In 1990, excavations of an ancient monastery in the Negev Desert of southern Israel revealed a sprawling mosaic dating back ...

94 1/2 x 88 5/8 inches (© RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, NY; photo by Hervé Lewandowski) For Eastern Christians, particularly the Greek and Russian Orthodox, the Byzantine Empire has become ...

A portrait of the final Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palailogos, has been discovered by archaeologists in Greece. The portrait was found on a mid-15th century fresco uncovered at a monastery ...

In 1453, the Ottomans seized Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire and the life of its last emperor, Constantine ...

An art historian explains the controversies in the Byzantine Empire over images of Christ. (The Conversation) — An adjunct lecturer at Hamline University recently lost her job for showing an ...

As the Byzantine Empire grew increasingly irrelevant as a ... Africa & Byzantium continues through March 3 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. www.metmuseum.org. NEW YORK — A curious ...

A pair of 1,500-year-old lady's sandals with a message in Greek was discovered during a dig in Constantinople, today's ...

The empire was halved, with its richest territories ... it did succeed in opening up Byzantine art and culture to different influences and traditions. “Iconoclasm had also challenged the ...

A less frequently discussed aspect of this painting is the significant influence of Byzantine art on Klimt’s work, particularly visible through the use of mosaics and iconography. This article ...

It was likely created in Constantinople (now Istanbul), the capital of the Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire. On one face of the coin is a depiction of Jesus, holding a Bible.