Answer the following question in 3-4 complete sentences. What does the photograph above show? Describe any known history or information you recall about this structure/piece of art.

Answer:

The photograph shows the interior of the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. The church’s arches and walls are covered with colorful Byzantine mosaics. Built in the sixth century and consecrated in 547, it is especially famous for mosaics depicting Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora.