Chapter 8: Byzantine Art

Question 1

Answer 1

David battling Goliath
Constantinople, Turkey (Byzantine Art)
629-630 CE
Silver

Question 2

Answer 2

Church of Hagia Sophia, Constantinople
Anthemius of Trailes and Isidorus of Miletus
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
532-537 CE

Question 3

Answer 3

Interior of the Church of Hagia Sophia
Anthemius of Trailes and Isidorus of Miletus
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
532-537 CE

Question 4

Answer 4

Plan and Isometric Drawing of the Church of Hagia Sophia
Anthemius of Trailes and Isidorus of Miletus
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
532-537 CE

Question 5

Answer 5

Squinches

Question 6

Answer 6

Pendentives

Question 7

Answer 7

Church of San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy (Byzantine Art)
547 CE

Question 8

Answer 8

Plan and Cutaway Drawing of the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (Byzantine Art)
547 CE

Question 9

Answer 9

Christ Enthroned, Flanked by Angels, St. Vitales, and Bishop Ecclesius
Church of San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy (Byzantine Art)
547 CE
Mosaic

Question 10

Answer 10

Emperor Justinian and His Attendants, North Wall of the Apse
Church of San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy (Byzantine Art)
547 CE
Mosaic

Question 11

Answer 11

Empress Theodora and Her Attendants, South Wall of the Apse
Church of San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy (Byzantine Art)
547 CE
Mosaic

Question 12

Answer 12

The Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai
Mount Sinai, Egypt (Byzantine Art)
Patronage Emperor Justinian
548-566 CE

Question 13

Answer 13

The Transfiguration of Christ
Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai
Mount Sinai, Egypt (Byzantine Art)
Patronage Emperor Justinian
565 CE
Mosaic

Question 14

Answer 14

Archangel Michael
Panel of Diptych
Court Workshop at Constantinople
(Byzantine Art)
early 6th Century CE
Ivory

Question 15

Answer 15

Rebecca at the Well
page from Codex
Syria or Palestine
(Byzantine Art)
early 6th Century CE
Tempera, gold, and silver paint on purple-dyed vellum

Question 16

Answer 16

Virgin and Child with Saints and Angels
Monastery of St. Catherine, Sinai
Mount Sinai, Egypt (Byzantine Art)
second half of 6th century CE
Encaustic on wood

Question 17

Answer 17

Crucifixion and Iconoclasts
Chludov Psalter
(Byzantine Art)
mid 9th century CE
Tempera on vellum

Question 18

Answer 18

Virgin and Child in the Apse of Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia
Constantinople (Instanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
867 CE
Mosaic

Question 19

Answer 19

Monastery Churches at Hosios Loukas, Stiris
Stiris, Greece (Byzantine Art)
Left (Katholikon) early 11th century CE, church of the Theotokos late 10th century CE

Question 20

Answer 20

Plan of the Monastery at Hosios Loukas
Stiris, Greece (Byzantine Art)
Left (Katholikon) early 11th century CE, church of the Theotokos late 10th century CE

Question 21

Answer 21

Central Domed Space and Apse (The Naos), Katholikon
Stiris, Greece (Byzantine Art)
Left (Katholikon) early 11th century CE, church of the Theotokos late 10th century CE

Question 22

Answer 22

Interior, Cathedral of Santa Sophia, Kiev
Orant Virgin and communion of the Apostles
Kiev, Ukraine (Byzantine Art)
1037-1046 CE
Mosaics

Question 23

Answer 23

Christ Pantokrator with Scenes From the Life of Christ
Church of the Dormition
Daphni, Greece (Byzantine Art)
1100 CE
Mosaic

Question 24

Answer 24

Crucixion
Church of the Dormition
Daphni, Greece (Byzantine Art)
1100 CE
Mosaic

Question 25

Answer 25

Lamentation with Standing Monastic Saints Below
Monastery of St. Panteleimon
Skopje, Macedonia (Byzantine Art)
1164 CE
Fresco

Question 26

Answer 26

Interior of the Cathedral of St. Mark
Venice, Italy (Byzantine Art)
1063 CE

Question 27

Answer 27

Plan of the Cathedral of St. Mark
Venice, Italy (Byzantine Art)
1063 CE

Question 28

Answer 28

Front of the Harbaville Triptych
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
mid 10th Century CE
Ivory

Question 29

Answer 29

Back of the Harbaville Triptych
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
mid 10th Century CE
Ivory

Question 30

Answer 30

Christ Crowning Emperor Romanos II and Empress Eudokia
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
945-949 CE
ivory

Question 31

Answer 31

David Composing the Psalms
Page from the Paris Psalter
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
950 CE
Paint and gold on Vellum

Question 32

Answer 32

Virgin of Vladimir
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
12th Century CE
Tempera on panel

Question 33

Answer 33

Icon of St. Michael the Archangel
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
In Cathedral of St. Mark in Venice, Italy
12th Century CE
Silver Gilt on wood, cloisonne enamels, gemstones

Question 34

Answer 34

Funerary Chapel (Parekklesion)
Church of the Monastery of the Christ in Chora
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
1315-1321 CE

Question 35

Answer 35

Plan of the Monastery Church of Christ in CHora Kariye Muzesi, Constantinople
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
1077-1081 CE original, refurbished 1315-1321 CE

Question 36

Answer 36

Anastasis
Apse of the funerary chapel
Church of the Monastery of the Christ in Chora
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
1321 CE
Fresco

Question 37

Answer 37

Mosaics in the Vaulting of the Inner Narthex
Church of the Monastery of the Christ in Chora
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
1315-1321 CE
Mosaics

Question 37

Answer 37

The Infant Virgin Mary Caressed By Her Parents Joachim and Anna
Church of the Monastery of the Christ in Chora
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey (Byzantine Art)
1315-1321 CE

Question 38

Answer 38

Annunciation to the Virgin
Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey
Church of the Virgin Peribleptos
Ohrid, Macedonia (Byzantine Art)
early 14th Century CE
Tempera on panel