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Green art conservation methods developed by EU researchers are setting new standards and proving useful far beyond museums, ...
Houston’s Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, one of the largest Greek Orthodox communities in the nation, expects to cover each of its walls with colorful Byzantine iconography by the year 2027, ...
A farmer’s unexpected discovery in Slovakia has revealed a stunning 1,000-year-old crown ...
​A remarkable 1,000-year-old artefact has been discovered at the Fondazione Museo Miniscalchi-Erizzo in Verona, Italy, by Federica Gigante, a historian from the University of Cambridge. It may not ...
A stunning Byzantine-era mosaic has been unveiled to the public for the first time, offering a glimpse into life in the Negev ...
The British painter has dedicated her career to depicting human flesh, especially that of women, with deep empathy.
Starting in 2021, a research team led by Musallam R. al-Rawahneh—an associate professor of archeology and ancient Near East studies at Mutah University—began looking for Tharais. The field project ...
Believed to have been built during Emperor Justinian’s reign (527-565 A.D.), the tile art piece is the oldest ... with architecture in Byzantine churches was also found, further affirming the site’s ...
Daphni’s mosaic designers worked at a time when Byzantine artists, moving away from elongated and stylized forms, turned for suave beauty and expert molding to the long-ignored classic Greek models.
Schisms between Eastern and Western Christianity notwithstanding, Byzantine art, architecture, philosophy and theology are woven into the very fabric of Western history.
Next up in our Art Deco Centenary series we spotlight Hildreth Meière, a key muralist whose legacy was eclipsed by her better-known male contemporaries.