Byzantine Mosaic Art

Timeline

1. c. 537Hagia Sophia · Byzantine EmpireIn the sixth century, buildings such as Hagia Sophia were decorated with large-scale mosaics on their domes and half-domes, establishing the paradigm of spatial narrative and gold-ground aesthetics in Byzantine mosaic.
2. c. 1123–1129Thessaloniki · GreeceIn the 1120s, Byzantine mosaics continued to be produced in churches of Greece and Asia Minor under Komnenian patronage, inheriting the Macedonian style while trending toward softer figural modeling.
3. c. 1100–1150St. Mark's Basilica, Venice · VeniceIn the twelfth century, Byzantine mosaic techniques influenced Venice, Serbia, and elsewhere through trade and the movement of craftsmen; St. Mark's Basilica and others absorbed Byzantine materials and compositional traditions.