Ceiling Painting

Early Christian/Late Antique

Catacomb, Rome, Italy

3rd c. CE

Interior of Santa Costanza

Early Christian/Late Antique

Rome, Italy

c. 337-51 CE

Old St. Peter's (reconstruction)

Early Christian/Late Antique

Rome, Italy

c. 320 CE

Priestess of Bacchus

Ivory

Early Christian/Late Antique

c. 390-401 CE

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Marble

Early Christian/Late Antique

c. 359 CE

Interior of Mausoleum of Galla Placidia

Early Christian/Late Antique

Ravenna, Italy

c. 425 CE

Jonah Marbles

Marble

Early Christian/Late Antique

3rd c. CE

Hagia Sofia

ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES AND ISIDORUS OF MILETUS

Byzantine

Istanbul, Turkey

c. 535 CE

Transfiguration of Christ

Apse Mosaic

Byzantine

Monastery of St. Catherine

Mt. Sinai, Egypt

c. 550

Interior San Vitale

Byzantine

Ravenna, Italy

c. 547 CE

Christ Pantokrator

Byzantine

Church of the Dormition

Daphni, Greece

c. 1080-1100 CE

Michael the Archangel

Ivory

Byzantine

6th c. CE

Virgin (Theotokos) and Child with Saints and Angels

Encaustic on Wood

Byzantine

6th c. CE

Page for Koran in Kufic script

Manuscript

Islamic

Syria

9th c. CE

Dome of the Rock

Islamic

Jerusalem, Israel

c. 690 CE

Interior of the Great Mosque

Islamic

Cordoba, Spain

c. 985 CE

Sutton Hoo Purse Cover

Gold and Cloisonne

Early Medieval

England

c. 625 CE

Door of Urnes Church

Early Medieval

Norway

c. 1050 CE

Matthew

Book of Durrow

Manuscript

Early Medieval

7th c. CE

Matthew

Lindisfarne Gospels

Manuscript

Early Medieval

c. 700 CE

Monogram of Christ

Book of Kells

Manuscript

early 9th c. CE

Cross of Muiredach

Hiberno-Saxon/Early Medieval

Monasterboice, Ireland

10th c. CE

Palace Chapel

Carolingian/Early Medieval

Aachen, Germany

late 8th c. CE

Matthew

Ebbo Gospels

Manuscript

Carolingian/Early Medieval

c. 816 CE

Gero Crucifix

Ottonian/Early Medieval

Germany

c. 970 CE

Doors of Hildesheim Cathedral

Bronze

Ottonian/Early Medieval

Germany

1015 CE

Annunciation

Lectionary of Henry II

Manuscript

Ottonian/Early Medieval

c. 1002 CE

Interior of St. Sernin

Romanesque

Toulouse

c. 1070 CE

Exterior of St. Sernin

Romanesque

Toulouse

c. 1070

Interior of Durham Cathedral

Romanesque

England

c. 1100 CE

South Portal of St. Pierre

Romanesque

Moissac

c. 1115 CE

Last Judgement

GISLEBERTUS

St. Lazare

Romanesque

Autun, France

c. 1130 CE

Head Reliquary

Silver repousse, gilt bronze, gems, pearls, enamel

Romanesque

Stavelot

1145 CE

Ambulatory of Saint-Denis

Gothic

Saint Denis, France

1140-1144 CE

Exterior of Notre Dame de Chartres

Gothic

Chartres, France

c. 1200 CE

Interior of Notre Dame de Chartres

Gothic

Chartres, France

c. 1200 CE

David before Saul

JEAN PUCELLE

Belleville Breviary

Manuscript

Gothic

Paris, France

c. 1325

Virgin of Jeanne d'Evreux

Silver gilt and enamel

Gothic

Saint-Denis, France

1339 CE

Ekkehard and Uta

Naumburg Cathedral

Gothic

Naumburg, Germany

c. 1249 CE

Virgin with Dead Christ (Rottgen Pieta)

Painted Wood

Gothic

Rhineland, Germany

c. 1300 CE

The Triumph of Death

TRAINI

Gothic

Pisa

1325-50 CE

Symbol of Mark

Echternach Gospels

Manuscript

Early Medieval

8th c. CE

Psalm 44

Utrecht Psalter

Manuscript

Carolingian/Early Medieval

c. 820 CE

St. Gall Plan

Carolingian

c. 819

Woman clothed with Sun

Morgan Beatus

Manuscript

Spain

c. 940-45 CE

Hellmouth

Winchester Psalter

Manuscript

England

c. 1150 CE

Knight, Death, and the Devil

DURER

Gothic

c. 1514 CE

The Emperor from The Dance of Death series

HOLBEIN

Gothic

1538 CE

Interior of Sainte-Chapelle

Gothic

Paris, France

c. 1243 CE

The Winged Man

Symbol of St. Matthew

The Winged Man

Symbol of St. Matthew

The Lion

Symbol of St. Mark

The Lion

Symbol of St. Mark

The Bull

Symbol of St. Luke

The Bull

Symbol of St. Luke

The Eagle

Symbol of St. John

The Eagle

Symbol of St. John

The Eagle

Symbol of St. John

Portrait of Constantine

Marble

Late Antique

Basilica Nova

Rome, Italy

c. 315-330 CE

Interior of Santa Sabina

Early Christian/Late Antique

Rome, Italy

422-432 CE

Church

Crucifixion

Mosiac

Byzantine

Church of the Dormition

Daphni, Greece

c. 1090-1100 CE

Interior of Hagia Sophia

ANTHEMIUS OF TRALLES and ISIDORUS OF MILETUS

Byzantine

Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey

532-537 CE

Justinian

Mosaic

Byzantine

San Vitale

Ravenna, Italy

c. 547 CE

Theodora

Mosaic

Byzantine

San Vitale

Ravenna, Italy

c. 547 CE

Transfiguration

Saint Appolinaris amid sheep

Mosaic

Byzantine

Ravenna, Italy

c. 533-549 CE

Tower and Scriptorium of San Salvador de Tabara

Colophone Page of Commentary on the Apocalypse by Beatus

EMETERIUS

Mozarabic/Early Medieval

970 CE

Reliquary statue of Sainte Foy (Saint Faith)

Carolingian/Early Medieval

Nave of Abbey Church of Notre-Dame de Fontenay

Romanesque

Fontenay, France

1139-1147 CE

Cathedral Complex

Romanesque

Pisa, Italy

Virgin and Child (Morgan Madonna)

Oak and Polychromy

Romanesque

Auvergne France

late 12th c. CE

Reconstruction drawing after Conant

Cathedral of Saint James

Romanesque

Santiago de Compostela, Spain