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.
150
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10
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17
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1,250+
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AngelsThe Archangel Gabriel of the Annunciation
Google Art Project / Wikimedia Commons. The underlying 11th-century mosaic at Saint Sophia Cathedral Kyiv is in the public domain.
ApostlesThe Communion of the Apostles
Photo by Vi Ko (2021). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
SaintsThe Saint Sophia Ohrid Fresco Program
Photograph by Raso mk (2004). Wikimedia Commons. Public domain in North Macedonia and the United States. The underlying 11th-century frescoes are in the public domain.
TheotokosThe Virgin Orans
Photographic reproduction in the public domain (Wikimedia Commons, file: Oranta-Kyiv.jpg, source Google Arts & Culture). The underlying 11th-century mosaic is in the public domain.