Wow! A really excellent episode - the mosaics and frescoes were stunning. I only wish it had lasted longer, there was so much to see, so many layers of symbolism. I really enjoyed this!
Brilliant! Thanks for showing us fantastic art we might never see otherwise see. I would say I love your channel, and I do, but I also love you two. 😊🌈
I must comment again how really great the both of you are in explaining art of this nature and of other forms. You both work seamlessly. I wish I were student of yours!! You are a great counterpoint to Mary Beard, another great teacher of things so special.
Again; I love Byzantine art - Chora is beautiful, as are all the amazing mosaics and frescoes done so long ago. There is a three-part series called 'The Art of Eternity', and I believe it's the second episode that deals with the Byzantine - and this church. I don't know if it's on RUclips, but it's available to watch on Dailymotion if one is so inclined to see more of this. And, thank you for all your work. :)
Oooo, look at that FACE! Elegant indeed but scary Jesus, lol. 🙊 You had me at "covered with mosaics and frescoes." I can't believe thoroughly and beautifully decorated it is. The Jesus dome in particular got me with the rays radiating out from Jesus to.. the Apostles, I imagine. Such a clever and meaningful way to represent his connection to them (and to me, by proxy). I nearly popped again at the Parekklesion.. so beautiful with its angels, rolled up heavens, and action Jesus rolling up his sleeves.. I love it, lol.
I'm not religious, personally...but...attending an Orthodox liturgy is one of my go to self therapy strategies. I'm drawn to the service itself but the visuals..the icons, the art on the iconostasis, the wall and ceiling murals...every image containing layers of meaning, just as the service itself does. I slways come out of a divine liturgy feeling renewed and asking myself...why am I not orthodox christian?
@Smarthistory : is it my imagination, or does Metekites' dress, especially his headdress, look like that of the Ottoman court later in time? Were there borrowings by the Ottomans of Byzantine court dress?
I believe it's actually the other way around. During the Palaiologan period there was increased trade and cultural contact with the Middle East, as a result it seems that eastern fashions started becoming very popular among the court and aristocracy. Headdresses like this during the Palaiologan period were very common. The ceremonial guidebook of the time, Pseudo-Kodinos even talks about how various headdresses were symbols of rank and status, and certain ones would be worn for specific ceremonies etc.
The Byzantine idea of Theotokos (Mary the bearer of the God) is also very much present in Polish history by the way (known as _Bogurodzica_ (birth-giver) - a calque of the Greek term Theotokos: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogurodzica_(pie%C5%9B%C5%84) which is the oldest still preserved medieval hymn.
Something that's fascinating to me is how common frescoes of the harrowing of hell were in medieval churches, yet it is a story that appears only in apocrypha. It's not referenced in the bible at all! It even is referenced in the apostolic creed, which speaks of Christ's descent into hell before resurrection. The gospels do not say he descended to hell.
Save the Chora's church from Erdogan's neobarbarisme ! They 'll convert this church to mosque and cover these masterpieces of the medieval greek art (byzantine).
Wow! A really excellent episode - the mosaics and frescoes were stunning. I only wish it had lasted longer, there was so much to see, so many layers of symbolism. I really enjoyed this!
Wonder goes.
Brilliant! Thanks for showing us fantastic art we might never see otherwise see. I would say I love your channel, and I do, but I also love you two. 😊🌈
I must comment again how really great the both of you are in explaining art of this nature and of other forms. You both work seamlessly. I wish I were student of yours!! You are a great counterpoint to Mary Beard, another great teacher of things so special.
Again; I love Byzantine art - Chora is beautiful, as are all the amazing mosaics and frescoes done so long ago. There is a three-part series called 'The Art of Eternity', and I believe it's the second episode that deals with the Byzantine - and this church. I don't know if it's on RUclips, but it's available to watch on Dailymotion if one is so inclined to see more of this. And, thank you for all your work. :)
Oh my god, so much beauty! Another fantastic video! I enjoy this channel so much ❤️🎨
1you give such great dimension to art. Thank you so very much.
Excellent.
wow, amazing
Wow. So interesting.
Super video. Thanks.
Oooo, look at that FACE! Elegant indeed but scary Jesus, lol. 🙊
You had me at "covered with mosaics and frescoes." I can't believe thoroughly and beautifully decorated it is. The Jesus dome in particular got me with the rays radiating out from Jesus to.. the Apostles, I imagine. Such a clever and meaningful way to represent his connection to them (and to me, by proxy). I nearly popped again at the Parekklesion.. so beautiful with its angels, rolled up heavens, and action Jesus rolling up his sleeves.. I love it, lol.
Beautiful
I love history so much
I would be curious to see the decorations of the main temple but unfortunately they had been destroyed when it was turned into a mosque.
I'm not religious, personally...but...attending an Orthodox liturgy is one of my go to self therapy strategies. I'm drawn to the service itself but the visuals..the icons, the art on the iconostasis, the wall and ceiling murals...every image containing layers of meaning, just as the service itself does. I slways come out of a divine liturgy feeling renewed and asking myself...why am I not orthodox christian?
Now I understand the name of the title of "Jacobs ladder"
Wow. Wow
@Smarthistory : is it my imagination, or does Metekites' dress, especially his headdress, look like that of the Ottoman court later in time? Were there borrowings by the Ottomans of Byzantine court dress?
That's just how a lot of nobility dressed in that area during that time. It's like how everyone wears jeans today
I believe it's actually the other way around.
During the Palaiologan period there was increased trade and cultural contact with the Middle East, as a result it seems that eastern fashions started becoming very popular among the court and aristocracy. Headdresses like this during the Palaiologan period were very common. The ceremonial guidebook of the time, Pseudo-Kodinos even talks about how various headdresses were symbols of rank and status, and certain ones would be worn for specific ceremonies etc.
Wonder
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The Byzantine idea of Theotokos (Mary the bearer of the God) is also very much present in Polish history by the way (known as _Bogurodzica_ (birth-giver) - a calque of the Greek term Theotokos: pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogurodzica_(pie%C5%9B%C5%84) which is the oldest still preserved medieval hymn.
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Something that's fascinating to me is how common frescoes of the harrowing of hell were in medieval churches, yet it is a story that appears only in apocrypha. It's not referenced in the bible at all! It even is referenced in the apostolic creed, which speaks of Christ's descent into hell before resurrection. The gospels do not say he descended to hell.
Save the Chora's church from Erdogan's neobarbarisme ! They 'll convert this church to mosque and cover these masterpieces of the medieval greek art (byzantine).