There is a Wikipedia page dedicated to educate people about Byzantine art history. It provides plenty of information for anyone who wants to learn about it.
Byzantine artist favored the hieratic style because religious figures were not real, therefore it makes sense to portray them in a non-naturalistic manner. This style was not iconic. It could exist to the iconoclastic Byzantine Period.
The Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Roman Empire has been termed Byzantine Empire by historians . Tts art is called Byzantine art. Icons were the most distinctive form of Byzantine art. These were paintings on flat panels, usually made of wood, depicting Christian themes. They were often gilded with golden leaf. The Byzantines developed their own style for mosaics. There was also Byzantine architecture.
Byzantine art was paid for mostly by emperors and the Orthodox church.
In Byzantine religious paintings, the representation of the human form are more symbolic than lifelike. They do not use perspective and therefore do not look three-dimensional.
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Byzantine
Well seeing as Byzantine Art really only applies to a style of art in the Byzantine Empire and not the world, one can't really give a definite name to its predecessor. However, Byzantine Art was influenced by art from the Roman Empire (Roman Art).
There is a Wikipedia page dedicated to educate people about Byzantine art history. It provides plenty of information for anyone who wants to learn about it.
Byzantine artist favored the hieratic style because religious figures were not real, therefore it makes sense to portray them in a non-naturalistic manner. This style was not iconic. It could exist to the iconoclastic Byzantine Period.
Leslie Brubaker has written: 'Byzantium in the iconoclast era (c. 680-850)' -- subject(s): Politics and government, Art and state, Byzantine Art, Byzantine Icons, Church and state, Iconoclasm, Byzantine antiquities, Sources, Church history, History 'Vision and meaning in ninth-century Byzantium' 'Images of the Byzantine world' -- subject(s): Byzantine Architecture, Idols and images, Meaning (Philosophy), Byzantine Art, Intellectual life, Visual communication, Nonverbal communication, Civilization, Church history, Visions, History
The Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the Western Roman Empire has been termed Byzantine Empire by historians . Tts art is called Byzantine art. Icons were the most distinctive form of Byzantine art. These were paintings on flat panels, usually made of wood, depicting Christian themes. They were often gilded with golden leaf. The Byzantines developed their own style for mosaics. There was also Byzantine architecture.
Paul Hetherington has written: 'Byzantium' -- subject(s): Art, Byzantine, Byzantine Art, History 'Mapping Wildwood Road' 'Stepping away' 'Medieval Rome' -- subject(s): History, Social history 'Shadow swimmer'
Cyril A. Mango has written: 'Byzantine literature as a distorting mirror' -- subject(s): Byzantine literature, History and criticism 'Architettura bizantina' 'The art of the Byzantine Empire, 312-1453' -- subject(s): Byzantine Art, History, Sources 'Hagia Sophia' 'Byzantium and its image' -- subject(s): Civilization 'Byzantine architecture' -- subject(s): Byzantine Architecture, History 'Byzantium' -- subject(s): Civilization 'The brazen house' -- subject(s): Antiquities
Byzantine art was paid for mostly by emperors and the Orthodox church.
In Byzantine religious paintings, the representation of the human form are more symbolic than lifelike. They do not use perspective and therefore do not look three-dimensional.
Panagiotes Andreou Micheles has written: 'An aesthetic approach to Byzantine art' -- subject(s): Art, Byzantine, Byzantine Art