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Greek art began around 2500 b.c. It began in the Cycladic and Minoan prehistorical civilization, and gave birth to Western classical art in the ancient period (further developing this during the Hell...
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Byzantine artists created impressive and innovative forms in architecture which proves their ability to think three-dimensionally. But otherwise their art was one of surfaces. By the fifth century three-dimensional sculpture, which had been a prominent form in Hellenistic and Roman art , was no longer produced.
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The question was: How does Byzantine Art reflected Byzantine culture and society? I found it pretty internesting and researched it on the internet but couldn't find anything. Thanks for you're help, Answer; Hello Abby - and thanks for your question.
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Icons (or ikons), generally small and so easily transportable, are the best-known form of Byzantine art. A tradition persists that the first icon was painted by St Luke the Evangelist, showing the Virgin pointing to the Child on her left arm.
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It rose to great splendour under the Macedonian emperors (867-1056), then declined up to 1453, and has since existed in the East in a petrified form, so to speak, ... In regard to the first period of Byzantine art, which closed either before the reign of Justinian or at the end of the sixth century, scholars differ greatly.
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The Russian icons include icons of Jesus Christ, Mother Mary, Paternity, Resurrection and so on. These icons depicted and glorified the Byzantine image. This art form is deeply rooted to Russia during the time of Orthodox Christianity. ... The Russians broadened the art form with creative designs of traditional religious art,
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The figures of God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary, and the saints and martyrs of Christian tradition were elevated, and became the dominant - indeed almost exclusive - focus of Byzantine art. This is also connected with the most important form of Byzantine art, still dominant, - the icon.
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Aside from its own achievements the importance of Byzantine art to the religious art of Europe cannot be overestimated. Byzantine forms were spread by trade and conquest to Italy and Sicily, where they persisted in modified form through the 12th century and became formative influences on Italian Renaissance art.
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