Byzantine ivory art had almost always the same artistic theme. Pictures from significant religious events of christianity. |
Ivory was a precious material that was used by Byzantine artists up to the 7th century when the empire started to gradually decline. |
A triptych. A three part case like picture which closes and consists of three parts. |
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Mother Mary crowns a Byzantine emperor |
The early Byzantine artwork shows that Eastern influences that would be obvious in Byzantine iconography were still nonexistent. |
Ivory artwork was also used for decoration of wealthy Byzantine houses |
Ivory sculpture that shows Jesus' life. |
Roman statues were more detailed and bigger than their greek counterparts. Roman investments on art and abundance of money were the key factors. |
Two peacocks drinking from a spring |
There were many warrior saints in Christendom and most of them were deeply revered. |
Early Byzantine sculpture was almost similar to Roman sculpture. |
A sculpture that shows an event at the Byzantine hippodrome |
A bust of a Byzantine emperor. |
Early Byzantine emperors were depicted in sculptures just like their older Roman emperors of the past. |
A sculpture that shows a scene of the apocalypse. |
A sculpture that shows the patriarch of the Medici family. The famous bankers of Medieval Florence. |
Byzantine currency showed mostly the emperor who was the head of the state most of the times with jesus christ on his side. |
Byzantine currency circulated all around the Mediterranean especially until the age of Emperor Justinian. |
Perseus. The last king of Macedon before the Roman conquest. |
Olympias, The mother of Alexander the Great |
Philip the father of Alexander the Great. |
Alexander the Great. |
Emperor Leo II |
Emperor Basiliscus |
Emperor Alexander of the Byzantine empire |
Emperor Constantine VII |
Emperor John Tzimiskes |
Emperor Constantine VIII |
Emperor Michael V (Kalaphates) |
Empress Theodora |
One of the most famous coins of ancient Greece. The Athenean drachma with the owl. Nowadays the Greek 1 euro coin shows the same owl. |