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Friday
Apr242015

The Beautiful Byzantine

DateFriday, April 24, 2015 at 8:00AM

Margarito d’Arezzo - Madonna and Child Enthroned - c. 1270 - Tempera on panel, 97 x 50 cm - National Gallery of Art, WashingtonByzantine art flourished from about 300 A.D to the 1400s. It grew out of the early Christian world, and took its name from the capital city of the Roman Empire: Byzantium (later renamed Constantinople, then Istanbul when the Ottomans captured the city in 1453). Byzantine art was completely focused on the needs of the Orthodox church, in the painting of icons and the decoration of churches with frescoes and mosaics. The style basically ended with the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in 1453, during the European Renaissance. However, its influence continued for a considerable time in Russia and elsewhere where the Orthodox church held sway. Visually, it also has had its influence on modernism. Byzantine works are truly stunning.

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