Early Byzantium: changing aesthetics in art and architecture

Constantinople (Istanbul), Church of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), 532-537. Architects: Anthemius of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus

San Vitale, Ravenna, 526-547apse and altar

Christ between two angels, Saint Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius, apse mosaic of San Vitale, Ravenna, ca. 547

Christ between two angels, Saint Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius, apse mosaic of San Vitale, Ravenna, ca. 547

Christ as the Good Shepherd, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, 425

San Vitale, Ravenna, 526-547apse and altar

Ravenna, Church of San Vitale, mosaic panels showing Emperor Justinian (left) and his wife, Empress Theodora (below)

Procession of the Imperial Family, Ara Pacis Augustae, Rome, 13 BC

Emperor Justinian and attendants, mosaic on north wall of the apse, San Vitale, Ravenna, ca. 547

Church of Sant’Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, 549

Apse mosaic, Sant’Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, ca. 549

Christ between two angels, Saint Vitalis and Bishop Ecclesius, apse mosaic of San Vitale, Ravenna, ca. 547

Christ as the Good Shepherd, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, 425

Apse mosaic, Sant’Apollinare in Classe, Ravenna, ca. 549

•Mount Sinai

Monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt, ca. 565

Transfiguration of Jesus, apse mosaic, Church at the monastery of Saint Catherine, Mount Sinai, Egypt, 565

Emperor Justinian as world conqueror (Barberini Ivory), mid-6th century, ca. 1’x10”,Louvre, Paris

Emperor Justinian as world conqueror (Barberini Ivory), mid-6th century, ca. 1’x10”,Louvre, Paris

Equestrian statue of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Rome, ca. 175

Emperor Justinian as world conqueror (Barberini Ivory), mid-6th century, ca. 1’x10”,Louvre, Paris

Saint Michael the Archangel, right leaf of a

diptych, early 6th century, Ivory, ca. 1’5”x5”,

British Museum, London