A growing economy and increased patronage produced important new works of art and architecture following the Iconoclastic period.
843–1204
A growing economy and increased patronage produced important new works of art and architecture following the Iconoclastic period.
843–1204
The Middle Byzantine period spans from the end of Iconoclasm in 843 to the sack of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204.
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The Byzantines kept adding mosaics to Hagia Sophia for centuries after it was first built, reflecting recent controversies, monetary donations, and even imperial marriages.
These fantastic beasts, heroes, and pseudo-texts show that not all Byzantine art was sacred.
Elisabeth Yota surveys some of the evidence for the production of illuminated manuscripts outside of the imperial capital of Constantinople
Byzantine book illumination was at its most ambitious and innovative in the decorated psalters produced between the 9th and 11th centuries
Kathleen Maxwell describes some of the remarkable illuminated copies of the Gospels to be found in the British Library’s collections.
This ivory triptych was an object of prayer and a vision of paradise for Byzantine viewers following iconoclasm
You've heard of Byzantium's golden mosaics, but what about its dramatic frescoes?
Byzantium was more than just churches; exlpore homes, cities, and fortifications from the Middle Byzantine era.
How did Byzantine architecture differ throughout the empire and beyond its borders?
Explore groundbreaking new architecture like the cross-in-square church.
These glittering mosaics offered Byzantine worshippers a vision of God in the heavens, sacred history, and the saints.
fresco, mosaic, and marble threatened by a rising sea and the salt it leaves behind
Roger Shimomura
Superman makes an appearance in what looks (at first sight) like a Japanese print.