eribosot#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.
Jack the Waterlogged Count@eribosot Do we know who are the figures depicted in the "worldly" level of the setting? Kings? Apostles? Other saints or local art patrons?