byzantine movement
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Art history movement research for LBST ArtTRANSCRIPT
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Art Movements: Byzantine Movement
Dates:
5th century AD until 1453
Aesthetic Characteristics:
Spiritual symbolism Love of splendor (rich colors) Splendor matched with stiffness and formality Icons “Truth to nature” Mosaics
Influences on the Movement:
Religion Roman and Greek art and styles. (especially in mosaics and sculptures) Eastern traditions (domes and spires) Egyptian art Classical Western art Oriental/ Near East (since part of the empire was in Africa and Asia)
Significant Artists:
Siena da Guido Pietro Lorenzetti Lippo Memmi Theophanes the Greek Pietro Cavallini
Meredith Butler 2
Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
Table support with Orpheus
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Justinian and His Attendants.
Ravenna
Mosaic Icon of the Virgin Glykophilousa
Icon of St George