San Vitale


San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526–547 C.E. Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic.
  • DONATIONS TO PROCEED CONSTRUCTON BY WEALTHY PATRON
  • NOT A BASILICA, CENTRALLY PLANNED
  • DOME COVERED, CLERESTORY-LIT CENTRAL SPACE DEFINED BY PIERS ALTERNATING WITH CURVED, COLUMNED EXEDRAE
  • HONORED SAINT VITALIS; PLANNED LIKE JUSTINIANS CHURCHES IN CONSTANTINOPLE, OCTOGONAL SHAPE
  • MOSAIC AND MARBLE CLAD WALLS AND VAULTS


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