Byzantine

What is the Byzantine Art?

Bizantine Art took place during the Byzantine Empire in Constantinopla (today Istambul) as epicentre. It was an Empire focused on the development of art and culture. Architecture and mosaics are the most important elements in the Bizantine Art.

The Mosque

Watch this video to discover the beauty of the mosque.

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Meet Mohamed Salah and discover the different parts of a mosque and what Muslims do there.

Copia de The Mosque

If walls could talk, Turkey's Hagia Sophia would have an abundance of stories to tell. Once a church, then a mosque, and now a museum, this world marvel has stood the test of time and war, surviving centuries of conquest by some of history's greatest empires. 

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The Emperor Constantine

The Emperor Constantine also known as Constantine the Great was a Roman Emperor who ruled between 306 and 337 AD.

He built a new imperial residence at Byzantium and renamed the city Constantinople (now Istanbul). It became the capital of the Empire for more than a thousand years

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Saint Basil's Cathedral

Saint Basil's Cathedral is a church in Red Square in Moscow, Russia and is one of the most popular symbols of the country. 

The building is shaped like the flame of a bonfire rising into the sky, a design that has no parallel in Russian architecture.

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In class

ACTIVITIES:

Copia de Mosaics
Saint Basil's Cathedral
Copia de Hagia Sophia Box Decoration
Copia de Drawing Hagia Sophia

Google Expeditions (Virtual 360º Tour)

Istanbul, Turkey

The Ottoman Empire