venerdì 12 maggio 2017

CLIL ACTIVITY

THEODORA'S MOSAIC

This is a mosaic, realized in 547 and we can find it in the Basilic of St. Vitale, in Ravenna.

Risultati immagini per mosaico di teodoraIt's a byzantine mosaic, that shows the queen, nearby the king Justinian and tourists remain shocked 'cause, although they're so old they're very realistic. We can recognize the byzantine style thanks to the gold background that characterized that kind of art. Then, we can see some blue-coloured parts and the queen's expression very serious 'cause they weren't able to realize the face expression yet.

This queen succeded to her father Theodoric in 526 and she was really imponent: we even know that, probably, this mosaic cost about 26'000 gold money!