page_title: Late Antique and medieval mosaics in Italy
section_title: Early Medieval mosaics (550-1200)
hierarchical_section_title: Late Antique and medieval mosaics in Italy / Early Medieval mosaics (550-1200)
caption_attribution_description: Interior of the Basilica di Sante Prassede, Rome, Italy
context_page_description: Italy has the richest concentration of Late Antique and medieval mosaics in the world. Although the art style is especially associated with Byzantine art and many Italian mosaics were probably made by imported Greek-speaking artists and craftsmen, there are surprisingly few significant mosaics remaining in the core Byzantine territories. This is especially true before the Byzantine Iconoclasm of the 8th century.
caption: Santa Prassede, ca 820
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