Picturing salvation — Chora’s brilliant Byzantine mosaics and frescos

by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

Chora Church (Kariye Müzesi), Istanbul, renovated c. 1315 – 1321

Smarthistory images for teaching and learning:

View of Chora from cafe across the street

Moses and the Burning Bush

Last Judgment, with psychostasia (weighing of souls)

Dome with Virgin and Child surrounded by angels

Angel with soul

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

stone work, inner narthex

Meeting of Joachim and Anna, inner nathex

Joachim and Anna hold Mary, inner nathex

Mary's first seven steps, inner nathex

Theodore Metokhites offering Chora to Christ, inner narthex

Theodore Metokhites offering Chora to Christ, inner narthex

More Smarthistory images…

Cite this page as: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Picturing salvation — Chora’s brilliant Byzantine mosaics and frescos," in Smarthistory, May 22, 2020, accessed August 10, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/picturing-salvation/.