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Work Details:

Title:San Vitale
Culture/Nationality:Byzantine
Style:Early Byzantine
Date:c. 520-548
Location:Ravenna

 

 

 

 

 
Apse
 
Apse: Christ in majesty with saints
 
Archbishop Maximian
 
Choir
 
Christ Enthroned, flanked By Angels, Saint Vitalis and bishop Ecclesius
 
Christ in majesty
 
Column capital
 
Emperor Justinian
 
Emperor Justinian and his attendants
 
Empress Theodora
 
Empress Theodora and her attendants
 
Empress Theodora and her retinue
 
Mosaic with Abraham and his three visitors and the Sacrifice of Isaac
 
Offerings of Melchizedek and Abel, presbyterium
 
Presbytery vault
 
Presbytery wall
 
Presbytery wall
 
Scenes of Abraham, Jeremiah and Moses, and John and Luke
 
View toward the altar