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Rupnik modeled his painting after a similarly themed 14th-century fresco at Istanbul’s Chora Church. He depicted Christ wearing a white robe, surrounded by an almond-shaped aureole of light.
Rupnik was inspired by this 14th-century fresco of the Anastasis at Instanbul’s Chora Church. Virginia Raguin, CC BY Rupnik modeled his painting after a similarly themed 14th-century fresco at ...
Chora, originally a church dating back to the 4th century, became a mosque under the Ottomans, then a museum in 1945. Reactions to the conversion varied, with some expressing disappointment over ...
The Byzantine Chora church, turned Ottoman mosque, was a museum for 79 years before reconversion A visitor takes a picture as worshippers attend an afternoon prayer Kariye Mosque on 6 May 2024 ...
After the founding of a secular Turkish Republic in the early 20th century, the decision was made for both to be neither mosque nor church but simply museums. “Both Hagia Sophia and Chora embodied ...
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has opened the ancient Chora church, one of Istanbul's most celebrated Byzantine buildings, to Muslim worshippers after it was used as a museum for more than 70 years ...
The original Chora, or Kariye, church dates back to the 4th century and was turned into a mosque by the Ottomans. It became a museum in 1945, and Mr Erdogan signed an order in 2020 converting it ...
Turkey has opened the ancient Chora church, one of Istanbul's most celebrated Byzantine buildings, to Muslim worshippers after it was used as a museum for more than 70 years, making it the second ...
At Chora this week, a thin stream of tourists came to view sparkling mosaics, such as Christ in Majesty hovering from a dome, and the masterwork fresco Anastasis, or the Harrowing of Hell.