Byzantine Art
Characteristics
Mosaic of Justinian
Basilica of San Vitale
Virgin and child between saints theodore and george
Sources
byzantine art
CHARACTERISTICS
St. Francis Altarpiece 1235
Hagia Sophia clerestory
The Martydom of Saint Lawrence at Galla Placidia
CHARACTERISTICS:
Figures
displayed centrally, with little emotion, floating and the frontal side
almost
always shown
Translated church
theology
into artistic terms, religious expression
Focus on the apse, half domed alcove on the front of the church
Central-Plan style for churches dominated
Use of mosaics to decorate surfaces
Clerestory, windows at high levels to bring in light
Vaults, arches, and domes
Apse of a basilica
Chancel Vault at San Vitale
Central-Plan style
North wall mosaics Sant' Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna
Christ as the good shepherd from Galla Placidia