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The Daphni Monastery in Athens, a Stunning Example of Byzantine Art

The Daphni Monastery on the outskirts of Athens is one of the greatest Byzantine masterpieces and a stunning example of architecture and religious iconography. The 11th-century monastery along with the famous monasteries of Hosios Loukas near Delphi and Nea Moni on...

How Byzantine Art Influenced Europe

Byzantine contribution to art, and especially to painting, was original and reached a degree of expressiveness that can rarely be compared with any other

Byzantium and Africa: Ground-Breaking Exhibition Opens at the MET

A new exhibition on Byzantium's influence in Africa opens at the Metropolitan Museum of New York on Sunday, November 19. On view through March 3, 2024, Africa & Byzantium will shed light on an underrepresented area of art history and...

Chanel Brings Byzantine Gold Back for Fall-Winter

As summer comes to a close, the Byzantine aesthetic and its association with opulent gold is one of the continuing inspirations behind recent fashion trends. Chanel just presented its new eyeshadow palette "Byzance" with its shimmering gold colors. None of...

The Regal Crowns of the Byzantine Emperors

From 330 AD, when Constantine the Great proclaimed his new city the capital of the Roman Empire, the emperors ruled from Constantinople until the city fell in 1453. The modern historiographical term "Byzantines" for the Eastern Roman Empire is...

Women Who Loomed Large in Greek History

Women in Greek history have persevered, protected, challenged and led in many realms over the centuries, including religion and the arts.

Great Byzantine Art Relives at St. Petersburg’s Hermitage

A total of 121 masterpieces of Byzantine art will be exhibited at the State Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg in Russia until October 2. The opening ceremony of "Byzantium Through the Centuries" took place on Friday. The exhibition is part...

A Night Dedicated to Byzantine Art

A night dedicated to Byzantine Art was hosted in Ottawa, on February 20, 2015, at the residence of His Excellency Ambassador of Greece George Markantonatos and Vassiliki Tsirou-Markantonatou with the support of the Hellenic Community of Ottawa. BART: Byzantine Arts Today...

Greek Street Artist Decorates Walls of Swiss University

He goes by the simple name Fikos, he is 27 years old and his artwork decorates the walls of state buildings in Europe. But it doesn't end there, his fame also goes beyond the Atlantic. Fikos who was born and...

Post-Byzantine Art At Budapest University

The Central European University (CEU) and in particular the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS) conducted the conference Post-Byzantine Art: Orthodox Christian Art in a Non-Byzantine” World? on May 15-16. The fall of the Byzantine Empire meant the end of...