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In post-Byzantine icon painting, artists sometimes used techniques and styles from Western European painting. Specific examples include linear perspective or pseudo-perspective, which create the...

The Hermenia, written by Dionysios of Mount Athos, provides detailed instructions for painting religious scenes. For example, it includes guidance on how to paint...

Another important view on this subject is offered by Thalia Gouma-Peterson. She explains the term “byzantinising” mainly from an art historical point of view....

Another said he stood beside the Emperor as he sat, and of a sudden the face changed into a shapeless mass of flesh, with...

I could hardly catalogue all the other people whose estates these two chose to inherit. However, up to the time when the insurrection named...

There was in Constantinople a man by the name of Zeno, grandson of that Anthamius who had formerly been Emperor of the West. This...

There is a Middle Byzantine cistern located to the northwest of the outer courtyard of the Yavuz Sultan Selim Mosque that draws special attention....

Cistern is located on Ibadethane Sokak, to the southwest of the Pantokrator Church in Istanbul. This cistern is a remarkable example of how Byzantine...

Reused Materials in Cistern Construction In the cisterns of Byzantine Constantinople, one of the most important architectural features was the monolithic column. These columns, often...