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Title: Mosaic

In the 7th–9th centuries Rome fell under the influence of Byzantine art, noticeable on the mosaics of Santa Prassede, Santa Maria in Domnica, Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, Santi Nereo e Achilleo and the San Venanzio chapel of San Giovanni in Laterano. The great dining hall of Pope Leo III in the Lateran Palace was also decorated with mosaics. They were all destroyed later except for one example, the so-called Triclinio Leoniano of which a copy was made in the 18th century. Another great work of Pope Leo, the apse mosaic of Santa Susanna, depicted Christ with the Pope and Charlemagne on one side, and SS. Susanna and Felicity on the other. It was plastered over during a renovation in 1585. Pope Paschal I (817–824) embellished the church of Santo Stefano del Cacco with an apsidal mosaic which depicted the pope with a model of the church (destroyed in 1607).

Question: During which centuries did ROme fall under the influence of Byzantine art?
Answer: the 7th–9th centuries

Question: The lateran Palace was decorated with what?
Answer: mosaics

Question: What do most mosaics from the 7th-9th centuries have in common?
Answer: They were all destroyed later

Question: Which mosaic survived through the 9th century, and then had a copy made in the 18th?
Answer: Triclinio Leoniano

Question: When was the mosaic at the church of Santo Stefano del Cacco destroyed?
Answer: 1607
Title: Mosaic

Important fragments survived from the mosaic floor of the Great Palace of Constantinople which was commissioned during Justinian's reign. The figures, animals, plants all are entirely classical but they are scattered before a plain background. The portrait of a moustached man, probably a Gothic chieftain, is considered the most important surviving mosaic of the Justinianian age. The so-called small sekreton of the palace was built during Justin II's reign around 565–577. Some fragments survive from the mosaics of this vaulted room. The vine scroll motifs are very similar to those in the Santa Constanza and they still closely follow the Classical tradition. There are remains of floral decoration in the Church of the Acheiropoietos in Thessaloniki (5th–6th centuries).

Question: When were the mosaics at the Great Palace of Constantinople commissioned?
Answer: during Justinian's reign

Question: What is considered the most important surviving mosaic of the Justinian age?
Answer: The portrait of a moustached man

Question: What was the small vaulted room in the Great Palace of Constantinople called?
Answer: small sekreton

Question: Vine Scroll motifs are classified under what kind of tradition?
Answer: Classical

Question: When were the mosaics at the church in Thessaloniki created?
Answer: 5th–6th centuries
Title: Mosaic

Very few early Byzantine mosaics survived the Iconoclastic destruction of the 8th century. Among the rare examples are the 6th-century Christ in majesty (or Ezekiel's Vision) mosaic in the apse of the Church of Hosios David in Thessaloniki that was hidden behind mortar during those dangerous times. Nine mosaic panels in the Hagios Demetrios Church, which were made between 634 and 730, also escaped destruction. Unusually almost all represent Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, often with suppliants before him.

Question: How many Byzantine mosaics survived past the 8th century?
Answer: Very few

Question: The mosaic in the church in Thessaloniki is know as what?
Answer: Christ in majesty (or Ezekiel's Vision)

Question: When were the panels in the Hagios Demetrios Church created?
Answer: between 634 and 730

Question: Why was Christ in majesty protected from the iconoclastic destruction?
Answer: hidden behind mortar

Question: What is common about the surviving mosaics from the 7th-9th centuries?
Answer: almost all represent Saint Demetrius
Title: Mosaic

In the Iconoclastic era, figural mosaics were also condemned as idolatry. The Iconoclastic churches were embellished with plain gold mosaics with only one great cross in the apse like the Hagia Irene in Constantinople (after 740). There were similar crosses in the apses of the Hagia Sophia Church in Thessaloniki and in the Church of the Dormition in Nicaea. The crosses were substituted with the image of the Theotokos in both churches after the victory of the Iconodules (787–797 and in 8th–9th centuries respectively, the Dormition church was totally destroyed in 1922).

Question: What was the common mosaic theme of iconoclastic churches?
Answer: gold mosaics with only one great cross

Question: Why were mosaics destroyed in the iconoclastic era?
Answer: condemned as idolatry

Question: When did the Iconodules  change the cross in the Hagia Sophia?
Answer: 787–797

Question: When did the Hagia Irene adapt the iconoclastic era mosaics?
Answer: after 740

Question: When was the Dormition church destroyed? 
Answer: 1922
Title: Mosaic

The Nea Moni Monastery on Chios was established by Constantine Monomachos in 1043–1056. The exceptional mosaic decoration of the dome showing probably the nine orders of the angels was destroyed in 1822 but other panels survived (Theotokos with raised hands, four evangelists with seraphim, scenes from Christ's life and an interesting Anastasis where King Salomon bears resemblance to Constantine Monomachos). In comparison with Osios Loukas Nea Moni mosaics contain more figures, detail, landscape and setting.

Question: Where is the Nea Moni Monastery located?
Answer: Chios

Question: Who established the Nea Moni Monastery?
Answer: Constantine Monomachos

Question: When was the Nea Moni Monastery established?
Answer: 1043–1056

Question: When was the mosaic at the Nea Moni Monastery destroyed?
Answer: 1822

Question: The Nea Moni mosaics are more detailed than what what other famous mosaics?
Answer: Osios Loukas
Title: Mosaic

Another great undertaking by Constantine Monomachos was the restoration of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem between 1042 and 1048. Nothing survived of the mosaics which covered the walls and the dome of the edifice but the Russian abbot Daniel, who visited Jerusalem in 1106–1107 left a description: "Lively mosaics of the holy prophets are under the ceiling, over the tribune. The altar is surmounted by a mosaic image of Christ. In the main altar one can see the mosaic of the Exhaltation of Adam. In the apse the Ascension of Christ. The Annunciation occupies the two pillars next to the altar."

Question: Who restored the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the 1040's?
Answer: Constantine Monomachos

Question: Who left the only description of the mosaics at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?
Answer: the Russian abbot Daniel

Question: What survives of the mosaics that adorned the walls and dome of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?
Answer: Nothing

Question: Where did the Russian abbot Daniel travel in 1106-07?
Answer: Jerusalem
Title: Mosaic

The 9th- and 10th-century mosaics of the Hagia Sophia in Constantinople are truly classical Byzantine artworks. The north and south tympana beneath the dome was decorated with figures of prophets, saints and patriarchs. Above the principal door from the narthex we can see an Emperor kneeling before Christ (late 9th or early 10th century). Above the door from the southwest vestibule to the narthex another mosaic shows the Theotokos with Justinian and Constantine. Justinian I is offering the model of the church to Mary while Constantine is holding a model of the city in his hand. Both emperors are beardless – this is an example for conscious archaization as contemporary Byzantine rulers were bearded. A mosaic panel on the gallery shows Christ with Constantine Monomachos and Empress Zoe (1042–1055). The emperor gives a bulging money sack to Christ as a donation for the church.

Question: When were the Byzantine mosaics of the Hagia Sophia created?
Answer: The 9th- and 10th-century

Question: The tympana under the dome had images of whom displayed?
Answer: prophets, saints and patriarchs

Question: What does the Empress give to Christ as depicted by the mosaic?
Answer: a bulging money sack

Question: When did the Empress Zoe die?
Answer: 1055

Question: Who was depicted with the Empress Zoe on a panel in the gallery of the Hagia Sophia?
Answer: Constantine Monomachos
Title: Mosaic

There are very few existing mosaics from the Komnenian period but this paucity must be due to accidents of survival and gives a misleading impression. The only surviving 12th-century mosaic work in Constantinople is a panel in Hagia Sophia depicting Emperor John II and Empress Eirene with the Theotokos (1122–34). The empress with her long braided hair and rosy cheeks is especially capturing. It must be a lifelike portrayal because Eirene was really a redhead as her original Hungarian name, Piroska shows. The adjacent portrait of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos on a pier (from 1122) is similarly personal. The imperial mausoleum of the Komnenos dynasty, the Pantokrator Monastery was certainly decorated with great mosaics but these were later destroyed. The lack of Komnenian mosaics outside the capital is even more apparent. There is only a "Communion of the Apostles" in the apse of the cathedral of Serres.

Question: Why are there so few surviving mosaics from the Komnenian period?
Answer: accidents of survival

Question: Where is the only existing 12th century mosaic in Constantinople?
Answer: Hagia Sophia

Question: The empress Eirene had what color hair?
Answer: red

Question: What deity does the 12th century mosaic in the Hagia Sophia depict?
Answer: the Theotokos

Question: The only surviving mosaic from the Komnenos dynasty outside Constantinople is in what church?
Answer: the cathedral of Serres
Title: Mosaic

A striking technical innovation of the Komnenian period was the production of very precious, miniature mosaic icons. In these icons the small tesserae (with sides of 1 mm or less) were set on wax or resin on a wooden panel. These products of extraordinary craftmanship were intended for private devotion. The Louvre Transfiguration is a very fine example from the late 12th century. The miniature mosaic of Christ in the Museo Nazionale at Florence illustrates the more gentle, humanistic conception of Christ which appeared in the 12th century.

Question: How big were the tesserae in the Komnenian period miniature mosaic icons?
Answer: 1 mm or less

Question: What were the tesserae usually set in for miniature mosaic icons?
Answer: wax or resin

Question: The more humanistic conception of Christ appeared when?
Answer: in the 12th century

Question: What was the intended purpose of the miniature mosaic icons?
Answer: private devotion
Title: Mosaic

The Church of the Holy Apostles in Thessaloniki was built in 1310–14. Although some vandal systematically removed the gold tesserae of the background it can be seen that the Pantokrator and the prophets in the dome follow the traditional Byzantine pattern. Many details are similar to the Pammakaristos mosaics so it is supposed that the same team of mosaicists worked in both buildings. Another building with a related mosaic decoration is the Theotokos Paregoritissa Church in Arta. The church was established by the Despot of Epirus in 1294–96. In the dome is the traditional stern Pantokrator, with prophets and cherubim below.

Question: When was the Church of the Holy Apostles built? 
Answer: 1310–14

Question: Who removed the gold tesserae in the background of the mosaic at the Church of the Holy Apostles?
Answer: some vandal

Question: Where is the Theotokos Paregoritissa Church located?
Answer: Arta

Question: Who established the Theotokos Paregoritissa Church in 1294-96?
Answer: the Despot of Epirus

Question: The same team of mosaicists worked on the Church of the Holy Apostles in Thessaloniki as which other building?
Answer: Pammakaristos
Title: Mosaic

The greatest mosaic work of the Palaeologan renaissance in art is the decoration of the Chora Church in Constantinople. Although the mosaics of the naos have not survived except three panels, the decoration of the exonarthex and the esonarthex constitute the most important full-scale mosaic cycle in Constantinople after the Hagia Sophia. They were executed around 1320 by the command of Theodore Metochites. The esonarthex has two fluted domes, specially created to provide the ideal setting for the mosaic images of the ancestors of Christ. The southern one is called the Dome of the Pantokrator while the northern one is the Dome of the Theotokos. The most important panel of the esonarthex depicts Theodore Metochites wearing a huge turban, offering the model of the church to Christ. The walls of both narthexes are decorated with mosaic cycles from the life of the Virgin and the life of Christ. These panels show the influence of the Italian trecento on Byzantine art especially the more natural settings, landscapes, figures.

Question: where is the greatest mosaic work of the renaissance?
Answer: the Chora Church in Constantinople

Question: How many mosaic panels from naos have survived?
Answer: three

Question: The panels of naos are only capped in importance by which other location?
Answer: the Hagia Sophia

Question: Who commissioned the mosaics at naos?
Answer: Theodore Metochites

Question: The panels from naos show what influence on Byzantine art. 
Answer: Italian trecento
Title: Mosaic

The last great period of Roman mosaic art was the 12th–13th century when Rome developed its own distinctive artistic style, free from the strict rules of eastern tradition and with a more realistic portrayal of figures in the space. Well-known works of this period are the floral mosaics of the Basilica di San Clemente, the façade of Santa Maria in Trastevere and San Paolo fuori le Mura. The beautiful apse mosaic of Santa Maria in Trastevere (1140) depicts Christ and Mary sitting next to each other on the heavenly throne, the first example of this iconographic scheme. A similar mosaic, the Coronation of the Virgin, decorates the apse of Santa Maria Maggiore. It is a work of Jacopo Torriti from 1295. The mosaics of Torriti and Jacopo da Camerino in the apse of San Giovanni in Laterano from 1288–94 were thoroughly restored in 1884. The apse mosaic of San Crisogono is attributed to Pietro Cavallini, the greatest Roman painter of the 13th century. Six scenes from the life of Mary in Santa Maria in Trastevere were also executed by Cavallini in 1290. These mosaics are praised for their realistic portrayal and attempts of perspective. There is an interesting mosaic medaillon from 1210 above the gate of the church of San Tommaso in Formis showing Christ enthroned between a white and a black slave. The church belonged to the Order of the Trinitarians which was devoted to ransoming Christian slaves.

Question: When was the last period of Roman mosaic art?
Answer: the 12th–13th century

Question: Where is the church of Santa maria?
Answer: Trastevere

Question: Who does the facade at the Santa Maria church depict?
Answer: Christ and Mary

Question: When were the mosaics at Torriti and Jacopo fully restored?
Answer: in 1884

Question: What year was the medallion above the gate of the church of San Tommaso?
Answer: 1210
Title: Mosaic

The great Navicella mosaic (1305–1313) in the atrium of the Old St. Peter's is attributed to Giotto di Bondone. The giant mosaic, commissioned by Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi, was originally situated on the eastern porch of the old basilica and occupied the whole wall above the entrance arcade facing the courtyard. It depicted St. Peter walking on the waters. This extraordinary work was mainly destroyed during the construction of the new St. Peter's in the 17th century. Navicella means "little ship" referring to the large boat which dominated the scene, and whose sail, filled by the storm, loomed over the horizon. Such a natural representation of a seascape was known only from ancient works of art.

Question: Who created the Navicella mosaic in the Old St. Peter's church?
Answer: Giotto di Bondone

Question: Who commissioned the Navicella mosaic?
Answer: Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi

Question: Who did the navicella mosaic depict walking on water?
Answer: St. Peter

Question: What century was the majority of the Navicella mosaic destroyed?
Answer: the 17th

Question: Navicella means what in Italian?
Answer: "little ship"
Title: Mosaic

The heyday of mosaic making in Sicily was the age of the independent Norman kingdom in the 12th century. The Norman kings adopted the Byzantine tradition of mosaic decoration to enhance the somewhat dubious legality of their rule. Greek masters working in Sicily developed their own style, that shows the influence of Western European and Islamic artistic tendencies. Best examples of Sicilian mosaic art are the Cappella Palatina of Roger II, the Martorana church in Palermo and the cathedrals of Cefalù and Monreale.

Question: Why did the Normans adopt a Byzantine art style?
Answer: enhance the somewhat dubious legality of their rule

Question: when was the height of mosaic art in sicily?
Answer: the 12th century

Question: Who was influenced by Western European and Islamic tendencies?
Answer: Greek masters working in Sicily

Question: Who adopted the Byzantine mosaic tradition?
Answer: Norman kings

Question: The Martorana church is an example of the best mosaic art in what part italy?
Answer: Sicily
Title: Mosaic

The Martorana church (decorated around 1143) looked originally even more Byzantine although important parts were later demolished. The dome mosaic is similar to that of the Cappella Palatina, with Christ enthroned in the middle and four bowed, elongated angels. The Greek inscriptions, decorative patterns, and evangelists in the squinches are obviously executed by the same Greek masters who worked on the Cappella Palatina. The mosaic depicting Roger II of Sicily, dressed in Byzantine imperial robes and receiving the crown by Christ, was originally in the demolished narthex together with another panel, the Theotokos with Georgios of Antiochia, the founder of the church.

Question: When was the Martorana church decorated?
Answer: around 1143

Question: Who is featured in the mosaic at the Martorana church?
Answer: Christ

Question: The Martorana church was likely decorated by the same greek masters who decorated which church?
Answer: the Cappella Palatina

Question: Who was the founder of the Martorana church?
Answer: Georgios of Antiochia

Question: Who is receiving a crown from christ in the mosaic originally in the narthex?
Answer: Roger II
Title: Mosaic

The Monreale mosaics constitute the largest decoration of this kind in Italy, covering 0,75 hectares with at least 100 million glass and stone tesserae. This huge work was executed between 1176 and 1186 by the order of King William II of Sicily. The iconography of the mosaics in the presbytery is similar to Cefalu while the pictures in the nave are almost the same as the narrative scenes in the Cappella Palatina. The Martorana mosaic of Roger II blessed by Christ was repeated with the figure of King William II instead of his predecessor. Another panel shows the king offering the model of the cathedral to the Theotokos.

Question: What is the name of the largest mosaics in Italy?
Answer: The Monreale mosaics

Question: At least how many tesserae are used in the the Monreale mosaics?
Answer: 100 million

Question: Who commissioned the Monreale mosaics between 1176 and 1186?
Answer: King William II of Sicily

Question: Who is displayed getting crowned by christ in the Monreale mosaics?
Answer: King William II

Question: What is the king offering Theotokos in the Monreale mosaics? 
Answer: the model of the cathedral
Title: Mosaic

Southern Italy was also part of the Norman kingdom but great mosaics did not survive in this area except the fine mosaic pavement of the Otranto Cathedral from 1166, with mosaics tied into a tree of life, mostly still preserved. The scenes depict biblical characters, warrior kings, medieval beasts, allegories of the months and working activity. Only fragments survived from the original mosaic decoration of Amalfi's Norman Cathedral. The mosaic ambos in the churches of Ravello prove that mosaic art was widespread in Southern Italy during the 11th–13th centuries.

Question: What region of italy was part of the Norman empire?
Answer: Southern

Question: The only surviving mosaic from Norman held souther Italy is what?
Answer: pavement of the Otranto Cathedral

Question: The mosaics in churches of Ravello prove what?
Answer: mosaic art was widespread

Question: What year were the mosaic pavements installed at the Otranto Cathedral?
Answer: 1166

Question: What survives from the mosaics of Amalfi's Norman Cathedral?
Answer: Only fragments
Title: Mosaic

In parts of Italy, which were under eastern artistic influences, like Sicily and Venice, mosaic making never went out of fashion in the Middle Ages. The whole interior of the St Mark's Basilica in Venice is clad with elaborate, golden mosaics. The oldest scenes were executed by Greek masters in the late 11th century but the majority of the mosaics are works of local artists from the 12th–13th centuries. The decoration of the church was finished only in the 16th century. One hundred and ten scenes of mosaics in the atrium of St Mark's were based directly on the miniatures of the Cotton Genesis, a Byzantine manuscript that was brought to Venice after the sack of Constantinople (1204). The mosaics were executed in the 1220s.

Question: Which area in Italy besides Sicily did mosaic art not go out of fashion in the middle ages?
Answer: Venice

Question: Which church in Venice is decorated with elaborate golden mosaics?
Answer: St Mark's Basilica

Question: When were the oldest scenes in St. Mark's mosaics completed?
Answer: the late 11th century

Question: The majority of the mosaics in Venice were created by who?
Answer: local artists

Question: When was the sack of Constantinople?
Answer: 1204
Title: Mosaic

Other important Venetian mosaics can be found in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta in Torcello from the 12th century, and in the Basilical of Santi Maria e Donato in Murano with a restored apse mosaic from the 12th century and a beautiful mosaic pavement (1140). The apse of the San Cipriano Church in Murano was decorated with an impressive golden mosaic from the early 13th century showing Christ enthroned with Mary, St John and the two patron saints, Cipriano and Cipriana. When the church was demolished in the 19th century, the mosaic was bought by Frederick William IV of Prussia. It was reassembled in the Friedenskirche of Potsdam in the 1840s.

Question: Where is the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta?
Answer: Torcello

Question: When were the mosaics in the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta built?
Answer: the 12th century

Question: Where is the Basilica of Santi Maria e Donato located?
Answer: Murano

Question: Who purchased the 13th century mosaic from the the San Cipriano Church?
Answer: Frederick William IV of Prussia

Question: Where did Frederick William IV relocate the mural he purchased?
Answer: the Friedenskirche of Potsdam
Title: Mosaic

The Abbot of Monte Cassino, Desiderius sent envoys to Constantinople some time after 1066 to hire expert Byzantine mosaicists for the decoration of the rebuilt abbey church. According to chronicler Leo of Ostia the Greek artists decorated the apse, the arch and the vestibule of the basilica. Their work was admired by contemporaries but was totally destroyed in later centuries except two fragments depicting greyhounds (now in the Monte Cassino Museum). "The abbot in his wisdom decided that great number of young monks in the monastery should be thoroughly initiated in these arts" – says the chronicler about the role of the Greeks in the revival of mosaic art in medieval Italy.

Question: Who hired Byzantine experts to decorate a rebuilt abbey church?
Answer: The Abbot of Monte Cassino

Question: After what time did the Abbot of Monte Cassino send for Byzantine mosaicists?
Answer: 1066

Question: What animal was on the only surviving mosaics created by the greeks at the rebuilt abbey?
Answer: greyhounds

Question: Where are the only remaining greek mosaic panels now kept?
Answer: in the Monte Cassino Museum