Description
(BUNDLE AND SAVE $12 when you also sign up for related classes #173, 193, 201) Elsewhere, in Constantine’s “New Rome,” Constantinople, the new capital Constantine founded in 330 on the boundary of Europe and Asia, artists developed a distinctive Byzantine art and architecture, characterized by domed churches, dazzling mosaics, and gilded manuscripts. These works assert the authority of the Eastern Roman Empire, often under siege by enemies including Crusaders, until the fall of the city to the Muslim Ottomans in 1453. We’ll explore the Church of the Hagia Sophia (now a mosque), mosaics in the Chora Church (now, Kariye Mosque), and imperial manuscripts.
