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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10
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17
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OT TypologyThe Vision of Christ in Glory
Photograph by Giovanni Dall'Orto (2024). Wikimedia Commons. The photographer permits use for any purpose with attribution. The underlying 5th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorThe Good Shepherd
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Joseph Wilpert documentation, 1903; faithful reproduction of a c. 225 AD fresco). The underlying catacomb fresco is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist as Orpheus (Christ-Orpheus Arcosolium)
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons). The underlying c. 4th-century catacomb fresco is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Enthroned with Angels
Photo by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro (2016). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 6th-century mosaic 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.
PantocratorChrist in the Mandorla
Photograph by Votpuske (2023). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 6th–7th-century Bawit niche painting (Coptic Museum, Cairo) is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by Hans A. Rosbach (2009). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by Jacob Freeland (2023). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator of the Apse
Photograph by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra (2012). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by Effems (2019). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro (2015). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro (2015). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by David Winfield (1968–1973), MSBZ004_BF_S_1979_1913D, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University, Washington DC. Released under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The underlying 12th-century fresco is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by Myrabella (2012). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The underlying 13th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by Dick Osseman (Dosseman, 2010). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 14th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by Guillaume Piolle (2011). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). The underlying 14th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by Sailko (2008). Wikimedia Commons. Released under multiple licenses (GFDL 1.2+ / CC BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY 2.5); attributed here under CC BY-SA 3.0. The underlying 15th-century fresco is in the public domain.
PantocratorThe Lord Sabaoth
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons; faithful reproduction of a public-domain icon). The underlying mid-17th-century Russian icon (private collection, Old Believer provenance) is in the public domain.
SaintsThe Cloud of Witnesses
Photograph by Wikimedia Commons user Ymblanter (2021). Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying late-4th / early-5th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
Second ComingThe Last Judgment
Photo by Ismoon (2013, uploaded 2019). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th–13th-century mosaic is in the public domain.