Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Mosaic, yes i like it !

Some religious mosaics from Aya Sofia (Istanbul) and Saint Sauveur in Chora (Istanbul).




24 comments:

  1. A very tedious, but rewarding art form. I've been fascinated in them since I was a little kid.

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  2. Why does Jesus look so miffed? I thought he loved everyone? That face doesn't look very loving to me...

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  3. I don't know why but these types of things creep me out

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  4. Ah art back then was so great, limited tools but they made their paintings so well.

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  5. Would love to see these in person.

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  6. Beautiful! I didn't know that there are Christian relics in Turk.

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  7. Really nice mosaic,Agia Sofia in Constantinople.Nice post man really nice thanks a lot.

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  8. bycantic mosaics are simply the clearest and purest one

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  9. Truly amazing for their time period :)

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  10. Beautiful artwork, it never ceases to amaze me how wonderfully great Religious artwork is.

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  11. Really amazing how much work goes into them.

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  12. Truly beautiful. Just imagine all the effort they had to put in those.

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  13. haha feels like i'm in art history all over again

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  14. Similar pictures all over my parents house -_-

    xx

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  15. THis stuff blows me away. I can't imagine people looking at a bunch of tile bits, and deciding to make a picture with them.

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  16. How old are these mosaics ? it looks great =)

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  17. damn cant imagine how long something like that takes

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  18. this is truelly amazing i love every picture

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