The Hagia Sophia mosaics are unique and represent the ultimate example of Byzantine craftsmanship. They are the only surviving examples of Byzantine mosaics from such a lengthy time period. They cover ...

Art Deco may be hard to define, but you know it when you see it. Its architecture is at once angular—associated with shapes ...

Albany native Justin Willson has accepted a position as assistant professor of Medieval Worlds in the Department of the History of Art at Yale University. Willson currently works as curator at the ...

Asnu Bilban Yalcin, a Byzantine art historian, told Reuters that the works ‘open an important page in the book of Hagia Sophia’. Preserving the building’s iconic dome is the most critical ...

The process will be difficult and will "open an important page in the book of Hagia Sophia," said Asnu Bilban Yalcin, a Byzantine art historian, adding that restoration of other parts of the ...

Timur D’Vatz can be said to be a timeless traveller of symbolism and mythology. The UK-based artist of Uzbek origin intertwines ancient mythology, Byzantine art and medieval tapestries, turning them ...

In Byzantium, we find a foundation of our culture. Schisms between Eastern and Western Christianity notwithstanding, Byzantine art, architecture, philosophy and theology are woven into the very ...

RAVENNA is the world’s chief repository of early Byzantine art, surpassing even Istanbul, the capital of Byzantium. The ancient churches and chapels of the sleepy Italian town (pop. 35,000 ...

Constantinos Vafiadis, a professor of Byzantine art in Athens who was not involved in the studies, said he found merit in the nickname theory and Astrapas link, even though it appeared more than ...

M. Fedyuk, a Ukrainian art scholar, described Kondzelevych’s work as representing the consummate fusion of the ornate Byzantine style with the humanism of the Western European Renaissance.

Though little is known about him personally, it’s believed that a trip to Spain in 1864 sparked his fascination with medieval art. By the late 19th century, his collection had grown to include 43 ...