ARTHIST 1A03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Hosios Loukas, Byzantine Art, The Black Stone
17 Dec 2015
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Monastery churches at hosios loukas, strisis, central greece. Windows are different, ring of smaller windows, then paired windows. Christ pantorator with scenes from the life of christ. Parts of christ"s life on part of squiches. Mary on one side, john on the other. Mary wearing embroidered clothes, mary"s expression is full of grief. Mary and the discliple john lay the dead body of christ. Mary is visited by angel gabriel, giving her news of birth of a son. Palace complex has a decoration of tiles on walls. Gardens are important presentation of palaces, include water ponds. The black stone = given from god to abraham (from heaven) 622 left mecca and went to medina. 630 returned to mecca, returned with army, took over the. Kaabah, took all old idols from other dieties. Tawaf walking around kaabah seven times. Isra black cloth with gold inscriptions from the quran. Middle east, persia, egypt, north africa became islam.
