Mucha: Byzantine Head - The Brunette (1897)
Unknown artist(s): Empress Theodora and Her Attendants, south wall of apse, Basilica di San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy (547)
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Monday, February 11, 2013
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Interesting to compare and contrast - and note the almost sepia tones.
ReplyDeleteSplendid juxtaposition of the Mucha work and the mosaic -- I also thought of the W.B. Yeats poem.
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