Byzantium+Art

Go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's page. Read this [|introduction] to Byzantine Art. Then go to the examples of [|Byzantium] art. Pick one of the objects that is of interest to you. Click on the image to learn more about it. Place a copy of the image as well as a summary about the piece you selected here. Please use a line to separate your entry from the previous one. Call or email me if you have any questions.

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Brian Estrada

11th century gold. This is a pendant made in the Fatimid domain. It is made of gold wire and strips of sheet set with clossonne enamel and turquoise. The first ones were made with pearls and stone outlining it. The center has things consistent with glassmaking technology of the time period.

Anton Koncaba The treasure, probably buried when Islamic forces threatened, consists of fifteen objects--ten chalices, three censers, a wine strainer, and a dove--found buried in a giant terracotta cauldron in the vicinity of the ancient town of Attarouthi, a stopping point on trade routes. They constitute a portion of the liturgical vessels normally employed in the Christian church service.

Steven Vandermate  The casket is a rectangular box with a pyramid like lid. There are three panels on each of the long sides of the box and two on the short ones, all decorated with cherubs wearing only loosely draped scarves and engaged in a number of courtly pastimes.