Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss” stands as one of the most iconic pieces of art from the early 20th century. Created between 1907 and 1908, this masterpiece is celebrated for its unique style and profound ...

The Moslem followers of Mohammed the Conqueror who triumphantly stormed Constantinople in 1453 were so successful in covering up all traces of Christianity that for almost five centuries Byzantine art ...

Europe’s cathedrals, churches, monasteries, and baptisteries cover the countryside like Veronica’s veil. They comprise the continent’s landmarks and focal attractions and, for centuries, have been ...

Shimmering mosaics. Liturgical vestments. Classical sculpture. Elaborate jewelry. Comprising 63 works, “Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium From Greek Collections” is a modestly sized exhibition at the ...

Slobodan (Danny) Ćurčić, professor of art and archaeology, emeritus, at Princeton University, and a global authority on Byzantine art and architecture, died Dec. 3 in Thessaloniki, Greece. He was 76.

Byzantine art placed the Virgin Mary, or Theotokos, at the heart of devotion, with icons acting as visual and spiritual bridges to the divine. These sacred works, rich in symbolism, were integral to ...

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, and though the ...

HENRY MAGUIRE AND EUNICE DAUTERMAN MAGUIRE Other Icons: Art and Power in Byzantine Secular Culture Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2007. 223 pp.; 8 color ills., 150 b/w. $49.50 For decades, ...

At Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC, having pored over a group of Byzantine textiles from the 4th to 12th centuries with curator Elizabeth Dospel Williams, I took away this general rule for ...