Byzantine Empire & Islam

Byzantine ArtRome in the East

Hagia SophiaAthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

Constantinople (modern Istanbul), Turkey

532-537

Justinian as World Conqueror

Barberini ivory

Mid 6th Century

1’ 1.5” x 10.5”

Louvre, Paris, France

San VitaleRavenna, Italy

526- 547 CE

Justinian, Bishop Maximianus, and Attendants

547 CE

Theodora and Attendants

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child Between Saints Theodore and George

● Encaustic on wood● 6th or 7th century● 2’3” x 1’7 ⅜”● Monastery of Saint Catherine,

Mount Sinai, Egypt● Icons/Iconoclasm

Christ as Pantokrator Dome Mosaic

1090-1100 CE

Church of the Dormition,

Daphni, Greece

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child,Icon (Vladimir Virgin)

Tempera on wood

Early 12th century

2’ 6½” x 1’ 9”

Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Christ as Savior of Souls, iconTempera, linen, silver, on wood

From the church of St. Clement

Early 14th century

3’ ¼” x 2’ 2½”

Ohrid, Macedonia

Islamic Art (mostly architecture,really)

Dome of the RockJerusalem

687-692

Great Mosque of Córdoba

Mosque of Selim IISinan

1568-1575 CE

Edirne, Turkey