Hagia Sohpia
Anthemius of Tralles
Isidoros of Miletus
buttresses
Galla Placidia
Pendentives
Pendere=to hang
narthex
apse
lunettes
Procopius
St. Catherine monastery
Mount Sinai
The Transfiguration
Mandorla (the almond shaped aureola)
Peter, James, and John
Moses and Elijah
Virgin and Child between St, Theodore and St. George
Vladimir Madonna
Vladimir
Moscow
Kazan
Tartar
The Old Testament Trinity
Andrei Rublev
Sarah and Abraham (parents of Isaac)
Genesis
Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost)
Iconoclastic controversy
Iconoclasts/vs. Iconophiles
Churches form Hosios Loukas
Katholikon
Theotokos
Christ as Pantokrator (= ruler of all)
Monreale, Palermo, Sicily
Cathedral of Annunciation
Kremlin, Moscow
Saint Basil's Cathedral
Tsar Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible)