Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Italia
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Blair Shaw Jr wrote:
Every INCH of that cathedral is decorated in some fashion.......remarkable and I can't imagine the time it took to construct it.......WOW !
We visited the Duomo San Marco in Venice and the Santa Maggiore in Bergamo and they were similar. But the big churches in Padua and Milano were much more subdued. Thanks, Blair.
Jun 1, 2019 16:03:07 #
ceallachain wrote:
While grainy due to high ISO I liked them The colors were vibrant. Probably could use the gold in some fashion for the lighting, LOL. Good job.
I shot with a D7200. I would have been helpless with my old D7000. Thanks for commenting.
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genocolo wrote:
Thanks for taking us there.
I hoped to introduce something new and special. Glad I could help.
Jun 1, 2019 16:34:30 #
Dave, Thanks for sharing. These are great shots and left me wondering what life must have been like at the time this religious art was created.
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ssymeono wrote:
Beautiful work on a masterpiece. I am not sure where you found the dates, but Justinian was emperor from 527-565 and the church was consecrated in 547.
You are right about the dates. I need to use more than one source.
This is the Britannica discussion, if anyone wants more history: (the key point is Ravenna was a major capital for hundreds of years but few people are aware of that fact...and most are unaware of the fabulous mosaics.)
In AD 402 the danger of barbarian invasions compelled the Western Roman emperor Honorius to move his court from Rome to Ravenna. Ravenna was henceforth the capital of the Western Roman Empire until its dissolution in 476. As such, Ravenna was embellished with magnificent monuments. The city was also raised to the status of an archbishopric in 438. With the fall of the Western Empire in 476, it became the capital of the first barbarian ruler of Italy, Odoacer (reigned 476–493), who in turn surrendered it to the Ostrogothic king Theuderic (reigned 493–526) in 493. Theuderic made Ravenna the capital of the Ostrogothic kingdom, but in 540 Ravenna was occupied by the great Byzantine general Belisarius and was subsequently made an imperial exarchate.
As the capital of the Exarchate of Ravenna, the city was the administrative centre of Byzantine government in Italy. In the early 7th century the area administered included a diagonal strip of territory extending from the area north of Ravenna to south of Rome, the southern extremities of the peninsula, and various coastal enclaves. The exarchate was broken up by revolts and invasions after 726. About 751 Ravenna itself fell to the Lombards, who in turn lost it to the Franks in 754 under the leadership of Pippin III the Short. He gave Ravenna to the pope in 757; the local archbishops, however, retained almost princely powers.
Jun 1, 2019 17:49:33 #
davefales wrote:
For many years, Ravenna has been on my "bucke... (show quote)
Wow, those are amazing.
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davefales wrote:
For many years, Ravenna has been on my "bucke... (show quote)
Good pix, beautiful church = nice work.
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