliquary of the True Cross

preservation organization for Byzantine art USA

icon of Christ the King of Kings flanked by Mary and John the Baptist

manuscript

Byzantine-era pagan tapestry in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection

11th-12th-century Slavic reliquary cross made of gold

reliquary in Limburg an der Lahn, Hesse, Germany

illumination of manuscripts across the Byzantine Empire

metal and glass-working tradition