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kentauros

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3. I had to look it up, but according to Wikipedia,

Reply to rug (Reply #2)

Tue Mar 29, 2016, 06:24 AM

Mar 2016

the church is in the Byzantine period. Of course, my classes in it were over thirty years ago, so we might have studied other mosaics. I do remember them from a different professor but of much earlier periods, such as in Greece and Rome. But those weren't nearly as intricate as these.

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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