Crucifixion mosaic

E401371

Byzantine mosaic Christian iconographic image religious artwork

The Crucifixion mosaic at Daphni Monastery is a renowned 11th-century Byzantine artwork celebrated for its classical balance, emotional restraint, and refined depiction of Christ’s crucifixion.

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Label	Occurrences
Crucifixion mosaic canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Byzantine mosaic ⓘ Christian iconographic image ⓘ religious artwork ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	key example of Middle Byzantine mosaic art ⓘ often reproduced in art history textbooks ⓘ
artMovement	Byzantine art ⓘ Comnenian-era art ⓘ
background	gold ground ⓘ
compositionFeature	centralized cross ⓘ flanking figures of Mary and John ⓘ geometric clarity ⓘ
culturalContext	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Greek monastic culture ⓘ
dateApproximate	c. 1080–1100 ⓘ
depicts	Crucifixion of Jesus ⓘ Golgotha ⓘ Jesus Christ on the cross ⓘ Apostle John ⓘ surface form: Saint John the Evangelist Virgin Mary ⓘ skull of Adam at the foot of the cross ⓘ
function	devotional image ⓘ liturgical setting decoration ⓘ
hasArtisticPeriod	11th century ⓘ Middle Byzantine period ⓘ
hasStyle	Middle Byzantine period ⓘ surface form: Middle Byzantine classical balance ⓘ emotional restraint ⓘ hieratic composition ⓘ idealized naturalism ⓘ
iconographicType	Crucifixion ⓘ
locatedIn	Daphni Monastery ⓘ Greece ⓘ Daphni Monastery ⓘ surface form: katholikon of Daphni Monastery near Athens ⓘ
materialUsed	glass tesserae ⓘ gold tesserae ⓘ
notableFor	classical balance ⓘ emotional restraint ⓘ harmonious proportions ⓘ refined modeling of figures ⓘ subtle use of light and shadow ⓘ
partOf	interior decoration of the katholikon ⓘ mosaic decoration of Daphni Monastery ⓘ
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
showsChristExpression	serene and restrained ⓘ
showsChristPose	slightly sagging body ⓘ
showsFigureType	Christ fallen under the Cross ⓘ surface form: Christus patiens

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Subject: Crucifixion mosaic
Description of subject: The Crucifixion mosaic at Daphni Monastery is a renowned 11th-century Byzantine artwork celebrated for its classical balance, emotional restraint, and refined depiction of Christ’s crucifixion.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Daphni Monastery → notableWork → Crucifixion mosaic ⓘ