Sitemap - 2025 - The Sacred Images Project
The Mysterious Frescoes of Castelseprio
Putting together the big, complex picture: Italo-Byzantine, Carolingian, Romanesque
Icons Through the Ages: The Changing Face of Byzantine Sacred Art
Off Topic: What is "Modernia" and why is it Bad?
The Eastern Monastic Origins of Italo-Byzantine and Romanesque Art
The greatest story ever told in pictures; iconographic programmes
Byzantium to Italy: The Roots of Italo-Byzantine Art
A Quick Update - calling in sick
West vs East: Iconoclasm, Charlemagne, and the Birth of a New Sacred Art
Chauvet Cave and Our Ancient Iconographic Impulse
Council to Conclave: The Rise of Papal Supremacy and the Roots of the Divide
By the Width of a Wall: How Christendom Survived, and Turned on Itself
God bursts into the world of death; Holy Saturday in the iconographic tradition
Walking with the Saints: A Pilgrimage to the Seven Churches of Rome
What happened in Spain? Visigoths vs. Islam
Between Two Fires: Byzantine Art and Theology Before Iconoclasm
Mini-Course Introduction: From Catacombs to Icons
When the World Changed: Sacred Art and the coming of Islam
The Sacred Images Project, 2025 Season Two - maps and links to all the things
Soft comforting tyranny: Technocracy, Christianity and the Age of AI
The mystical art of the desert; the iconography of Egyptian solitude
A Hermit's Lamp: "If you want, you can become all flame."
To venerate is to draw near: monastic art and the desire for communion
On Living as a Narnian in Exile
A story of restoration: Pisa's lost treasures and recovered frescos
The fall of Byzantine Italy: the Papacy turns west
Why this church wants to hurt you; what is Brutalism?
Icons and Empire: The Papacy’s Battle Against the Emperor’s Heresy
The "Crux Gemmata" - how the Cross was depicted in early Christian art
Italo-Byzantine Part 2: How West Met East and Changed Art Forever
Keeping The Sacred Images Project alive: why your support matters
The Eucharistic Vision of San Vitale's Mosaics
I swear on... something or other...
Princess Honoria and Attila the Hun
Torcello: The "lost" island where Venice began
Saturday post: What's Septuagesima?
Buried treasure: the golden hoard of Sutton Hoo
A brief 1st look at Italo-Byzantine
The redemption of Mr. Collins: sympathy for an unloved man
Byzantium to Constantinople: the birth of the new imperial art form
Constantinople, and the new Christian empire
The Jesus Prayer: A Spiritual Lifeline for Western Christians
"And the Word was made flesh..." Depicting the Incarnation
The Friday post: "Awake, O sleeper!" Real religion is scary
Imperial Christian Mosaics: Rome and Ravenna
Catacombs to Basilicas: Christianity in the light
Mystery of Sacred Images: Understanding the Visual Language of Faith
Gathering in Secret: Worship and Theology Before Constantine
Santa Pudenziana; ancient Roman house churches you can visit
Where Christian Art Begins; 3rd to 6th centuries
Darkness to Dawn: Cluny and the Rescue of Christendom
Empire of books: The role of manuscripts in the Ottonian Renaissance