Getty Villa’s ‘Heaven and Earth: Art of Byzantium From Greek Collections’
A silk and linen embroidered tapestry circa 1300 depicts Christ on a slab with Communion symbols of the body and blood surrounding the main image. (Museum of Byzantine Culture / J. Paul Getty Trust)
Christ is shown in gilded relief in an icon of the 12th century “Man of Sorrows,” part of the Getty Villa’s exhibition. (Byzantine Museum / J. Paul Getty Trust)
The Apostle Andrew is in a mosaic from the late 11th or early 12th century. (Archaeological Museum / J. Paul Getty Trust)
An early example of what looks to be vandalism marks a first century head of Aphrodite. (National Archaeological Museum /J. Paul Getty Trust)
Even humble objects like a glazed clay dish from the mid-12th century get a gilded sheen. (7th EBA / J. Paul Getty Trust)
Archangel Michael is depicted in tempera on wood with gold leaf in this 14th century piece. (Byzantine and Christian Museum / J. Paul Getty Trust)
