Byzantine art had a significant impact on the Italian Renaissance and the evolution of the cultural boom of the early modern ages.
The course aims to foster discussions revolving around art, architecture, and ideas, focusing on key philosophers, theologians, and theoreticians, such as Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Pseudo-Dionysius, ...
Joseph Alchermes' main research interests range from the Roman and Early Christian world to the art and architecture of the Byzantine Empire with links to western Europe. He teaches a comparably broad ...
In addition to protecting Europe from eastern invasions, maintaining Greek and Roman languages, producing fine art with distinctive ... with monumental architecture, immense wealth, and great wealth.
Life in Greece and in the Byzantine Empire as a whole is a fascinating chapter of human history that not many pay attention ...
"The mosaic discovered in Kiryat Gat is one of the most unique ever found in Israel," said Mark Avrahami, Head of Artistic ...
The textbooks say the Byzantine Empire was a theocratic autocracy uniting ... denying the accusation of caesaropapism and celebrating Byzantine art and culture, but no one has gone as far as ...
Byzantine and medieval art, architecture, ritual, materiality, cross-cultural exchange, icons and their modern receptions, and digital and public humanities. Evan Freeman studies art and ritual of the ...
A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery ...