Title

San Vitale Basilica in Ravenna: spandrel

Caption

Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna (Italy)
Mosaic of the presbytery: spandrel
6th century.

Info+

Its construction was begun by Bishop Ecclesius in 527, and completed in 548 by the twenty-seventh Bishop of Ravenna, Maximianus.

Date

6th century

Credit line

Alfredo Dagli Orti/Photo12

Reference

DGL10A03_281

License type

Rights managed

Available size

123.5Mb (6.9Mb) / 24.1in x 19.9in / 7238 x 5965 (300dpi)

Keywords

Architecture Mosaics Unesco World Heritage Site Emilia-Romagna Building Religion Chapel Vault Christian Christianism Early Christian Byzantine Catholic 5th century Jesus Christ Polychrome marble Stucco Indoors Interior Stele Column Pillar Pillar Apse Capital Dome Roman Exarch Bird