ELPEDIA is an online resource devoted to Byzantine, Slavonic, and Western and European art. It presents detailed articles, historical context, and high-quality images to help readers explore artworks, traditions, and their cultural settings. Its extensive coverage includes Orthodox icons and panel paintings, frescoes and murals, mosaics, miniatures, illuminated manuscripts, manuscript folios, palaeography, architectural elements, and Byzantine treasures. The site also features Slavonic painting, manuscripts, and decorative arts, alongside European subjects such as figurative art, classical portraiture, landscapes, the nude, still life, and modern artworks.

Articles examine individual works and artists, from icons preserved at Sinai and Hilandar to frescoes in monasteries, mosaics, manuscript pages, and paintings by European artists. Examples range from Byzantine religious imagery and Cretan School art to works by Pieter Aertsen, Niccolò dell’Abbate, and Willem van Aelst. ELPEDIA organizes content by artistic medium and subject, making it a useful reference for readers interested in art history and visual culture. The site also offers multilingual navigation and provides information about its policies and contact details.