An apse is a semicircular recess, often covered with a hemispherical vault. Commonly, the apse of a church, cathedral or basilica is the semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or …

Because most of the apse mosaics of the Early Christian and Byzantine period are seemingly well known, new aspects appeared when I asked for the ‘apse as a space for images’. Each …

From Adyton to Presbyterium : towards a history of the apse as a space for images; From private worship to official representation of the Virgin in the Apse; Apse and icon : official …

Two opposed traditions, harking back to early imperial times, nourished the invention of the Christian apse image: on the one hand there were statues in apses of pagan temples and …

This book deals with the apse as a showcase for images in the early Christian and early Byzantine periods.

Photos & explanations of the iconography of the apse. Links to our studies of images of SS. Ambrose, Martin, & Christ in Majesty.

An icon of the Hospitality of Abraham for the trapeza apse, being painted by the iconographers Ivan and Roman. It recalls the famous scene when Abraham and Sarah gave hospitality to …

The mosaics in the apse were created by Alessandro Specchi (1668-1729). On the back wall is an icon painted on wood a Roman-Byzantine panel covered in silver representing the Virgin and …

An edition of The apse, the image, and the icon (2010) The apse, the image, and the icon an historical perspective of the apse as a space for images by Beat Brenk. 0 Ratings 0 Want to …