🎨Originally painted in the mid-eleventh century under a workshop master from Constantinople, the middle Byzantine frescoes of the Dark Church (Karanlik Kilise) in Göreme (Korama) are the best preserved in Cappadocia. Studies since Spiros Kristoff’s definitive work suggest that at least two other cave churches were painted by the same hand. 🌿Beginning with Palm Sunday - the entry to Jerusalem- celebrated today in Orthodox calendar, the frescoes around the chapel commemorate the key events leading up to the Resurrection. The scenes are a visual calendar of the chronological events of the week ahead and up to the Ascension (with the exception of the raising of Lazarus, yesterday, which I’ve placed after Palm Sunday). 1. Palm Sunday, entry to Jerusalem (today) 2. Raising of Lazarus (yesterday) 3. The Last Supper (Thursday) 4. Th Kiss of Judas (Thursday) 5. The Crucifixion (Friday) 6. The Resurrection (Saturday Eve, Sunday morning) 7. The Ascension and the Benediction of the Apostles 🐣In the Byzantine period, the chapel was dedicated to the Ascension of Christ, celebrated 40 days after Pascha. The fresco of the Ascension is to the right of the main apse and includes two of the benefactors of the church in the scene of the Benediction, the final blessing of the Apostles. #fresco #byzantine #byzantinefresco #byzantineart #middlebyzantine #cavechurch #goreme #cappadocia #churchoftheascension #lastsupper #resurrection #palmsunday #ascension #darkchurch #greekcappadocia #byzantinecappadocia #easter #byzantinechurches #korama #easter2024 #byzantineicon #byzantineiconography #history #crucifixion #asiaminor #anatolia #socialhistory #culturalhistory
Hosios Loukas (Greek: Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς) @Hosios Loukas (Greek: Ὅσιος Λουκᾶς) historic walled monastery, near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece. Founded mid-10th century, the monastery is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art, listed on UNESCO's World Heritage Sites since 1990. @distomo #historicmonastery. #botoeiagreece #middlebyzantine #mid-10thcentury #unescoworldheritagesite #unesco#
Download this image for free at redvilla.tech 👍 S. Paul - from 1025 (Middle Byzantine) #paul #spaul #1025 #byzentine #middlebyzantine #redvilla #redvillatech
The Church of Panagia Kapnikarea is a small Byzantine church in Athens, dating back in its earliest phases to the 11th century. It was probably built on the ruins of an ancient temple, that some have said was dedicated to Athena or Demeter. There is also a legend associating it with the 8th century Empress Irene, or the even earlier Empress Eudocia (Theodosius II), but these remain uncorroborated by the existing remains. The church was, it seems, named after its dedicator, "who introduced the smoking tax (Kapnikaris)". Despite its small size, it seems to have been a bit of a landmark. If you Google the church it shows up in travel diaries from the 19th century and earlier. _________ #byzantinechurch #byzantinechurches #byzantine #byzantineathens #middlebyzantine #byzantinearchitecture #kapnikarea #byzantinestyle #byzantineempire #athenschurch #athensgreece #athens #medievalgreece #medievaleurope #middleages #medievalarchitecture #medievalchurch #medievalchurches #medieval #greece #historyblogger #historyblog #publichistory #canadianbackpacker #2019 #vacation #august
Traslazione del corpo di San Marco - Portale di San Alipio - Basilica di San Marco #venezia #venice #italia #italy #veneto #basilicadisanmarco #traslazionedelcorpodisanmarco #tintoretto #catholichurch #middlebyzantine #romanesque #medievalart
I’ve been procrastinating so here are some of my favorite from last summer. Favorite place in Macedonia, Ohrid 😍 known for once having 365 churches, one for each day of the year, and has been referred to as a "Jerusalem of the Balkans". First one is the most photogenic Church of St John at Kaneo, ca. 13th century. #ohrid #ohridlake #northmacedonia #balken #stjohnchurch #romanempire #byzantine #middlebyzantine #ottomanempire #unesco #unescoworldheritage #flowers #theatre #hellenistic #greektheatre #orthodoxchurch
"Franco-Byzantine" Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Merkada, near Argos. Built in the late 13th century when the region was under Frankish rule. Gorgeous small structure with remains of the original frescoes, reuse of earlier marble reliefs, use of fine contemporaneous ceramic bowls (bacini) as exterior wall decoration. The brick decoration in the upper wall almost looked like pseudo-kufic frieze. Had to phone in advance to make sure it could be opened by "Papa Ioannis". Kids were angels despite 36 degrees heat... #greece #byzantium #middleages #middlebyzantine #franks #crusades #church #dormitionofthevirgin #architecture #argos #bacini
The rock carved “Dark Church” (Karanlik Kilisi) in Cappadocia’s Göreme valley houses some of the best preserved Byzantine frescoes due to the scant light that enters the interior, giving the rock church its modern toponym. Carved into rock formed by lava and volcanic ash, the structure is illuminated by only a narrow skylight, keeping its C11th frescoes well protected from exposure to the elements. The church is dedicated to the Ascension of Christ, celebrated 40 days after Pascha, with a fresco of the Ascension (2) to the right of the main apse. The frescoes include the Entry into Jerusalem (2, centre), the Archangel Michael protecting the benefactors of the church (3, left), Saints Konstantinos and Eleni (3, right) and a beautifully detailed scene of the Last Supper (4). #fresco #byzantine #byzantinefresco #byzantineart #middlebyzantine #cavechurch #goreme #cappadocia #churchoftheascension #lastsupper #konstantinosandeleni #constantineandhelen #ascension #darkchurch #greekcappadocia #byzantinecappadocia #byzantineempire #byzantinechurches #goremeopenairmuseum #archangelmichael #byzantineicon #byzantineiconography #history #historical #asiaminor #anatolia #socialhistory #culturalhistory #historygram
Τῃ Πέμπτῃ της Αναλήψεως ✨ This very badly damaged — yet astonishing — Middle Byzantine ivory casket lid depicts the Holy Ascension of Christ, 40 days after the Crucifixion, which the Orthodox Church* celebrated on Thursday. ⬆️ Inscription: ΕΙΡΗΝΗΝ ΤΗΝ ΕΜΗΝ / ΔΙΔΩΜΙ YMIN ΕΙΡΗΝΗΝ / ΤΗΝ ΕΜΗΝ ΑΦΙΗΜΙ YMIN (@lmwstuttgart) #ascension #himmelfahrt #Ανάληψη #ivory #elfenbein #elfenbeinküste #byzantineart #middlebyzantine #württemberg #stuttgart #landesmuseumwürttemberg #antiquarianism #johannschuckard #byzantinischeepigramme #artoftheday #instaart #museumcollection #badenwürttemberg #40daysand40nights #ciaociao #seeya #himmelfahrtchristi #orthodoxy #auferstehungshoffnung #arthistory
Η Βαϊοφόρος 🌴🐎🌿 Today the Orthodox Church* celebrates the Entry of Christ into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Here, a Middle #Byzantine #mosaic, ca. 1100 CE, at the Monastery of Daphni #palmsunday #byzantineart #daphni #μονήδαφνίου #βαϊοφόρος #middlebyzantine #kidsintrees #rollouttheredcarpet #entryintojerusalem #jerusalem #athens #artoftheday #instaart #museumcollection #medievalart #mosaic #HolyWeek #matthew21 #unesco #unescoworldheritage #unescogreece #dafnimonastery #δωδεκαορτον #Δωδεκάορτο
Holy Week is beginning in (many) Orthodox Churches. This Saturday, the raising of Lazarus from the dead is celebrated. 💀 This scene is depicted in this Byzantine icon with the raising of Lazarus, from Mt. Athos, 12th century CE. Tempera on wood (@byzantineandchristianmuseum BXM 973) #icon #lazarus #raisingoflazarus #byzantineart #mtathos #artoftheday #instaart #middlebyzantine #αγιοςορος #miracle #miracleofchrist #wakeywakey #notdead #byzantineandchristianmuseum #athens #medievalart
I had to go back to the museum room several times to ogle this gold and cloissoné bracelet dating to the 9th or 10th century A.D. It is so pretty and must have looked fantastic when it was new! On exhibition in the Byzantine Museum in Thessaloniki (the museum actually has two, but one was on loan for an exhibition in Napoli). #armbånd #statementjewelry #bracelet #antiquebracelet #cloisonne #cloisonneenamel #cloisonnejewelry #antiquejewelry #antikschmuck #byzantine #byzantinejewelry #thessaloniki #visitgreece #antiquegold #antiquegoldjewellery #enamel #emalje #craftmanship #middlebyzantine #cuff #goldcuff #antiquities #jewelrydesign #goldbracelet #enamelledjewellery
I learned a new and quite fantastic word today: ‘pseudo-sarcophagus’! If you couldn’t quite afford a real sarcophagus carved from one large block of marble, you could mount slabs of marble on a structure made of cheaper material, such as clay or brick, and thus pretend you could afford a real sarcophagus ! I saw several such slabs today in the excellent Byzantine Museum in Thessaloniki, and - pseudo or not - they are really quite beautiful. Here is one with a bird eating grapes, and palmettoes (11.-12. centuries) and a slightly earlier one with a griffin. #sarcophagus #sarcophage #sarkofag #stonecarving #stenhuggeri #relief #stonerelief #middlebyzantine #byzantineart #thessaloniki #stonecutting #palmetto #marmor #marblerelief #museumofbyzantineculture #visitgreece #griffin #byzans #byzantine #middlebyzantine #salonica #greekart #palmette #sculpture
Located on a hillside overlooking majestic rose-coloured valleys and the rock-cut settlement of Çavuşin Village below, the church of St John the Baptist is one of the oldest in Cappadocia. Çavuşin is a small village between Göreme (Γκιόρεμε, also Κόραμα) and Avanos (Άβανος, possibly “Venessa” in ancient times) near Niğde in the province of Nevşehir. Known locally as “Vaftizci Yahya Kilisesi” (St John Church), this is one of the less frequented among Cappodocia’s ancient sites. The hilltop church can only be reached by foot from Çavuşin village, by following a steep and narrow 300 metre path and crossing a shaky wooden footbridge. While the original structure dates to the fifth century, in 965, the single room of the church was extended to create three sections with a basilica consisting of a central nave and side aisles. Today, many of these structures have completely collapsed. Çavuşin was known as Kodessane in the Byzantine period, and up until the Population Exchange of the 1920s, it was a village of Rüm Cappadocian families. Many of their original dwellings are no longer inhabited. With Göreme and Avanos, Çavuşin was part of the Rüm ecclesiastical community of Niğde. There are faded frescoes inside the church that also date to the tenth century, the period of the Byzantine reconquest of Cilicia under the Emperor Nikepheros II. These include a fresco of the Archangels Gabriel and Michael at the entrance, and a scene with the figure of Salome and the death of St John the Baptist. With the Synaxis of St John following Epiphany, the Christmas season has come to an end, and it’s time for us to take down the tree. Wishes to all those celebrating, and a very merry Christmas to my Coptic, Armenian and Orthodox friends who celebrate today🎄🌟🎄✨🎄💫 🌿The Entrance to St John the Baptist, Çavuşin. 🌿Faded frescoes inside the building with the beheading of St John the Baptist. 🌿The facade of the church with Çavuşin village below. 💦 #stjohnthebaptist #stjohn #epiphany #theophany #twelvedaysofchristmas #fresco #byzantine #byzantinefresco
🌈 ✨ More from the 11th-century Monastery of Daphni, on the outskirts of Athens. #daphni #dafni #μονήδαφνίου #μονη #artoftheday #instaart #cippolinorossomarble #byzantineart #medievalart #greece #athens #instagreece #middlebyzantine #11thcentury #mosaic #mosaici #motherofgod #presentation #judaism #christianity #daphnimonastery #pantokrator #παντοκράτωρ #squinch #crossinsquare
Today, the Orthodox Church* celebrates the Entrance of the Theotokos into the Temple. The scene is depicted in this mosaic from the narthex of the eleventh-century Daphni Monastery — preceding the program of Christ in the naos. Particularly in love with that stone veining behind the rabbi, very suggestive of cipollino rosso or similar marble revetment in Byzantine ecclesiastical interiors. #entranceofthetheotokos #εισοδος #υπεραγιαθεοτοκος #presentationinthetemple #daphni #dafni #μονήδαφνίου #μονη #artoftheday #instaart #cippolinorossomarble #byzantineart #medievalart #greece #athens #instagreece #middlebyzantine #11thcentury #mosaic #mosaici #motherofgod #presentation #judaism #christianity #daphnimonastery #joachim #anna *Orthodox Churches following the revised Julian calendar, i.e. Greek Orthodox.
Middle Byzantine or Islamic gold bead necklace, circa 8thC to 9thC CE. The necklace has seventeen beads composed of gold sheet cut out to form openwork designs embellished by filigree and granulation, some with circles with cruciform motifs and some with circles within circles, round and oval bezels vertically between, now set with turquoise and blue glass, interspersed with turquoise beads; the necklace has been re-strung with a modern hook-and-loop closure. Source : Stonefinder on Pinterest . #beadsocietygb #middlebyzantine #islamic #goldbeads #filigreegoldbeads #granulatedgoldbeads #preciousmetalbeads #turquoisebeads #semipreciousbeads #ancientbeads #collectiblebeads #historyofbeads
Byzantine Athens. Specifically, the "Middle Byzantine" period, when the medieval "Romans" temporarily rebounded from the opening centuries of civil war and conquest that followed the Arab invasions of the 7th and 8th centuries. Athens saw a number of small churches built in a style characteristic of this period. These survive fairly well, unlike some of the later medieval material cleared out by early archaeologists looking for remnants of the ancient city. _________________ #byzantineempire #byzantinegreece #byzantineathens #byzantinechurch #middlebyzantine #medievalgreece #medievalathens #medievaleurope #medievalworld #middleages #medieval #byzantine #medievalchurches #medievalchurch #medievalarchitecture #byzantinestyle #byzantinearchitecture #athensgreece #athenscity #athens #greece #greek #historyblog #historyblogger #publichistory #canadianbackpacker
It's #Leo season! 🦁 ♌️ #SwipeRight to enjoy these fierce #lions from our #Byzantine collections: 1️⃣ Bezel with Crouching Lion Greek, Archaic Period, ca. 660-480 BCE late 6th century BCE 1.4 cm x 1.9 cm (9/16 in. x 3/4 in.) carnelian BZ.1947.6 2️⃣ Textile with Lions and Square Grid Byzantine 14th century 20.6 cm x 25.7 cm (8 1/8 in. x 10 1/8 in.) silk BZ.1933.45 3️⃣ Levon I, Silver, Tram, Sis, 1199-1226, BZC.2015.022. . . . . . #Lion #Lions #LeoSeason #Leo♌️ #LeoSeason️♌️ #MiddleByzantine #EarlyByzantine #ByzantineArt #Byzantium #ByzantineEmpire #6thCentury #14thCentury #Art #ArtDaily #Gemstone #Carnelian #Textile #TextileArt #Numismatics #MetalArt #Artstagram #Armenian #DumbartonOaksMuseum #DumbartonOaks #FreeInDC #DCMuseum
as if floating in midair (but it’s not) / ivory diptych leaf with a jeweled cross and bust of an emperor, mid-900s, Middle Byzantine / Dumbarton Oaks (BZ.1937.18) #middlebyzantine #byzantineart #byzantine #ivory #dumbartonoaks
Monastery of Hosios Loukas Check out a new video of Hosios Loukas on YouTube https://youtu.be/T98pFwiUbm0 #monastery #medieval #byzantine #middlebyzantine #mosaics #art #architecture #greece
The Greek city of Byzantion was re-dedicated as Constantinople #OnThisDay in the year 330 CE by Roman emperor Constantine I, in which the capital of the Empire shifted from its historic seat in Rome. This event is anachronistically referred to in the late 10th- or early 11th-century CE mosaic in the vestibule of Hagia Sophia, in which Constantine and Justinian (dressed as Middle Byzantine emperors) respectively present miniature versions of the city and the church to the Mother of God. This photo was from my last time in Istanbul; I look forward to returning. #may11 #11may330 #hagiasophia #ayasofia #mosaic #mosaics #mosaici #constantinople #istanbul #byzantion #byzantium #byzantine #middlebyzantine #artoftheday #instaart #medievalart #byzantineart #medievalworld #istanbulnotconstantinople #justinian #theotokos #motherofgod
Repertoires and representations depicting Sts. Constantine and Helen with the cross. The representation of “The True Cross flanked by Sts. Constantine and Helen” dates to the Middle Byzantine period. While portraits of the emperor and his mother were made in the Early Byzantine period, it was not until the post-iconoclastic ninth century that the image of the pair with the cross began to appear frequently. Natalia Teteriatnikov identifies two repertoires: the first shows the saints holding the cross, while the second is an altered representation that was used on church vaults with the saints displayed on either side of the vault with a medallion enclosing the cross in their hands. The first representation is recognisable in contemporary icons. It can be seen in the first two images here: the first, a tenth century fresco from the Göreme cave church “Yilanli Kilise” in Cappadocia, and the second a thirteenth century fresco from the Church of St Nikolaos at Maza, Crete. The second representation, a fresco with a vault in the middle (third image) is from the Church of St John (Ayvali Kilise) in Güllüdure, Cappadocia. Photo Credits 1. Yilanli Kilise, Cappadocia. Photo Daphne Haour-Hidalgo, Travelling Cam. 2. Church of Agios Nikolaos, Maza, Crete. Photo Peter Webscott, Wordscene. 3. Ayvali (St John) Kilise, Cappadocia. Photo Daphne Haour-Hidalgo, Travelling Cam. #fresco #byzantine #byzantinefresco #byzantineart #middlebyzantine #cavechurch #goreme #cappadocia #crete #κωνσταντινουκαιελενης #konstantinosandeleni #constantineandhelen #eleni #constantine #greekcappadocia #byzantinecappadocia #byzantineempire #byzantinechurches #goremeopenairmuseum #byzantinecavalry #byzantineicon #byzantineiconography #history #historical #asiaminor #anatolia #socialhistory #culturalhistory #historygram
Monastery of Hosios Loukas, 1025. Hosios Loukas Monastery, Distomo, Greece. #byzantinemosaics #middlebyzantine #byzantine #arthistory #fresk #byzantinemosaics #fresk #ravenna #constantinople #fresco
Baptism, 1056. Nea Moni of Chios, Greece. #middlebyzantine #byzantinemosaics #byzantine #arthistory #fresk #byzantinemosaics #fresk #ravenna #constantinople
Beni Takip Eden Karanlıkta Yürümeyecek, Yaşam Işığına Sahip Olacak. He That Followeth Me Shall Not Walk in Darkness, but Shall Have the Light of Life, 1025. Hosios Loukas Monastery, Distomo, Greece. #byzantinemosaics #middlebyzantine #byzantine #arthistory #fresk #byzantinemosaics #fresk #ravenna #constantinople
The Byzantine cave churches of Göreme (Γκιόρεμε/Κόραμα) near Ürgüp (Προκόπιο/Προκόπι) in the Nevşehir Province. The cave churches and their frescos date from the ninth to the twelfth centuries. The photograph, taken by photographer Jane Laroche in 1960, has a handwritten description in French on the back which notes that more than 3,000 churches had been counted in this valley alone. The Greek name for Göreme is Gioreme (Γκιόρεμε), from the Ancient Greek name of the area, Korama (Κόραμα). In the Byzantine period the area was known as Matiani or Matiana (Ματιανή or Μαριανά). The photograph is in the collection of the SALT Archives in Istanbul. #cavechurch #byzantine #byzantinefresco #byzantineart #middlebyzantine #chimneyrock #goreme #cappadocia #goremeopenairmuseum #byzantinehistory #byzantinechurch #kapadokya #rockformation #blackandwhitephotography #vintagephoto #byzantinecappadocia #byzantineempire #byzantinechurches #travelintime #vintage #vintagephotography #otherworlds #history #historical #asiaminor #anatolia #socialhistory #culturalhistory #historygram
Virgin and Child Hagia Sophia, 1122. #middlebyzantine #byzantine
Nea Moni Manastırı Saint Mark, 1056 #byzantinemosaics #middlebyzantine
A fresco on the north wall of the late eleventh century Church of Agia Barbara (Barbara Kilise) in Göreme, Cappadocia depicting Sts. George and Theodore on horseback. Financed by the priest Falibon and Leon Marulinus whose names appear on an inscription, the interior of the Agia Barbara cave church is known for the distinctive red lines of the geometric designs that feature on its walls. The earliest identified figures of saints as cavalry figures are those found in the rock churches of Cappadocia, including one I shared in a previous post from Yilanli Kilesi (the so-called “Snake” Church, also sometimes referred to as the Church of St George) at #Gorëme. Dated to the early or middle eleventh century, it is similar to this fresco from the Church of Agia Barbara with the figures of St George and St Theodore on horseback fighting a bicephalous serpent. #fresco #byzantine #byzantinefresco #byzantineart #middlebyzantine #cavechurch #goreme #cappadocia #agiabarbara #agiosgeorgios #agiostheodoros #stTheodore #stgeorge #stbarbara #greekcappadocia #byzantinecappadocia #byzantineempire #byzantinechurches #cavalry #byzantinecavalry #byzantineicon #byzantineiconography #history #historical #asiaminor #anatolia #socialhistory #culturalhistory #historygram
How should we talk about the biography of an art object? Is “biography” even the correct term, as if an artwork has a biological birth, life, death, and afterlife— suggesting that the phase following the moment of creation, and its ultimate removal and recontextualization has less agency? This roundel at @dumbartonoaks, formerly in Venice in the 19th century — and its counterpart, embedded in a wall near Campiello de Ca’ Angaran in Venice — are assumed to come from Constantinople; scholars have suggested the Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos or Alexios I Komnenos (ca. 1110–18 CE) as the depicted figure. While we might assume they were taken by the Venetians in 1204 CE following the Fourth Crusade, Gudrun Bühl has convinced me that one of these could be a Venetian copy of the other. Regardless, they have informed Venetian visual culture with a Byzantine paradigm for centuries, demonstrating that “afterlife” may not be the most apt way to evoke their power. #objectbiography #byzantineart #spolia #venetianart #4thcrusade #johniikomnenos #komneniandynasty #middlebyzantine #medievalart #recontextualization #artoftheday #instaart #veneziadavivere #campiellocaangaran #venice #venezia #mimesis #veneto #pathwaysofportability #museumcollection #dumbartonoaks #loros #pallium #jewels #enamel #superhumeral #bling #scepter #orbiscruciger
Сапоги в византийский комлпект. В праздничном оформлении❤ Boots for Byzantine reenactment, in Valentine's day look❤ #byzantine #byzantinereenactment #byzantinereenactor #medieval #middleages #middlebyzantine #reenactment #kvetunleather #kvetun #handmade #handmadeboots #handmadeshoes #cottonsocks #handknit #legwear #byzance #историческаяреконструкция #историческаяреконструкция #ручнаяработа #кветунь #эпохавикингов #раннеесредневековье #изделияизкожи #средневековьерядом
How should we talk about the biography of an art object? Is “biography” even the correct term, as if an artwork has a biological birth, life, death, and afterlife— suggesting that the phase following the moment of creation, and its ultimate removal and recontextualization has less agency? This roundel embedded in a wall near Campiello de Ca’ Angaran in Venice— and its counterpart, now in @dumbartonoaks — are assumed to come from Constantinople; scholars have suggested the Byzantine Emperor John II Komnenos or Alexios I Komnenos (ca. 1110–18 CE) as the depicted figure. While we might assume they were taken by the Venetians in 1204 CE following the Fourth Crusade, Gudrun Bühl has convinced me that one of these could be a Venetian copy of the other. Regardless, they have informed Venetian visual culture with a Byzantine paradigm for centuries, demonstrating that “afterlife” may not be the most apt way to evoke their power. #objectbiography #byzantineart #spolia #venetianart #4thcrusade #johniikomnenos #komneniandynasty #middlebyzantine #medievalart #recontextualization #artoftheday #instaart #veneziadavivere #campiellocaangaran #venice #venezia #mimesis #veneto #pathwaysofportability
Remembering this Middle Byzantine Fragment of a Processional Cross (ca. 1050 CE), likely made for a monastic community (given that monks adorn one side, including St. Sabas), with remarkable gilt silver and niello inlay (@clevelandmuseumofart 1970.36)💫✨ #metalwork #processionalcross #niello #gold #silver #theotokos #virginmary #byzantine #byzantineart #artoftheday #instaart #gallery #clevelandmuseumofart #museumcollection #stsabas #monasticism #medievalart #middlebyzantine #bling
Remembering this Middle Byzantine Processional Cross dedicated to the Theotokos (ca. 11—12 c. CE), with remarkable gilt silver and niello inlay with gold, from a private collection (on view at @yaleartgallery). 💫✨ #metalwork #processionalcross #niello #gold #silver #theotokos #virginmary #byzantine #byzantineart #artoftheday #instaart #gallery #yaleartgallery #medievalart #middlebyzantine #bling
“No less—indeed much greater—is the power of sight. For surely, having somehow through the outpouring and effluence of the optical rays touched and seen encompassed the object, it too sends the essence of the thing seen on to the mind, letting it be conveyed from there to the memory for the concentration of unfailing knowledge. Has the mind seen? Has it grasped? Has it visualized? Then it has effortlessly transmitted the forms of memory.” —Photios, Homily 17, Holy Saturday, 867 CE (English translation by Cyril Mango) 👁 Today, the Greek Orthodox Church commemorates Photios, 9th-century Patriarch of Constantinople, intellectual and iconophile and patron of the arts, whose Homily above (delivered for the dedication of the apse mosaic depicting the Theotokos and Christ Child in Hagia Sophia) has captivated Byzantine art historians and image theorists since ✨ #photios #photius #patriarch #patriarchofconstantinople #9thcentury #macedoniandynasty #middlebyzantine #imagetheory #vision #medievalvision #theoriesofvision #mosaic #theotokos #byzantineart #hagiasophia #mosaici #homily17 #cyrilmango #visionandmemory #byzantinearchitecture #iconoclasm #medievalart #artoftheday #instaart #medievalromans #easternromans #virginandchild #apse #middleages #istanbul
The “Stroganoff Ivory,” which most specialists place at ca. 950–1025 CE (@clevelandmuseumofart 1925.1293) #famousbyzantineart #ivory #motherofgod #theotokos #μητηρθεου #stroganoff #SergeiGrigoryevichStroganoff #constantinople #middlebyzantine #luxuryart #artoftheday #instaart #medievalart #virginandchild #enthroned #byzantium #easternromanempire #macedoniandynasty #premodernmotherhood
• Virgin and the Child, Tokali Kilise II, Cappadocia, 10th c. • #Cappadocia #tokalıkilise #ByzantineArt #byzantinepainting #middlebyzantine #art
The Church of Saint Nicholas Rangavas is another example of the small Byzantine churches that dot the city of Athens. It dates back to the early 11th century, placing it solidly in the middle Byzantine period in Athenian history. Like many medieval structures, the church incorporates a lot of ancient material. Medieval Athens was dominated by the Acropolis fortress. The contraction of the city that occurred in Late Antiquity seems to have abated by the middle Byzantine period. New residential neighbourhoods spread out in the north and south of the city, but still within the boundaries of the Roman walls. ref. Charalambos Bouras, Byzantine Athens 10th-12th Centuries, Routledge, 2017 . . . ______________________________ #Churchofstnicholas #athenschurches #greekchurch #byzantinechurches #byzantinechurch #byzantinearchitecture #byzantineempire #byzantinegreece #byzantines #byzantine #medievalgreece #medievalathens #middleages #medievaleurope #medievalworld #medievalchurches #medievalchurch #medievalarchitecture #11thcentury #middlebyzantine #athenscity #athensgreece #visitathens #visitgreece #historyblogger #historyblog #publichistory #historyofplaces #canadianbackpacker
ENG/RUS 👇 Day 30, theme Antique What could be more Antique then ancient walls of Chersonesus? Ufff, that all about #fallforcostume2021 Yes I can💪 День 30, тема Antique Что может быть более Антик, чем древние стены Херсонеса? Фотограф: @a_boykov Уф, я шмог #fallforcostume всем спасибо #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье #херсонес
ENG/RUS 👇 Day 28, #fallforcostume2021 Patterns I can say more then only one photo. Too much, to include all in only one publication. Pattern silk is most important symbol of high status and noble in Early Medieval. #rusborg fest with @dr_saalevgen Ух, тема Patterns, и если интерпретировать её как рисунок на ткани, то конечно в один пост вместить все, что для меня узорный шелк невозможно. Ограничусь одним фото с #русборг2020 #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье #русборг
ENG/RUS 👇 #fallforcostume2021 day 27 Romantic I have just understood that we have no fresh photos together 😔 День 27, #fallforcostume тема Романтик Я только что поняла, что у нас совсем нет совместных свежих фото #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье #абалак2017
ENG/RUS 👇 Red 29th day if #fallforcostume2021 is dedicated to this dress, made with madder dyed wool by @stas.volobuev I lost this dress and I still don't find any alternative for it 😭 Красный 29й день #fallforcostume я посвящаю красному шерстяному платью, которое я потеряла и которому не могу найти замены😭 #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье #русборг
ENG/RUS 👇 #fallforcostume2021 day 15, Green My new chiton made with wool by @stas.volobuev and dyed with indigo and buckthorn День Зелёный #fallforcostume Мой новый хитон из шерсти, окрашеной индигой и крушиной #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье #chiton #хитон
#fallforcostume2021 day 24. Shadow 24 день #fallforcostume Тень #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье #детиреконструкторов
#fallforcostume2021 day 23. Light День 23 #fallforcostume Свет #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье
ENG/RUS 👇 #fallforcostume2021 day 19, Pleats What can be more evident then medieval draped clothes?) 19 день #fallforcostume тема Pleats, то бишь "складки" Очевидно, что ответом будет драпировання одежда #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье
ENG/RUS👇 Day 18th of #fallforcostume2021. Accessories I'm showing my jewelry set for my low rank Middle Byzantine costume. It consists common and non expensive silver finger rings, earrings and glass bracelets. That are replicas of byzantine archeological finds, from such places as Corinth, Ephesus or Amorium В качестве Аксессуаров для #fallforcostume показываю набор простых и не дорогих украшений Средней Византии для простонародного костюма версия 1.0 Это распространенные серебряные кольца, серьги и стеклянные браслеты, копии украшений из таких городов как Коринф, Эфес или Аморий #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье #детиреконструкторов
ENG/RUS👇 For Fantazy day 17 of #fallforcostume2021 i wanted to post something sarcastic, but this photo will be better, I think. Photographer: @alya_burzueva Festival: Russkiy Kaganat, Voronezh 2018 Для темы Фантазия 17го дня #fallforcostume я хотела выложить что нибудь саркастичное-злое. Но пусть будет лучше это чудесное фото от @alya_burzueva Фестиваль Русский Каганат 2018 #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье #детиреконструкторов
ENG/RUS 👇 Blade made by @igorrashchektaev according to Bogazköy find of knife Knife theme and 13th day of #fallforcostume2021 Spooky are supported on fourth photo Нож от @igorrashchektaev в соответствии с находкой из Богазкёй Тема ножей и 13го дня #fallforcostume поддержана 4м фото в карусели #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье #knifeblade
ENG/RUS 👇 12th day of #fallforcostume2021 and the theme is big and wide! Hats&Hair I will show my hair-do for different statuses from early 11th to early 12th centuries of Byzantium. Most of them are turbans, that were woven by @annamokusha 12й день #fallforcostume про головные уборы, а тема слишком обширная, чтобы раскрывать её пошире, поэтому даю подборку моих головных уборов для различных статусов 11-12 вв. Византии. В основном это тюрбаны ткачества Мокуши #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье
ENG/RUS 👇 Pink day #11 in #fallforcostume2021 Pink silk cap with linen lining and wool padding. Source: Egypt archeological find of cap 7th century Тема 11го дня #fallforcostume Розовый Шапочка розового шелка, на льняном подкладе и шерстяной набивкой, по находке из Египта 7 века #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье
ENG/RUS👇 Yesterday was 9th day of #fallforcostume2021 and people showed Details. I want to show my golden embroidering for Byzantine silk garment for @schultheisevan. It is amateur but very close to original source: cuffs of Vladimir Yaroslavovich 11th century. Silk and linen base, silk and golden threads. Вчера народ делился Деталями по теме 9го дня #fallforcostume Я хочу показать процесс вышивки "на проем" для византийского шелкового наряда для Эвана. Вышивка моя любительская но близка к оригинальному источнику - манжетам Владимира Ярославовича, 11 в. Основа лен, шелк, шелковые и золотные (не золотые) нити. #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье
ENG/RUS👇 #fallforcostume2021 Glitter theme I want to present you Byzantine glory in my jewelry collection of cloisonne enamels. This things were made by @_byzanta_ and Jyrgen (Donetzk), were photographed in Aya Sophia in 2018th It is almost copies of museum byzatnine artifacts, all made by hands for special order for my high rank costume. Unfortunately it is not still ready. #fallforcostume тема Glitter Поскольку с блёстками у меня пока не складывается, то сияние Византии будет представлено моей небольшой коллекцией перегородчатых эмалей, сделанных по спец заказу Серёжей Еремеевым и Юргеном из Донецка Это копии (почти точные) разных музейных вещей для моего костюма высокого ранга. Для русской тусовки поясняю, что эта идея мне уже разонравилась, и костюм пока не готов. Впрочем, ничего нового😅 #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье
#fallforcostume2021 day 7th. Gothic #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье
ENG/RUS Today is 6th day of #fallforcostume2021 and reenactment of 18th century can celebrates because the theme is ruffles. Early Medieval doesn't recognize ruffles! So I publish some dresses that I made with skirts that have pintuck on the back Here is: Linen dress Pskov/Gnezdovo type (for sale!) Indigo dyed ool and silk kaftan Дн-4 Gnezdovo burial (sold) Madder dyed wool and sheepskin kaftan (sold) Silk Magyar kaftan (sold) Сегодня 6й день #fallforcostume и тема дня ruffles, так что реконструкция 18го века может праздновать:) Раннее средневековье не признает оборок, поэтому читерски публикую вещи со сборкой на юбке, которые я сшила Поликовое платье Псков/Гнездово Кафтан версия Дн4 Гнездово Шуба из овчины на Южную Русь Шелковый кафтан на венгерское Обретение Родины #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье
ENG/RUS 👇 5th day of #fallforcostume2021 challenge, Nature is in center It's is easy and it's difficult. All we do in reenactment is re-make old culture and only culture. As my teachers said: culture is all that is not nature But festivals are going on nature and we can enjoy its pleasure full. Enjoy rainbow on Abalak field 2019 festival (Tobolsk) with me;) 5 день #fallforcostume тема дня Nature то есть природа. Можно интерпретировать тему по разному, я ее приняла буквально и это оказалось и просто и не просто одновременно. Все что мы делаем в реконструкции - это воспроизводим культуры разных эпох. Как меня учили в университете: культура есть все что не природа. Но фестивали проходят на лоне природы и мы можем ей наслаждаться вполне. Ловите радугу на #абалакскоеполе2019 (Тобольск) вместе со мной:) #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье
#fallforcostume2021 day 4 Blue theme ENG/RUS👇 Blue means indigo. In Middle Ages indigo blue textiles played important role for emphasizing high status or wealth. In medieval reenactment blue is very popular colour. Why? It's easy😀 first you sew white dress. Then dye it with madder because white dress cannot be washed after festival season.. then you dye it with indigo because your madder dress cannot be washed after next festival season😅 as I do! One my tunic dyeing history from 2016 to 2018 in carousel What is happened on first photo?) I'm just trying on 100 cubit wide viking trousers!) #fallforcostume тема blue. Я расскажу о синем Синий индиго значим в реконструкции Раннего Средневековья. Дорогой синий индиго везли издалека, синий цвет мог подчёркивать статус владельца или его богатство. Синий так же популярен среди ранятины и вот почему... сначала шьешь такой белое платье себе, потом оно перестаёт отстрирываться и ты его красишь мареной... потом мареновое платье тоже перестаёт отстирываться и ты красишь его индиго, потому что индиго закроет все!😅 одно моё платье с 2016 по 2018год На первой фото я примеряю шаровары в сто локтей) #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье
I gave birth to my baby in June, so festival season galloped past me this year #fallforcostume2021 day 3, theme Last is my last event, that was in August 2020 in Gnezdovo. There were rain, fog, activity, alcohol and gossip. However, nothing new. ZBeautiful forest, legendary place Я родила малышку в июне, поэтому весь сезон фестивалей проскакал прямо... мимо меня. Тема третьего дня #fallforcostume Последний, будет представлена моим последним фестивалем в августе 2020 года в Гнездово. Там был сильный ливень, туман, активности, алкоголь и сплетни. А впрочем, ничего нового:) красивый лес и легендарное место #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековье
#fallforcostume2021 Fisrt theme ENG/RUS👇 I open this theme as my first event in my first "byzatnine" costume in 2009 Jol in Eletz. Unfortunately noone said me that historical reenactment needs historical sources and documents, but the result was fine: white linen undertunic, red wool dalmatica and blue cloak (as i understood maphorion. Wrong). Anyway costume was fine and the event were full of laughing and happiness Тема второго дня #fallforcostume первый. Этот выезд был для меня вторым, но первый раз в "византийском", йоль клуба Копье в Ельце в 2009. Мне к сожалению никто не сказал что требуется паспорт костюма, но результат в целом был неплох. Белая льняная туника, красная суконная далматика и синий плащ, который я неверно интерпретировала как мафорий. Неважно, костюм был вполне удачный и Йоль был весёлый и радостный. #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековьеj
It's time of #fallforcostume2021 and I'm in. Again:) I hope, I will go through it from 1 to 31 this year!! Wish me good luck So, I'm Katya, I'm reenactor of Middle Byzantine from Russia. My family, my work and my hobby are in historical reenactment of Middle Ages, and I'm going to tell you about it with #fallforcostume #reenactment #historicalreenactment #medieval #middleages #byzantine #middlebyzantine #vikings #vikingage #reenactor #reenacting #medievalreenactment #historicalchallenge #historicalcostume #византия #историческаяреконструкция #средневековье #средневековьерядом #раннеесредневековьеj
Daphni Monastery from XI century, built on the foundations of Apollo sanctuary in the outskirts of Athens. Amazing mosaics and architecture. #dafnimonastery #δαφνη #daphnimonastery #attica #byzantine #middlebyzantine #orthodoxchristianity #apollosanctuary
Various closure slabs from the 10th to the 12th century give a sense of how the middle Byzantine period drew on its cultural surrounds from the mythical creatures of classical antiquity to eastern influences from the Arab and Persian worlds. Fantastical creatures and vegetal motifs typically adorned the closure slabs, chancel screens and cornices, showing the ways in which it related to its surrounds as a space between the Latin West and the Muslim East. . . . #Byzantine #byzantineart #middlebyzantine #closureslab #mythicalcreatures #reliefcarving #marble #orthodox #islam #classicalantiquity #easternmediterranean #thessaloniki
• St. Achilles in Prespa • St. Achilles is a three-aisled basilica built on the island of Small Prespa, probably by the Bulgarian tsar Samuel between 985-990, to keep the relics of the bishop of Larissa Achilles. #stachilles #prespa #αγιοςαχιλλειος #byzantinearchitecture #byzantinechurch #basilica #middlebyzantine #byzantineart #bulgarianchurch #tsarsamuel
• Church of the Dormition of the Virgin in Scripou, Orchomenos • The church was built by Protospatharios Leon as a cross-domed basilica in 873/4, based on the information provided by four inscriptions decorating the outer walls of the church. #Σκριπού #Scripou #Orchomenos #Boeotia #byzantinearchitecture #middlebyzantine #church #byzantineart #byzantinemonastery