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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17
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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.
AngelsThe Six-Winged Seraphim
Photo by Dick Osseman / Dosseman (2016). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying mosaic is in the public domain.
ApostlesSaint Paul
Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession 17.190.673), via Wikimedia Commons. Released under CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The underlying c. 1100 Byzantine cloisonné medallion is in the public domain.
ApostlesJames the Just
Photograph by Byzantine Institute staff (1949–1963), Dumbarton Oaks fieldwork records (MSBZ004_BF_T_F_022_A). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. The underlying c. 1310 mosaic 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.
OT TypologyPammakaristos Parekklesion: Old Testament Prophet
Photograph by Vmenkov (2010). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) and GNU Free Documentation License 1.2+. The underlying c. 1310 mosaic at the Pammakaristos parekklesion 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.
SaintsSaint Nicholas
Image courtesy of the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore (accession 48.2086.1). Released under Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0. The underlying 10th-century ceramic tile is in the public domain.
Second ComingThe Anastasis
Photo by Joseph Kranak (2009). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). The underlying 14th-century fresco 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.
TheotokosThe Annunciation at the Well
Photo by Byzantine Institute staff (1952), MSBZ004-ICFA-KC-BIA-0366. 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 14th-century mosaic is in the public domain.