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editorial

Jeweled Elegance

February 11, 2015

By Holly Phillips

Holly Phillips, associate manager for acquisitions in Watson Library, discusses the extensive collection of Art Deco jewelry books in the library's holdings.

Essay

Saints and Other Sacred Byzantine Figures

October 1, 2004

By Annie Montgomery Labatt

The main focus of Byzantine devotion was the Virgin Mary, but certain other sacred figures were prominent in Byzantine spiritual life as well.

Essay

The Byzantine City of Amorium

February 1, 2009

By Christopher S. Lightfoot

Amorium was one of the largest and most important cities in Anatolia during the early Middle Ages, becoming in the second half of the seventh century the capital of the Byzantine province or theme of Anatolikon.

Essay

Byzantine Ivories

October 1, 2007

By Edmund C. Ryder

The allure of this substance is easily understood: its smooth, tactile quality and creamy color made it ideal for the creation of luxury goods.

Essay

Frescoes and Wall Painting in Late Byzantine Art

October 1, 2004

By Annie Montgomery Labatt

Fresco painting from the later Byzantine period reveals much about the mobility of artistic techniques and styles.

Essay

Byzantine Art under Islam

October 1, 2004

By Charlotte Appleyard and Annie Montgomery Labatt

Mirroring the political climate, art became a medium of confrontation and cooperation between the two sides.

Essay

The Byzantine State under Justinian I (Justinian the Great)

October 1, 2001, revised April 1, 2009

By Sarah T. Brooks

Justinian drew upon administrators and counselors from outside the aristocratic class. His own modest origins, along with his selection of these court members, contributed to lasting tensions with the Byzantine nobility.

Press Release

Jeweled Arts Exhibition at Metropolitan Museum Reveals Splendor of the Mughal Courts

Essay

Trade and Commercial Activity in the Byzantine and Early Islamic Middle East

May 1, 2012

By Elizabeth Williams

Luxurious silks, spices, incense, and the like counted among the Byzantine and early Islamic period’s most desired goods.

Exhibition

Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt

Through January 10, 2027

Artists and artisans have been intrigued and inspired by the topic of death and visions of life thereafter for millennia. Afterlives: Contemporary Art in the Byzantine Crypt brings together modern-day works that reckon with death and visualize the …