FRANKS AND LATINS IN BYZANTIUM
Description
Exhibition Space Text DescriptionFrom the end of the eleventh century until and including the early thirteenth, Christians in the West proclaimed four crusades with the goal of liberating the Holy Land, above all Jerusalem, from Muslim rule. The Fourth Crusade, however, was diverted from its original purpose and resulted in the capture and sack of Constantinople in 1204 and the creation of Frankish and Latin principalities in parts of the Byzantine Empire. Painting and sculptural works by Western artists have survived from this period, as well as monuments built according to Western architectural principles, such as fortifications, private and public buildings, and churches and monasteries founded by Western monastic orders. At the same time, the Byzantine artistic tradition came into contact with the Western, whose influence was absorbed into elements of Byzantine art, creating a style characterized as “Franco-Byzantine”.
Exhibits
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St George and scenes from his life and saints
St George and scenes from his life
St George and scenes from his life
Icons and Wood-Carvings The central figure of St George the Cappadocian on the front is in relief, and scenes from his life are painted in panels aro...
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Crucifixion
Icons and Wood-Carvings In a golden background, outside the walls of Jerusalem a crowded Crucificion is depicted. The scene is characterized by inten...
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Iron seal for Hostia
Minor Arts Iron seal with incised decoration: fleurs-de-lis and Solomon's knot. It was used for sealing Hostia, the unleavened bread use...
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Marble Arcosolium (funeral monument)
Sculpture Fragment of a marble arcosolium (funerary monument) with a Gothic three-lobe arch enclosing a cross, two confronted birds, st...
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