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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AngelsThe Archangel Gabriel
Photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen / Jastrow (2008). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic (CC BY 2.5). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
LiturgicalAnanias Lays Hands on Saul
Photograph by Gmihail (2013). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Serbia (CC BY-SA 3.0 RS). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by Effems (2019). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator of the Apse
Photograph by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra (2012). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro (2015). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.
PantocratorChrist Pantocrator
Photo by José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro (2015). Wikimedia Commons. Released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0). The underlying 12th-century mosaic is in the public domain.