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Constantinople, Byzantine Empire
The best mosaics created by the Byzantine Empire are in
its capital Constantinople. And the most famous of them
are them are the surviving Byzantine mosaics in the
churches of Hagia Sophia and Chora. Here we find on the
walls the images of Christ, Virgin Mary, John the Baptist,
St. John Chrysostom, the Byzantine Emperors
Constantine IX and John II, and Byzantine Empresses Zoe
and Irene. Beginning with the reign of Emperor Basil I the
Macedonian in 867, during the so-called "Macedonian
Renaissance" in the 9th and 10th centuries, the Empire's
military situation improved, new churches were again
commissioned, and the Byzantine church mosaic style
became standardised (of which the Chora Church in
Constantinople is the finest extant example).The
importance of these mosaics is even greater when one
considers the fact that it is Byzantine art that made
possible the birth of the Renaissance in Western
its capital Constantinople. And the most famous of them
are them are the surviving Byzantine mosaics in the
churches of Hagia Sophia and Chora. Here we find on the
walls the images of Christ, Virgin Mary, John the Baptist,
St. John Chrysostom, the Byzantine Emperors
Constantine IX and John II, and Byzantine Empresses Zoe
and Irene. Beginning with the reign of Emperor Basil I the
Macedonian in 867, during the so-called "Macedonian
Renaissance" in the 9th and 10th centuries, the Empire's
military situation improved, new churches were again
commissioned, and the Byzantine church mosaic style
became standardised (of which the Chora Church in
Constantinople is the finest extant example).The
importance of these mosaics is even greater when one
considers the fact that it is Byzantine art that made
possible the birth of the Renaissance in Western
Reconstruction of the largest ancient building, the
church of Hagia Sophia in Byzantine capital of
Constantinople (from www.byzantium1200.com)
church of Hagia Sophia in Byzantine capital of
Constantinople (from www.byzantium1200.com)
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Virgin Mary and child Jesus with Byzantine Emperor John II and Empress Irene
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M106
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M106
Child Jesus Christ detail
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107A
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107A
Virgin Mary and child Jesus detal
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107
Virgin Mary detail
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107B
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107B
Byzantine Emperor John II
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107D
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107D
Byzantine Empress Irene
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107C
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107C
Byzantine Empress Irene detail
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107E
Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Item No. M107E
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Europe. In architecture, the church of Hagia Sophia which housed these mosaic masterpieces was itself
an architectural masterpiece, a building of superior scale and magnificence to anything in the ancient
world. We are proud to offer for the first time to the modern admirer reproductions of these masterpieces.
an architectural masterpiece, a building of superior scale and magnificence to anything in the ancient
world. We are proud to offer for the first time to the modern admirer reproductions of these masterpieces.
