Content Area 3 Early Europe: 8 Byzantine Art

Title - Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well from the Vienna Genesis/50. Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis

Artist – Unknown

Date – early 6th century CE

Medium – tempera, gold and silver on purple vellum

Location – Vienna, Austria (produced probably in Syria, or Constantinople)

Size - 31.75 X 23.5 cm

Title –51. San Vitale. Ravenna Exterior and site plan

Artist – construction ordered by Bishop Ecclesius and completed under Bishop Maximian

Date – 6th century C.E.

Medium – marble, terracotta, brick, stone 

Location – Ravenna, Italy

Size -

Title –51. San Vitale. Ravenna Interior

Artist – construction ordered by Bishop Ecclesius and completed under Bishop Maximian

Date – 6th century C.E.

Medium – marble, terracotta, brick, stone, tesserae of gold, glass, silver, and mother of pearl

Location – Ravenna, Italy

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Title –51. San Vitale. Justinian/Theodora panel

Artist – construction ordered by Bishop Ecclesius and completed under Bishop Maximian

Date – 546-556 C.E.

Medium – tesserae of gold, glass, silver, and mother of pearl

Location – Ravenna, Italy

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Title – 52. Hagia Sophia exterior

Artist – Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles (Patrons: Justinian and Theodora)

Date – 532-537 C.E.

Medium – Brick and mortar, stone veneer, limestone, sandstone

Location – Istanbul, Turkiye

Size - ~

Title – 52. Hagia Sophia interior

Artist – Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles (Patrons: Justinian and Theodora)

Date – Date – 532-537 C.E.

Medium – Stone, mosaic, ceramic

Location – Istanbul, Turkiye

Size - ~

Title –54. Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George

Artist – Unknown

Date – 6th or early 7th century

Medium – Encaustic on wood

Location – Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, Egypt

Size - 68.5 x 49.5 cm