BYZANTIUM 527-1453 CE

Byzantine Empire by 565 CE

Byzantine, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul), 532-537

Byzantine, Hagia Sophia, 532-37; Byzantine, Hagia Sophia, floorplan 532-37

www. ontarioarchitecture. com/ pendis500 www.ontarioarchitecture.com/ pendis500.jpg pendentive: A spherical triangle which acts as a transition between a circular dome and a square base on which the dome is set. squinch: An arch, or a system of concentrically wider and gradually projecting arches, placed at the corners of a square base to act as the transition to a circular dome placed on the base. squinch: An arch, or a system of concentrically wider and gradually projecting arches, placed at the corners of a square base to act as the transition to a circular dome placed on the base.

. squinch: An arch, or a system of concentrically wider and gradually projecting arches, placed at the corners of a square base to act as the transition to a circular dome placed on the base. squinch: An arch, or a system of concentrically wider and gradually projecting arches, placed at the corners of a square base to act as the transition to a circular dome placed on the base.

San. Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 CE

Ravenna, Italy

San. Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 CE

Santa Sabina vs San Vitale Santa Sabina c 422-423 CE vs San. Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 CE Santa Sabina vs San Vitale

Santa Costanza vs San Vitale Santa Constanza 4th century vs San. Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 CE Santa Costanza vs San Vitale

San. Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 CE

Byzantine, interior of S. Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 CE

Medieval, Carolingian pd, Palatine Chapel of Charlemagne, 792; Byzantine, interior of S. Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 CE

Christ between the angels Justinian and Attendants Choir and apse interior of S. Vitale, Ravenna, 526-47 CE

Byzantine, Justinian and Attendants mosaic, S. Vitale, Ravenna, 630s

Byzantine, Theodora and Attendants fresco, S. Vitale, Ravenna

Byzantine, Apse Mosaic in Sant' Apollinare in Classe, 549

Byzantine, Apse Mosaic in Sant' Apollinare in Classe, 549 and Byzantine, Christ the Good Shepherd mosaic, Galla Placidia Mausoleum in Ravenna, about 425

Byzantine, Virgin and Child Enthroned w Saints Theodore and George and Angels, early 6 or 7 century

Byzantine, detail, Virgin and Child Enthroned w Saints Theodore and George and Angels, early 6 or 7 century

Byzantine, St Mark's Cathedral, Venice,

Quincunx Plan Geometric pattern; 5 coplaner points-4 forming a square with 5th at center QUINCUNX plan---typical of many Byzantine churches: Greek cross inscribed within a square, with a dome in the middle.

Byzantine, Pantacrator Christ apse mosaic, Monreale, Sicily,Italy 1180-1190

Byzantine, Virgin and child icon,11-12c

Whew!!!-the end

Byzantine, Christ the Good Shepherd mosaic, Galla Placidia Mausoleum in Ravenna, about 450

80 years difference between L & R

Miracle of the Loaves and Fishes mosaic, Sant’ Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, c504

Russian Orthodox, The Church of the Protecting Veil of the Mo; Russian Orthodox, The Cathedral of Christ the Redeemer, Mosco

Byzantine, St. Basil's in Moscow, 1554-60

Enthroned Madonna

Cimabue, Madonna Enthroned, 1280-90, Late Gothic; Giotto, Madonna Enthroned, 1310