The artwork titled “Saint Christopher and Saint George (Macedonia)” was created by Orthodox Icons around the year 700. The medium of the artwork is ceramics, and it is representative of the Early Byzantine art movement, which spans from approximately 330 to 750. This piece falls under the genre of religious painting and is part of a series focused on saints.
The artwork depicts two prominent religious figures, Saint Christopher and Saint George, rendered in a ceramic relief. Both saints are adorned in traditional Byzantine attire, and the composition is infused with a sense of spiritual reverence characteristic of early Byzantine religious iconography. The figures are outlined with a sense of stylized rigidity and solemnity, which serves to accentuate their holy status. The inscriptions in the artwork affirm the identification of the saints, and the tactile quality of the ceramic medium adds to the historical and sacred aura of the piece.