Byzantine empire aesthetic

The accession of Emperor Michael VIII to Constantinople.

Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna (2024) – A sort of ‘Little Constantinople’ for its wealth of early Christian and Byzantine art, Ravenna is known for its tagline ‘City of Mosaics,’ but surprisingly isn’t all that well-known. Its golden age spanned from the 5th to 8th centuries, a bridge between ancient and medieval worlds, beginning with a stint as the final capital of the Western Roman Empire, toppled right here. In the days of Germanic rule that followed, it was capital of Theoderic's…

“Antonietta aka 'Antonio' Brandeis (Italian 1848–1926) used a male name to achieve recognition. Landscapes and arquitechtonical painter.”

Byzantine architecture was an eclectic architectural style. Its combination of the basilica and symmetrical central-plan...

Image from Istanbul Life.org Like the Colosseum in Rome, the Hippodrome was the social center of Constantinople The Hippodrome of Constantinople was a circus that was the sporting and social centre of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire. Today it is a square named Sultanahmet Meydanı (Sultan Ahmet Square) in the Turkish city of Istanbul, with a few fragments of the original structure surviving. The word hippodrome comes from the Greek hippos, horse, and dromos, path or way. Horse…

About a century before the Byzantine Empire toppled, the signs of its impending demise were already visible — and its destruction was written in trash.

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ArtStation - Byzantine Bazaar

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