Shimmering mosaics. Liturgical vestments. Classical sculpture. Elaborate jewelry. Comprising 63 works, “Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium From Greek Collections” is a modestly sized exhibition at the ...

OF ALL, Europeans only the Greeks, and the Balkan peoples under their civilizing influences preserved the art forms, subjects, and principles of medieval Byzantium. Only if we fully appreciate this ...

Five “reimagined” galleries at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts have now opened to expand the display of the museum’s impressive collection of art from the ancient world, fulfilling the longtime vision of ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), is unveiling an ambitious transformation in the George D. and Margo Behrakis Wing for Art of the Ancient World: five reimagined ...

The fine art of mosaic iconography, which has traditionally been widely used in Greek Orthodox churches, has relatively few practitioners in the United States. But, for more than four decades, ...

Medieval Europe was filled with bronze horses, rich mosaics, and magnificent churches. While Rome fell in the West, it lived on through the Middle Ages in the East as the Byzantine Empire. Its capital ...

Archaeologists working in an ancient port city in Israel unearthed a rare, intricate Byzantine mosaic that dates back to the 2nd or 3rd century A.D. It's inscribed with a lengthy message written in ...

The Washington, D.C.-based Museum of the Bible handed over an ancient, handwritten gospel to the Greek Orthodox Church yesterday, the latest move in its ongoing effort to shore up its reputation after ...

Recently I was enchanted by the puzzle game Gorogoa, the debut effort of a single designer and illustrator, Jason Roberts. Released late this month after seven years of development, the game features ...

A Byzantine monastery with a colorful mosaic floor bearing a Greek inscription has been uncovered during work by the Israel Land Authority on a real estate development in Karmey Gat North. “This is ...