Byzantine in Bonn

Take a trip to Antiquity and beyond in Bonn's Kunst und Austellungshalle (KAH). Byzanze: Splendour and Everyday Life is an exhibition that makes use of magnificent and historically meaningful exhibits and important artefacts from collections and archaeological excavations. It sheds light on many aspects of the history, archaeology and the art of the Byzantine Empire. The Empire was one of the most powerful economic, cultural, and military forces in Europe from around 324 A.D. until the late tenth century. The exhibition offers an overview of the “Byzantine Millennium” but concentrates above all on the prospering of the Empire from the time of Justinian I (527–565 A.D.) until the plundering of Constantinople by western crusaders in 1204. Important themes such as the Byzantine state, Byzantine art and culture, society, economy, the military, as well as daily life, will be portrayed as “scenes”, each reconstructed and animated with the help of computer graphics, which bring this fascinating period in history to life.

Until 13th June
Byzanz: Splendour and Everyday Life
KAH, Museumsmeile, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4, 53113 Bonn
www.bundeskunsthalle.de