Byzantium

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Byzantium

• Part 2

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7. Byzantine Art

• Themes
• Christian influence

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7. Byzantine Art

• Roman floor mosaic

• Byzantine Mosaic
• (SantApollinare Nuovo)

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7. Byzantine Art
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7. Byzantine Art

• Influence from oriental Art (Persian, Islamic)
  vibrant colors (glass mosaics) and intricate
  decoration.

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7. Byzantine art

• Pantocrator representations
• of Jesus as an emperor
• (ruler of the world)

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8. Byzantine Architecture

• Hagia Sophia (532-537)
• Commissioned by Justinian (reconstruction)
• Seat of the Orthodox Church
• Dome with use of pendentives

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8. Byzantine Architecture

• Hagia Sophia

• Pantheon (Rome)

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8. Byzantine Architecture

• Pendentives
• Floorplan Greek cross or octagonal

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9. Byzantine mosaics

• Justinian and his Courtiers Theodora and her
  attendants
• (San Vitale, Ravenna, 547)

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9. Byzantine Mosaics
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9. Byzantine Mosaics
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9. Byzantine mosaics

• Images showing the religious devotion of the
  donors

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10. Continuity of Byzantine Art

• 6th century

• 12th cent. 20th cent.

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10. Continuity of Byzantine Art

• 12th cent. Hagia Sophia

• 20th century