Byzantine art is rich in symbolism, often used to convey religious and spiritual messages. Klimt adopted this symbolic approach in “The Kiss,” embedding layers of meaning within the painting.

One of only three surviving Byzantine crowns, it depicts a man and two sisters who jointly ruled the empire in the 11th century.

Into the rigid Byzantine forms that had governed Eastern religious art for almost a thousand years, Byzantine artists poured a new warmth drawn from revived classic models.

New York. There’s a bit of misdirection going on with the Byzantine Crypt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Unlike the Temple of Dendur, which is a temple, the Crypt isn’t a crypt but a ...

As a historian of Byzantine art familiar with the fierce debates over sacred images in the 8th and 9th centuries, I consider Miller’s statement a challenge to how students might study religious ...

The new Byzantine department is obliged by French heritage law to play a critical role in advice and expertise, particularly for the art market. Its remit covers Byzantine and Eastern art from the ...

Installation view of ‘Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt’ featuring Michael Aschenbrenner’s ‘Damaged Bone Series’ (1990).

Crime-solving techniques applied to a medieval illuminated manuscript in Paris may have solved a centuries-old puzzle - the true identity of a leading Byzantine painter who injected humanity into ...

Let's pause to consider the value of Byzantine art and how its music and iconography have such great spiritual significance. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Describing the ...