I need you guys at Smarthistory to know this: I love you all dearly!

Always waiting for your videos. Thank you. Stay safe and greetings from Los Angeles, California.

I miss Ravenna so much

I love their videos because it feels like im on vacation, wondering through museums and have two friends who are well educated telling me the history of what im seeing. Very calm and insightful!

If there's one place I could possibly go, and spend days/weeks/months - it would be Ravenna. You've no idea how delighted I was to see notice of this video. I feel like I've memorized all these churches, mausoleums, etc. over the years, as I've been long intrigued by all things 'byzantine'. Thank you, so much, for this wonderful Saturday gift!

I also want to appreciate what you've been doing for us and the art community. You literally have become my routine, I make myself a coffee, take my pen and paper then watch you :) Thanks for the info and the quality time you're providing. Love from Turkey.

Incredible. The photography, the highlighting of the exact points and the commentary. Outstanding in every way 🙌🏼😇

My father is currently reading a book with the virgin martyrs on the cover, I just felt so happy all I told him about this is in this video❤️

I love the 'tell' of the mosaic's genuine antiquity where the Last Supper shows the diners reclining, in the Roman style, rather than seated.

So beautifully stylised, might say we've never really beaten this for beauty

This church I have visited, I was on a sea trial on a chemical tanker in the Adriatic sea and the vessel went in to Ravenna to be painted, and we stayed in the city for a week, during that sea trial I was actually physically the one sailing the vessel, the captain, an incredible overweighted man sat on a chair constantly eating while I was sailing this large commercial vessel up and down the Adriatic sea for weeks, day and night, the reason why it took so long was new technology and difficulty in making it work properly, anyhow, I still remember the church, and remember the job also, when I saw the church

Thank you for making these videos I love it !!! 🤩

Love these videos ❤. I wouldn’t mind if you went all around explaining all of the mosaics and other features of the church and how it changed and was added to over the centuries 😋

What a showdown it must've been between Arian / Orthodox Christians... I can't wrap my head around Arian Christianity, it seems like a complete paradox, but it's interesting to learn about. In a way, ironically, the history of this place is similar to the history of my own (lack of) faith. Anywho, I'm a sucker for a good mosaic and love that this church was uniquely able to keep theirs! They're absolutely gorgeous.. I love the gold and detail. Another place I really hope to get lost in.

Beautifully done

Amazing, thanks. You fill in for me what the heck happened in the 500's.

It's interesting that most of the podiums in the mosaic have sides that slope in at back, implying perspective, but the Virgin Mary podium is a clumsy , no perspective layout.

It looks so much like Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome

Reminded me a bit of Monreale. In Sicily. Which is significantly older.

Fantastic video as usual! Great choice of art, but can I request some Buddhist art?

3.55 this is not the last supper. that is the 2 fishes and bread wonder... and right of it its the preaching of the beautitudes

What is Arianism?