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Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Following the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the late 5th century, Constantinople remained the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (also known as the Byzantine Empire; 330–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin Empire (1204–1261), and the Ottoman Empire (1453–1922).
- Hagia Sophia
Hagia Sophia (lit. 'Holy Wisdom'; Turkish: Ayasofya; Greek:...
- Byzantium
Byzantium (/ b ɪ ˈ z æ n t i ə m,-ʃ ə m /) or Byzantion...
- Names of Constantinople
Byzantion (Ancient Greek: Βυζάντιον, romanized: Byzántion,...
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- Constantine I
Constantine I (27 February c. 272 – 22 May 337), also known...
- Great Palace of Constantinople
A scene from the scroll border of the Great Palace Mosaic, a...
- Sieges of Constantinople
Topographical map of Constantinople during the Byzantine...
- Fatih
Fatih (Turkish pronunciation:) is a municipality and...
- İstanbul
Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, straddling the...
- Reconquest of Constantinople
The Reconquest of Constantinople was the recapture of the...
- Hagia Sophia
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October 24 – Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself. [1] [2] The civil servant and bard longing for lost al-Andalus, Ibn al-Abbar, is burnt at the stake by the Marinid ruler. [3] The Arba'a Rukun Mosque is completed in Mogadishu.
In A.D. 843, following the resolution of the Iconoclastic controversy, which had raged throughout the Byzantine Empire for more than a century, the use of icons—images—was triumphantly reinstated in the Orthodox Church. This momentous event inspired much of the art of the following four centuries, which comprises the second great era of Byzantine culture and provides the starting point of ...
- Constantinople, Lost and Reclaimed
- The Deësis Mosaic in Hagia Sophia
- Mosaics and Light
- Late Byzantine Naturalism
In 1204, a momentous event forever changed the history of the Eastern Roman “Byzantine” Empire. Western Europeans embarking on the Fourth Crusade diverged from their path to Jerusalem and sacked and occupied the Byzantine capital of Constantinople (modern Istanbul). The crusaders established a “Latin Empire” in Byzantine territory and subjected Byz...
Under Latin occupation, the capital and many of its churches fell into disrepair, and so the Byzantines began restoring Constantinople and its churches. Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, responsible for reclaiming the Byzantine capital, is likely responsible for installing a monumental new mosaic of the Deësis in the south galleryof Hagia Sophia—a ...
The Hagia Sophia Deësis is responsive to the lighting conditions where it is located. Within the image, light appears to shine on the figures from the left, casting shadows to the right. This pictorial light source corresponds with the actual light source of the window on the southern wall beside the mosaic. As a result, light and shadow seem to be...
The Deësis at Hagia Sophia illustrates a broader tendency toward naturalism (imitation of the visible world) in Late Byzantine art. Let us compare the image of Christ in the Hagia Sophia Deësis with a Middle Byzantine mosaic of Christ at Hosios Loukas Monasteryin Boeotia, Greece, which dates to the eleventh century. The two images both follow the s...
Jun 13, 2019 · Definition. Division of the Byzantine Empire, 1204 CE. The Empire of Nicaea was a successor state to the Byzantine Empire, or rather a Byzantine Empire in exile lasting from 1204 to 1261 CE. The Empire of Nicaea was founded in the aftermath of the sacking of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade and the establishment there of the crusader ...
In many ways, King Milutin. 's church at Gračanica, built before 1321, represents the culmination of Late Byzantine architectural design. Integrating a highly attenuated cross-in-square naos with a pi-shaped ambulatory, the whole is topped by five domes.
