Byzantine Art Project
150 artworks from the great traditions of Byzantine and Eastern Christian iconography, each paired with a doctrinal reflection. The corpus surfaces GLM's confessional shape case by case as the iconography requires it — read what the picture argues.
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AngelsArchangels Gabriel and Michael
Photo by Dennis G. Jarvis / archer10 (2013). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0). The underlying 9th-century mosaics are in the public domain.
ApostlesSaint Peter
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; photographed by Michel Bakni). The underlying mid-6th-century encaustic icon (92.8 × 53 cm) is in the public domain.
Iconoclasm DebateVirgin Enthroned with Saints Theodore and George
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional public domain work). Underlying late-6th-century encaustic icon (Saint Catherine's Monastery, Sinai) is in the public domain.
Iconoclasm DebateThe Iconoclastic Cross
Photo by Dick Osseman / Dosseman (2016). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 8th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
Iconoclasm DebatePatriarch Nikephoros and the Iconoclast
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 9th-century manuscript folio published before 1931). The underlying Khludov Psalter (State Historical Museum, Moscow, MS D.129) is in the public domain.
Iconoclasm DebateCrucifixion with Iconoclasts
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; scanned 2021). The underlying mid-9th-century manuscript folio (19.5 × 15 cm; State Historical Museum, Moscow, MS D.129) is in the public domain.
Iconoclasm DebateThe Holy Mandylion (Image of Edessa)
Photograph by Postcrosser (2018). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying Byzantine Mandylion icon and 14th-century frame are in the public domain.
Iconoclasm DebateThe Second Council of Nicaea
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional public domain work). The underlying late-10th-century manuscript illumination (Vatican Apostolic Library, Vat. gr. 1613) is in the public domain.
Iconoclasm DebateThe Argument about Icons (Empress Theodora and the Iconoclasts)
Public domain photographic reproduction (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 12th-century manuscript published before 1931). The underlying Madrid Skylitzes (Biblioteca Nacional de España, MS Vitr. 26-2) is in the public domain.
Iconoclasm DebateThe Saviour Not Made by Hands (Spas Nerukotvorny)
Google Art Project / Wikimedia Commons. The underlying late-12th-century Novgorod-school icon at the Tretyakov Gallery is in the public domain. Photographic reproduction in the public domain (CC0 / structured-data convention).
Iconoclasm DebateEmperor Leo V and the Monk of Dagisteas
Public domain photographic reproduction (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 12th-century manuscript published before 1931). The underlying Madrid Skylitzes is in the public domain.
Iconoclasm DebateTheodore the Studite and Stephen the Younger
Photograph by BLAGO Fund, Inc. (2021). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). The underlying c. 1321 fresco at Gračanica Monastery is in the public domain.
Iconoclasm DebateThe Triumph of Orthodoxy
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a two-dimensional public domain work). Underlying late-14th-century / early-15th-century icon (37.8 × 31.4 cm; British Museum, 1988,0411.1) is in the public domain.
Iconoclasm DebateSaint John of Damascus
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a 17th-century icon by Emmanouel Tzanes). The underlying icon is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons, file: Spas_vsederzhitel_sinay.jpg). The underlying 6th-century encaustic icon is in the public domain by age. Per Wikimedia policy, faithful 2D reproductions of public-domain works are themselves public domain.
SaintsSaints Sergius and Bacchus
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons, photographed by user Shakko, 2008). The underlying 6th–7th-century encaustic icon is in the public domain.
TheotokosTheotokos of the Apse
Photo by Dick Osseman (Dosseman, 2019). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 9th-century mosaic is in the public domain.