architecture

3 reasons to visit the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Despite many trips to Washington DC, I had never been to the Smithsonian American Art Museum until this summer. It is not one of the...

my top three favorite museums in London

The British Museum - full of brilliant historical art and artifacts - like the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin Marbles, and the colossal...

Flowery Sunday in Constantinople

Flowery (Palm) Sunday began to be celebrated in Constantinople by the fifth century - a couple centuries after it began in Jerusalem and...

The Byzantine Church as Microcosm

The interior of a Byzantine Church should be a three dimensional icon; the Church is a model of the universe, a vision of the redeemed, a...