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  2. Byzantine mosaics - Wikipedia

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    The mosaics in the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem show the influence of Byzantine designs. Some Western art historians have dismissed or overlooked Byzantine art in general. For example, the deeply influential painter and historian Giorgio Vasari defined the Renaissance as a rejection of "that clumsy Greek style" ("quella greca goffa maniera"). [20]

  3. Byzantine Fresco Chapel - Wikipedia

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    Church within a Museum; the glass and wood chapel that housed the only intact Byzantine frescoes in the Western hemisphere. The 4,000-square-foot (370 m 2) $4 million building was designed by architect François de Menil. The interior combines rough stone, opaque glass, and rich woods, to create a space that is both art museum and spiritual ...

  4. Byzantine art - Wikipedia

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    Byzantine art comprises the body of artistic products of the Eastern Roman Empire, [1] as well as the nations and states that inherited culturally from the empire. Though the empire itself emerged from the decline of western Rome and lasted until the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, [2] the start date of the Byzantine period is rather clearer in art history than in political history, if still ...

  5. Category:Byzantine art - Wikipedia

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  6. Byzantine illuminated manuscripts - Wikipedia

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    In total there are 14 images throughout the psalter. Byzantine illuminated manuscripts were produced across the Byzantine Empire, some in monasteries but others in imperial or commercial workshops. Religious images or icons were made in Byzantine art in many different media: mosaics, paintings, small statues and illuminated manuscripts. [1]

  7. Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

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    The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in North America [2] and is also the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C. [3] [4] [a] Its construction of Byzantine and Romanesque Revival architecture began on 23 September 1920.

  8. Byzantine Institute of America - Wikipedia

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    The Byzantine Institute of America is an organization founded for the preservation of Byzantine art and architecture.

  9. Coptic art - Wikipedia

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    Coptic art is the Christian art of the Byzantine-Greco-Roman Egypt and of Coptic Christian Churches. Coptic art is best known for its wall-paintings, textiles, illuminated manuscripts, and metalwork, much of which survives in monasteries and churches. The artwork is often functional, as little distinction was drawn between artistry and ...

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