#Art #ItalianArt #ByzantineArt The apse of the Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe (see yesterday's toot) up close.

#Art #ItalianArt #ByzantineArt Apse of the Basilica di Sant'Apollinare in Classe, 549 CE. The top of the apse represents an eye, with the blue circle as the iris and a small face of Christ in the middle of the cross as a pupil.

#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInterior Interior shot of a cave in Cappadocia showing Byzantine art painted on the walls and decorative carvings into the walls. #EastCoastKin #Cappadocia #Turkey #CavePainting #RockinTuesday #ByzantineArt

#Art #ItalianArt #ByzantineArt Detail of mosaic in Neonian Baptistery, Ravenna, Italy

#Art #ItalianArt #ByzantineArt Mosaic of another saint in the Neonian Baptistery, Ravenna, Italy

#Art #ItalianArt #ByzantineArt Mosaic of a saint or apostle, Neonian Baptistery, Ravenna, Italy

#Art #ItalianArt #ByzantineArt Ceiling mosaic in the Neonian Baptistery (also called Orthodox Baptistery), Ravenna, Italy. Like the Arian Baptistery I tooted yesterday, this ceiling also shows John the Baptist baptizing Christ while observed by the personified Jordan river, the picture surrounded by the twelve apostles.

#Art #ItalianArt #ByzantineArt Ceiling mosaic of the Arian Baptistery (that's Arian with an "i," not with a "y"), Ravenna, Italy. The baptistery was erected by Theoderic the Great, late 5th-early 6th century CE. It shows the scene of Christ being baptized by John the Baptist, surrounded by the twelve apostles. Note the figure to Christ's left, who is a personification of the river Jordan. Also note that Jesus is adult, naked and beardless, a rare combination in later medieval art.

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#Art #ItalianArt #ByzantineArt Mosaic at Basilica Sant'Apollinare Nuovo, Ravenna, Italy. At far left is Jesus Christ, across the wall is a procession of male saints.