1. Byzantine Art William V. Ganis, PhD 2.   3. Byzantine Art Byzantine art  is the term commonly used to describe the artistic products of the  Byzantine Empire  from…

Slide 1The Mosaics of the Madaba Plateau of Jordan The beautiful "Swan" Mosaic in the Mosaic Museum in Madaba Most of the mosaics of Transjordan date from between…

1.Byzantine Art 2. • Byzantine Empire was born out of the remains of the Roman Empire and continued to have the same elements of the Roman classical tradition, but in a…

1.  2. In 323 Emperor Constantine moved the capitol of the Roman Empire to Byzantium.  It was then renamed Constantinople.  The Eastern part of the empire developed differently…

Byzantium Becomes the New Rome Byzantium Becomes the New Rome Chapter 11:1 Main Idea: Constantinople ruled an eastern empire that survived for over a thousand years Why it…

1. The Age of Iconoclasm711 – 857 A.D. 2. The First IconoclastsIreneCharlemagneKrumThe Return of IconoclasmTheophilusThe Images Restored 3. While the…

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Slide 1THE COMMONWEALTH OF BYZANTIUM Slide 2 Main Topics I. The early Byzantine empire II. Byzantine economy and society III. Classical heritage and Orthodox Christianity…

Slide 1 Chapter 10 Slide 2 Slide 3  Great location  Constantinople=capital in 340 C.E. (kept name until controlled by Ottoman Turks in 1453 C.E. when it was renamed…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Slide 3 Slide 4 The Sacrifice of Isaac c. 1100 stone capital Cathedral, Jaca (Aragón) Romanesque Slide 5 Abraham and Isaac 1200-1210 north transept Chartres…