In the series presented here, recurring motifs of gates, doors and portals introduce a dynamic tension between the tangible ...

Mosaic of Byzantine Empress Theodora in the Basilica di San Vitale, in Ravenna, Italy Credit: Petar Milosevic/Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 4.0 In Constantinople, circa 500 AD, a girl was born to a poor ...

When Belisarius and the Eunuch Narses conquered Italy for Justinian in 540, they re-established Ravenna as the Western capital of the Byzantine empire. Justinian and Theodora, his empress, ordered ...

Made up of thousands of small tiles, the mosaic is a feast of colour, depicting the Byzantine emperor, Justinian, and his consort, Theodora.

Achieving an interplay, like that which brings to life the golden sacredness of Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora, with the hieratic figures accompanying them, in the most iconic procession ...

Let us continue with Theodora, wife of Justinian—the Byzantine empress, a mosaic of power and beauty. Coming from humble beginnings, Theodora became the Augusta of a vast empire, wielding ...

Around five years after Justinian came to the imperial throne in AD 527, that rivalry ultimately generated an attempted revolution in which much of central Constantinople (including the city's ...

Emperor Justinian and his retinue in a mosaic in the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. Credit: Roger Culos, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Byzantine Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora’s ...

Important for the role of art in promoting the imperial image are two mosaics in the apse of the Sanctuary of Saint Vitalis, showing Justinian and Theodora, each accompanied by their retinue ...

Empress Theodora and her retinue, Byzantine mosaic in the apse of the Basilica of San Vitale (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1996), Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, 6th century.

Belisarius was once again distrusted by Justinian and began contemplating retirement, focusing on annulling his daughter’s marriage to Anastasius, a grandson of Theodora (who wanted to seize the ...