Jonathan Morgan
Adjunct Professor of Art at Lone Star College & South Dakota State University, PhD candidate at IDSVA
Byzantium
Map of Constantine's path to becoming Emperor
Spread of Christianity
Santa Costanza
Rome, Italy
c. 354 CE | Early Byzantine
Exterior of Santa Costanza
Interior of Santa Costanza with mosaic decoration
Reconstruction of Original Mausoleum Floor Plan
Floor plan & elevation of Santa Costanza
San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy
526-547 CE | Early Byzantine
Interior of San Vitale showcasing elaborate mosaics
The Octagonal Design of San Vitale
Santa Costanza overlay
East-West Stylistic Differences Emerge
Eastern
Western
The First Schism of Christianity
The Remains of Rome, 526 CE
Justinian expansion of the Byzantine Empire
Hagia Sophia
Istanbul, Turkey
533-537 CE | Justinian
Artist's rendering of Old St. Peter's Basilica
Interior of Hagia Sophia
Drawing of the Old St. Peter's Basilica Interior
Floor plan of Hagia Sofia (w/ Santa Costanza overlay)
Artist's rendering of the original Hagia Sophia interior
Theodora & Her Attendants
San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy | c. 547 CE, Justinian
Justinian & His Attendants
San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy | c. 547 CE, Justinian
Interior view of San Vitale
Making a Roman-Style Mosaic
Roman Naturalism vs Byzantine Abstraction
ARCHIVED: Byzantium
By Jonathan Morgan
