Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: San Vitale
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Accession Number:
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102230
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Order Title:
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History of Costume and Fashion (102059-103548)
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Type of View:
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interior detail
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View Title:
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detail of Empress Theodora and Her Retinue mosaic with the Empress wearing a jeweled collar finished in pear-shaped pearls on the top of her paludamentum. Her hair is set low on the forehead and wrapped in pearls and precious stones. Her Byzantine crown has long pearl drops and her earrings are pearls drops as well
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Image Rights:
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copyrighted
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Source Institution:
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NCSU Libraries
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Collection:
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Design Library Image Collection
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Culture:
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Byzantine
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Subject:
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central-plan
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Subject:
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mosaics (visual works)
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Work Types:
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Architecture; religious structures; churches
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Preferred Title:
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San Vitale
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Agent Display:
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Anthemios of Tralles (Byzantine architect, ca. 474-ca. 534); Isidoros of Miletus (Byzantine architect, mid-6th century); Unknown (Byzantine)
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Date:
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526-547 (creation)
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Locations:
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Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Location Type:
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(creation)
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Style/Period:
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Byzantine
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Style/Period:
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Early Christian
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Classification:
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Architecture
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