Byzantine Style Collection

The military campaigns led by the Byzantine Emperor Leon VI "The Wise"(866-912)
AIS5344072 The military campaigns led by the Byzantine Emperor Leon VI " The Wise" (866-912) against the Bulgarians in 894, miniature from " Synopsis historiarum", c.1126-1150

St Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy
7301595 St Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark aka St Mark's Basilica, Venice, Italy)

The city walls at Fener, built by Theodosius II, 413-447 (photo)
BEN82588 The city walls at Fener, built by Theodosius II, 413-447 (photo); Istanbul, Turkey; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

Christ and the apostles, 8th century (fresco) (detail)
BEN138680 Christ and the apostles, 8th century (fresco) (detail); Santa Sofia, Benevento, Campania, Italy; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

Visitation, c.760 (fresco) (see 138680 & 138686)
BEN138687 Visitation, c.760 (fresco) (see 138680 & 138686); Santa Sofia, Benevento, Campania, Italy; (add.info.: meeting of Mary and Elizabeth;); Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD (litho)
8660922 Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD (litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Entry of the Turks into Baghdad, 1534 AD)

A saint on the front portico of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark
3507222 A saint on the front portico of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark; (add.info.: The Ascension of Christ depicted in a mosaic adorning the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, in Venice, Italy)

Trieste Cathedral. Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator. Italy
7136957 Trieste Cathedral. Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator. Italy.; Cattedrale di San Giusto, Trieste, Italy; © Pascal Deloche/Godong.

Mosaics and marble pavements in the Byzantine style. Chromolithograph by Francis Bedford from Owen Jones' The
FLO4987767 Mosaics and marble pavements in the Byzantine style. Chromolithograph by Francis Bedford from Owen Jones' The Grammar of Ornament, Quaritch, London

St Marks Square
3507221 St Marks Square; (add.info.: statue of a saint on the front portico of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark; Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice, northern Italy)

The Byzantine Empire (litho)
8661309 The Byzantine Empire (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Byzantine Empire)

Greco-Byzantine icon of the Assumption or Dormition of the Virgin, before the 11th century (painting on poplar wood)
8832418 Greco-Byzantine icon of the Assumption or Dormition of the Virgin, before the 11th century (painting on poplar wood)

Portrait of Constantine I Asen Tech, Tsar of Bulgaria from 1257 to his death in 1277, Boyana Church, Sofia, Bulgaria
AIS5361015 Portrait of Constantine I Asen Tech, Tsar of Bulgaria from 1257 to his death in 1277, Boyana Church, Sofia, Bulgaria, 13th century (fresco); Boyana Church, Sofia, Bulgaria; © Iberfoto.

Trieste Cathedral. Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator. Italy
7136956 Trieste Cathedral. Mosaic of Christ Pantocrator. Italy.; Cattedrale di San Giusto, Trieste, Italy; © Pascal Deloche/Godong.

Page from the Paris Psalter (ms. 8824) folio 1: 'Joseph dicet who... ' 10th century Byzantine manuscript
BEN5475058 Page from the Paris Psalter (ms. 8824) folio 1: 'Joseph dicet who... ' 10th century Byzantine manuscript (Macedonian period) Paris, B.N.; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

rene of Athens, Byzantine empress, copperplate engraving from Strahlheim, 1840s (engraving)
UTD4919751 rene of Athens, Byzantine empress, copperplate engraving from Strahlheim, 1840s (engraving); (add.info.: Irene l'Athenienne (vers 752-803) imperatrice byzantine - Irene of Athens

Mosaic depicting St Nicholas, from the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark
3507219 Mosaic depicting St Nicholas, from the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark; (add.info.: Mosaic from the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark; Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice, northern Italy)

Battle of Antioch on the Meander, 1211 (litho)
8664008 Battle of Antioch on the Meander, 1211 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kaykhusraw I, Seljuk Sultan of Rum, fighting Theodore I Laskaris)

Siege of Constantinople by the Turks (litho)
8661156 Siege of Constantinople by the Turks (litho) by Valda, John Harris (1874-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siege of Constantinople by the Turks)

Black and white drawing, Byzantine Christ's head from a 12th century manuscript
7277845 Black and white drawing, Byzantine Christ's head from a 12th century manuscript; Private Collection; (add.info.: Black and white drawing)

Byzantine art: detail of a mosaic representing a fish, one of the first Christian symbols. 4th century AD
AIS5343403 Byzantine art: detail of a mosaic representing a fish, one of the first Christian symbols. 4th century AD..; Euphrasian Basilica, Porec, Croatia; © Iberfoto.

Horses in Bronze
3507224 Horses in Bronze; (add.info.: Horses in Bronze, adorning the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, in Venice, Italy. It is the most famous of the city's churches)

Mosaics inside the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark
3507214 Mosaics inside the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark; (add.info.: Mosaics inside the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark; Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice, northern Italy)

Byzantine women's headdress (litho)
8677399 Byzantine women's headdress (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Byzantine women's headdress)

Siege of Constantinople by the Turks (litho)
8661318 Siege of Constantinople by the Turks (litho) by Valda, John Harris (1874-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: Siege of Constantinople by the Turks)

Belisarius, general of the Byzantine Empire, strategist of the Emperor Justinian
UTD4919506 Belisarius, general of the Byzantine Empire, strategist of the Emperor Justinian, copperplate engraving from Strahlheim

Piazza San Marco in Venice, with the facade of the Basilica of San Marco and the Campanile seen from the Museo Civico
3571005 Piazza San Marco in Venice, with the facade of the Basilica of San Marco and the Campanile seen from the Museo Civico Correr

Byzantine emperor Theophilus defensor of iconoclasm has the saint monk Lazarus (above)
AIS5349608 Byzantine emperor Theophilus defensor of iconoclasm has the saint monk Lazarus (above), an icon painter in Constantinople arrested, 14th century (miniature); Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid

View of the south entrance, begun 1183 (photo)
BEN85064 View of the south entrance, begun 1183 (photo); Church of the Mother of God, Studenica, Serbia; Photo © Raffaello Bencini.

The Fall of Constantinople (litho)
8660709 The Fall of Constantinople (litho) by Dudley, Robert Ambrose (1867-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Fall of Constantinople)

Old monastery of Peloponnese, Greece, Europe

Saint Erasmus, Venetian Byzantine painter, first half of the 4th century (oil on panel)
7062902 Saint Erasmus, Venetian Byzantine painter, first half of the 4th century (oil on panel) by Veneto-Byzantine School; Palazzo Corsini, Gallerie Nazionali Barberini Corsini, Rome

Medusa head in the Yerebatan Sarnici, the sunken cistern or basilica cistern, Sultanahmet district, Istanbul, Turkey
7128907 Medusa head in the Yerebatan Sarnici, the sunken cistern or basilica cistern, Sultanahmet district, Istanbul, Turkey by Byzantine, (5th century); Yerebatan Palace, Istanbul

Medusa head in the Yerebatan Sarnici, the sunken cistern or basilica cistern, Sultanahmet district, Istanbul, Turkey
7128905 Medusa head in the Yerebatan Sarnici, the sunken cistern or basilica cistern, Sultanahmet district, Istanbul, Turkey by Byzantine, (5th century); Yerebatan Palace, Istanbul

Medusa head in the Yerebatan Sarnici, the sunken cistern or basilica cistern, Sultanahmet district, Istanbul, Turkey
7128904 Medusa head in the Yerebatan Sarnici, the sunken cistern or basilica cistern, Sultanahmet district, Istanbul, Turkey by Byzantine, (5th century); Yerebatan Palace, Istanbul

Cappella Palatina, ceiling in Arabic carving, Palazzo dei Normanni also Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
7277457 Cappella Palatina, ceiling in Arabic carving, Palazzo dei Normanni also Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe by Byzantine School, (12th century); Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo

Clothing, fashion, Middle Ages and Byzantium, Europe, 9th-11th century
7278093 Clothing, fashion, Middle Ages and Byzantium, Europe, 9th-11th century by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clothing, fashion, Middle Ages and Byzantium, Europe)

Cappella Palatina, close-up, Palazzo dei Normanni also Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
7277465 Cappella Palatina, close-up, Palazzo dei Normanni also Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe by Byzantine School, (12th century); Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, Sicily

Emperor Justinian and his retinue, 6th century, after a mosaic painting in Ravenna
7278662 Emperor Justinian and his retinue, 6th century, after a mosaic painting in Ravenna by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Emperor Justinian and his retinue)

Nikephoros III Botaneiates, was Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1078 to 1081
7278661 Nikephoros III Botaneiates, was Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 1078 to 1081 by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nikephoros III Botaneiates)

Lombard princesses in 8th century Byzantine costume
7277954 Lombard princesses in 8th century Byzantine costume by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lombard princesses in 8th century Byzantine costume)

Various areas of Byzantine art, painting and architecture
7279491 Various areas of Byzantine art, painting and architecture by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Various areas of Byzantine art, painting and architecture)

Clothing, fashion at the imperial court in Byzantium, 6th century, 3rd from left Emperor Justinian
7278092 Clothing, fashion at the imperial court in Byzantium, 6th century, 3rd from left Emperor Justinian by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clothing)

The Madonna Nicopela, 10th century (enamel)
1749748 The Madonna Nicopela, 10th century (enamel) by Byzantine, (10th century); Museo della Basilica di San Marco, Milan, Italy; (add.info.: Virgin and child, called the Madonna Nicopela)

Cappella Palatina, ceiling in Arabic carving, Palazzo dei Normanni also Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
7277463 Cappella Palatina, ceiling in Arabic carving, Palazzo dei Normanni also Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe by Byzantine School, (12th century); Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo

Assault on Damiette
7279769 Assault on Damiette by Unknown Artist, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Assault on Damiette, Damiette was an important town at the time of the Crusades in the 12th)

Cappella Palatina, close-up, Palazzo dei Normanni also Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
7277456 Cappella Palatina, close-up, Palazzo dei Normanni also Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe by Byzantine School, (12th century); Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, Sicily

Cappella Palatina, close-up, Palazzo dei Normanni also Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe
7277454 Cappella Palatina, close-up, Palazzo dei Normanni also Palazzo Reale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy, Europe by Byzantine School, (12th century); Palazzo dei Normanni, Palermo, Sicily

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"Exploring the Byzantine Style: A Journey through Time and Art" Step into the world of Byzantine art, where history comes alive through intricate mosaics, mesmerizing paintings, and awe-inspiring architecture. The military campaigns led by Emperor Leon VI "The Wise" against the Bulgarians in 894 serve as a testament to the power and influence of this remarkable empire. One cannot help but be captivated by the works of Saint Erasmus, a Venetian Byzantine painter from the early 4th century. His oil-on-panel masterpiece transports us to a time long gone, showcasing his mastery of color and composition. Traveling to Greece's Peloponnese region brings us closer to an ancient monastery that whispers tales of devotion and spirituality. Its weathered walls stand as a reminder of centuries past when monks sought solace within its hallowed halls. Venturing further eastward, we find ourselves in Istanbul, Turkey – once Constantinople – where remnants of Byzantium still grace our presence. The Medusa heads found in Yerebatan Sarnici (the sunken cistern) evoke both fear and fascination with their mythical allure. Hagia Sophia emerges as an architectural marvel that embodies the essence of Byzantine style. Its Deesis mosaics depicting Virgin Mary and John the Baptist transport us back to the 13th century when faith was intricately woven into every aspect of life. Intricate details come alive on mosaic panels portraying Christ himself in Haghia Sophia's upper south gallery. These masterpieces showcase not only artistic skill but also spiritual reverence for one's beliefs. As we conclude our journey through time and art, we are left with a profound appreciation for Byzantine style – its rich heritage preserved within these magnificent creations. Let us continue to cherish these treasures that connect us with our past while inspiring future generations with their timeless beauty.