mid-sixth-century

From Ravenna, Italy, we see the famous mid-sixth-century mosaic of the wise men from the Basilica of St. Apollinarius (they are also in a mosaic of the Byzantine empress Theodora, appearing as embroidered figures on the hem of her mantle, at Ravenna's San Vitale).

The Three Kings & the Star 2004

Pliny, our main source for Greek artists, reports that the mid-sixth-century B.C. architect and sculptor,

Dictionary of the History of Ideas RUDOLF WITTKOWER 1968