Executive Mosaic

An ornate mihrab, or area of interest pointing in the direction of Mecca, part of a significant renovation of the mosque by the Swiss-Italian architect brothers Gaspare and Giuseppe Fossati in , now stands below the Virgin and Child. With its stunning golden background and details, the mosaic of the Virgin and Child is one of the most recognisable Byzantine works of art in the Hagia Sophia, which was originally constructed as a Christian church by the emperor Justinian in the sixth century. Installed in 1 / 4-dome on the eastern aspect in what was the church’s apse, the mosaic that guests see today is believed to reconstruct an earlier work destroyed by iconoclasts.

If you want to see one thing specific or need to embody an upcoming neighborhood, school, or business event in the magazine, please contact the La Palma Mosaic Editor at or by email at In March, Andreessen and Clark flew again to Illinois, rented a suite on the University Inn, and invited about half a dozen of the NCSA's major Mosaic developers over for a chat.

By May, just about the entire ex-NCSA growth group was working for Mosaic Communications. Some programmers lively within the World Wide Web community resent all the attention Mosaic has obtained.

This is a big time and cost saving for companies and frees up inner know-how groups for different work. In his letter, Vikan cited the plundering of mosaics from the sixth-century church of Panhagia Kanakaria in Northern Cyprus during the Turkish invasion of 1974. 'Certainly the Turkish army authorities knew what was occurring. There's no question about it. So, I don't have a complete lot of faith,' he says.

When the Hagia Sophia is not being utilized by worshippers, the mosaics could be uncovered and the site can be open to all visitors and tourists, Turkish authorities previously mentioned. The La Palma Mosaic is your journal; we welcome your suggestions and suggestions.

'And, positive, we did not have the web then and we weren't fairly as in tuned as we are now to art smugglers, however that went on for years and anyone who cared to know about it, knew about it.' Other mosaics include one above the Imperial Door on the western side, which depicts the Emperor Leo VI kneeling subsequent to Jesus Christ, and a number of other exhibiting different Byzantine emperors with Christian figures in the southern gallery. Kalin, the presidential spokesman, mentioned these do not present an impediment for Muslim prayers, but he did not specify whether they would stay uncovered always. Soon after Constantinople was sacked by Sultan Mehmed II’s Ottoman forces in 1453, the Hagia Sophia was turned into a mosque, and within the next century, under the reign of Sultan Suleiman I, the Christian mosaics and frescoes were plastered over.

It was created within the ninth century underneath the emperors Michael III and Basil I, and sure closely restored during the 14th century after earthquakes severely broken the building. Depictions in arches of the 2 archangels Gabriel and Michael flanked the Virgin Mary, but only Gabriel remains. Muslim prayers are due to be held on Friday at the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul for the primary time since Turkish President Tayyip Ergodan decreed earlier this month that the heritage site would be turned back right into a working mosque.