https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am en-us 2017-02-09 16:35:30 UTC 2023-01-21 00:57:14 UTC hello@padlet.com dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153472123 The Orthodox Church was very important in the development of Byzantine art and culture. Much of the music that was first composed during that era is still used in Orthodox worship today.]]> 2017-02-13 16:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153472123 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153553931 This was a church in Constantinople under Christian Byzantine rule. It was remade into a mosque after the Muslim conquest (and renaming to Istanbul) of the city. Today it is a museum.]]> 2017-02-13 19:51:41 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153553931 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153555961 This was a mosque under Muslim rule in Southern Spain. It was converted into a Catholic church after the reconquest of Cordoba by the Spanish Christians.]]> 2017-02-13 19:57:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153555961 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153560305 This was built as a fortress by the Moors in Granada in the Andalusia region of Southern Spain. After the Spanish retook the region from them, they began using it as a palace]]> 2017-02-13 20:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153560305 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153562683 2017-02-13 20:20:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153562683 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153645294 Because icons are left unsigned by their artists, it is generally difficult to identify their creators. One well-known iconographer of the Byzantine era (although not from the empire) was a Russian monk named Andrei Rublev.
 ]]> 2017-02-14 08:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153645294 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153646175 This is probably Andrei Rublev's most famous work.]]> 2017-02-14 08:57:39 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153646175 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153646754 Icons are religious paintings that are venerated within Orthodox worship. They were a very important part of Byzantine art. ]]> 2017-02-14 09:01:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153646754 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153647448 During the eighth and ninth centuries there was a movement within the Orthodox church in the Byzantine church to remove icons from churches and stop their veneration.]]> 2017-02-14 09:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153647448 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153649378 Another famous Rublev icon.]]> 2017-02-14 09:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153649378 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153649666 2017-02-14 09:19:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153649666 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153650579 Theophanes was an iconographer who was born and educated in the Byzantine empire but worked in Russia.]]> 2017-02-14 09:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153650579 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153652649 While hundreds of works are attributed to Theophanes, the only ones known for certain to be his are in this Novgorod church.]]> 2017-02-14 09:36:46 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153652649 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153653963 2017-02-14 09:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153653963 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153654386 As the Roman empire became increasingly too large to control, it was divided into two parts- the eastern and western empires. The eastern empire was what would become the Byzantine empire.]]> 2017-02-14 09:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153654386 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153655648 In the 7th century a new religion- Islam sprang up in what is now Saudi Arabia. It was started by a man known to Muslims as the Prophet Muhammed. Although in its early days the religion and its followers were heavily persecuted, it soon spread widely across the Middle East.]]> 2017-02-14 09:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153655648 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153656341 As the centuries went by, the empire began to crumble much as its Western counterpart earlier had. It had grown too large to control and faced nearly constant attacks from all sides. In 1453, the Muslim Turks took the city of Constantinople and with that ended nearly a thousand years of the Byzantine empire]]> 2017-02-14 09:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153656341 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153658565 This mosque was built over the sight where Muslims believe that the Prophet Muhammed ascended into heaven.]]> 2017-02-14 10:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153658565 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153658984 2017-02-14 10:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153658984 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153659883 Traditionally, Islamic art has been focused on highly ornate geometric designs and calligraphy. These art forms are often seen in the decoration of mosques and Korans. Many Muslims believe that a ban on depictions of the Prophet Muhammed extends to all life forms and because of this one rarely sees any people or animals in Islamic art.]]> 2017-02-14 10:16:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153659883 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153661791 Islamic art refers to any art created by Muslims or in a primarily Muslim area. Take for instance this mosque in China.]]> 2017-02-14 10:27:01 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153661791 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153663180 Also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, this is a beautiful example of Islamic art. Unfortunately, it has been reduced to rubble]]> 2017-02-14 10:34:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153663180 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153664288 A major example of Islamic art is the ornate Korans. This one dates from the sixteenth century.]]> 2017-02-14 10:39:48 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153664288 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153665021 Beautiful, elaborate mosaics were popular in both Byzantine and Islamic art.]]> 2017-02-14 10:43:09 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153665021 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153665616 This mosaic is from a fifth century Italian church.]]> 2017-02-14 10:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153665616 dahlb1695 https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153666307 This mosaic is from a fourteenth century Iranian mosque.]]> 2017-02-14 10:50:28 UTC https://padlet.com/dahlb1695/8sv4pgwp15am/wish/153666307