The spiritual depth of this traditional style of music is unsurpassed. Clearly, the focus for our parish music leaders should ...

A plaque attached to the work reads “Holy Mother of God, be thou the cause of peace for Siena and life to Duccio because he ...

Honorable members of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Esteemed Director of this Museum, Dear Benefactors and Supporters of the Fine Arts, Dear Friends, Throughout the world, ...

Volume 3: The Visual Culture of Later Byzantium (1081–c.1350) In this book the beauty and meaning of Byzantine art and its aesthetics are for the first time made accessible through the original ...

Some kinder 20th-century scholars have offered modest corrections to the conventional narrative, denying the accusation of caesaropapism and celebrating Byzantine art and culture, but no one has ...

Our Art History program offers courses in a wide variety of historical areas and subjects. You can explore Byzantine art, Chinese painting, or contemporary works in every imaginable medium. You will ...

There’s a bit of misdirection going on with the Byzantine Crypt at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Unlike the Temple of Dendur, which is a temple, the Crypt isn’t a crypt but a gallery ...

Known for its fairy chimneys and hot air balloon-filled skies, it also hides ancient underground cities and Byzantine cave ...

The glowing works from Siena, now at the Met, are revelatory for their emotional intensity and 24-karat beauty.

The Turku Synagogue in Turku, Finland, was built before Jews even had the right to citizenship in Finland. The post This ...

Though Chora is significantly smaller than Hagia Sophia, it is home to some of the best-preserved examples of late-Byzantine ...