# Sanctuary, main apse, calotte

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/sanctuary-main-apse-calotte-r49ef9b8dda786d>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [MOSAIC ARTIST, Italian](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a>)
- Date: 1151-1200
- Technique: Mosaic

## Commentary

The focus of the multifigured program is the main apse calotte with its half-figure of Christ pantocrator, which far surpasses all the other figures in style. His outspread arms fill nearly the entire width of the apse calotte, creating a grandiose, embracing gesture.

## Related artworks

- [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-calotte-mosaic-detail-r97f6b45f979421>)
- [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-calotte-mosaic-detail-rc1874b164df045>)
- [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-calotte-mosaic-detail-rde4a65cc11bc8a>)
- [Apse calotte mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-calotte-mosaic-detail-rf5e135fed14f9e>)
- [Apse decoration \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-decoration-detail-rd87489947fa248>)
- [Apse decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-decoration-r04b74747b677ab>)
- [Apse decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-decoration-r63b25e6df5b2d4>)
- [Apse decoration](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-decoration-rfd41c3aa34d48c>)
- [Apse mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-mosaic-detail-r074655aca8dc3d>)
- [Apse mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-mosaic-detail-r1f37240b60041a>)
- [Apse mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-mosaic-detail-r26523b67906e02>)
- [Apse mosaic \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/mosaic-artist-italian-r43549a4d729c0a/apse-mosaic-detail-r5532a81981d8fa>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)