The exquisite Be’er Shema mosaic, one of the most beautiful examples of Byzantine monastery art ever discovered in Israel, is ...

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

At Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC, having pored over a group of Byzantine textiles from the 4th to 12th centuries with curator Elizabeth Dospel Williams, I took away this general rule for non ...

Studies of Byzantine art commonly focus on a particular medium ... high from low culture. This is no easy task, and the audiors accomplish it admirably. By juxtaposing - both visually and conceptually ...

Since then each fragmentary restoration has added new proof of the power and achievement of Byzantine religious art between the 4th and 15th centuries A.D. Five years ago a task force financed by ...

Hadjinicolau says that “from a graphological point of view it is easy to compare these comments ... and we have never before seen him defend Byzantine art in such a vehement way”.

During this period, Byzantine art flourished in many areas no longer ruled by the emperor. The scale of the exhibition is vast and somewhat disorienting—in keeping with the subject. Led by the ...