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kentauros

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1. I remember when we got to the Byzantine period in art history

Reply to rug (Original post)

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 04:48 AM

Mar 2016

and it seemed for the mosaics, all we ever saw were portraits of Mary and Child. They all blended together (and we were supposed to tell the difference between them during tests.)

But this one is beautiful! And it looks like they used especially tiny tiles. The restoration process must be even more difficult. If only my art history professor has shown us this kind of mosaic work instead

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I remember when we got to the Byzantine period in art history kentauros Mar 2016 #1

Maybe it's because these mosaics are much more recent. rug Mar 2016 #2

I had to look it up, but according to Wikipedia, kentauros Mar 2016 #3

The mosaics themselves are 20th. century. okasha Apr 2016 #4

Okay, I guess I didn't read deep enough. kentauros Apr 2016 #5