Basilica of San Vitale, presbytery, groin vault, mosaic decoration: Agnus Dei is depicted in the vault, surrounded by twenty-seven gold and silver stars, framed by festoon vegetal motif.
Basilica of San Vitale, presbytery, groin vault, mosaic decoration: angel, detail of the decorative elements of the rib vault. An angel stands on a blue globe supporting the central clypeus, surrounded by acanthus branches.
Basilica of San Vitale, presbytery, groin vault, mosaic decoration: angel, detail of the decorative elements of the rib vault. An angel stands on a blue globe supporting the central clypeus, surrounded by acanthus branches.
Basilica of San Vitale, presbytery, groin vault, mosaic decoration: angel, detail of the decorative elements of the rib vault. An angel stands on a blue globe supporting the central clypeus, surrounded by acanthus branches.
Detail of a squared slab from the chorus chancel inside Santa Maria Assunta cathedral, in Torcello. The relief decoration features two facing peacocks drinking from a tall footed kantharos; the spare space is filled with acanthus tendrils, while the…
Basilica of San Vitale, presbytery, groin vault, mosaic decoration: angel, detail of the decorative elements of the rib vault. An angel stands on a blue globe supporting the central clypeus, surrounded by acanthus branches.
Basilica of San Vitale, presbytery, groin vault, mosaic decoration: Agnus Dei is depicted surrounded by twenty-seven gold and silver stars, framed by garland motif.