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Byzantine Art Project

Artworks from the great traditions of Byzantine and Eastern Christian iconography, each paired with a doctrinal reflection. The corpus surfaces GLM's confessional shape case by case as the iconography requires it — read what the picture argues.

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The Adoration of the MagiLife of Christ

The Adoration of the Magi

11th century (Çarıklı Kilise narrative cycle, Göreme)· Çarıklı Kilise (Sandals Church)
Photograph by Wolfgang Sauber (2010). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0). The underlying 11th-century fresco is in the public domain.
The Kiss of JudasLife of Christ

The Kiss of Judas

11th century (Karanlık Kilise narrative cycle, Göreme open-air monastery)· Karanlık Kilise (Dark Church)
Photograph by Wolfgang Sauber (2010). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0). The underlying 11th-century fresco is in the public domain.
The Wedding at CanaLiturgical

The Wedding at Cana

c. 950–1000 (the New Tokalı / New Church frescoes; Macedonian Renaissance period)· Tokalı Kilise
Photograph by Dosseman (Dick Osseman). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying late-10th-century fresco is in the public domain.

Photographs sourced primarily from Wikimedia Commons and museum open-access programs (Met CC0, Walters PD/CC BY-SA, British Museum CC BY 2.5, Cleveland Museum of Art CC0, Smithsonian Open Access, Dumbarton Oaks CC0). Originals are public domain by age; photographs carry the licenses noted on each artwork. Click any card for full credit, license, and a link back to the source.

THE SCRIPTORIUM — BE OBEDIENT & BE BOLD