The emperor died fighting the Ottoman Turks when Constantinople fell in 1453 ... preserved portrait of an emperor in ...

The National Gallery presents another blockbuster exhibition in celebration of its 200th anniversary exploring the vibrant new way of painting that developed in early 14th century Siena. The rigidity ...

John Julius Norwich tells the dramatic story of the fall of Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire ... The tradition of painting the same, or similar, images of saints and holy people is meant ...