Tag Archives: Ravenna Mosaics

RAVENNA: ''NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED''

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Dave

O lone Ravenna! many a tale is told Of thy great glories in the days of old: Two thousand years have passed since thou didst see Casar ride forth to royal victory. Mighty thy name when Rome’s lean eagles flew … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Miscellaneous, Visual Art/Sculpture/etc. | Tagged Adrian Goldsworthy, Bryan Ward Perkins, Dante Alighieri, David Frum, Dom Deluise, Edward Gibbon, Fall of the Roman Empire, Glycerius, Julius Nepos, Lord Byron, Mel Brooks History of the World Part I, Nepos, Odovacar, Orestes, Oscar Wilde, Ostrogoths Walamar, Peter Heather, Ravenna, Ravenna Mosaics, Roman Empire, Romulus Roman Emperor, Thodoric the Great, Zeno | 2 Comments

NOT OUR CROSS TO BEAR

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Dave

Between the material and the temporal, represented in Byzantium by the emperor and the imperial body politic, and the spiritual and the eternal, represented by the saints, there is the image forming world of the soul, the world of the … Continue reading →