The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of the Roman Empire that continued after the fall of the western half of the Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire was heavily influenced by Greek and eastern elements to the point that Latin stopped being the used as the official government language and Greek was used instead. The Byzantine culture blended Greek and Oriental artistic influences to create its own unique blend and form of art and architecture.
Theodora established laws raising the status in women in Byzantine law
Don't ever hold a conversation with a know it all. You will find out that they have very Byzantine topics
It was known, while it existed, simply as the Roman Empire. In order to distinguish it from the Western Roman Empire, historians have taken to calling it the Byzantine Empire. This name refers to Byzantium, which was the original name of the city of Constantinople, the Eastern Roman Empire's capitol.
Constantinople.
The Byzantine empire was where the eastern empire of Rome used to be, with its capital being Constantinople.
The Greeks and the Classical Romans used mosaics manly for floors. The Byzantine period made quite an extensive use of mosaics on the walls of churches. Mosaic tiles were more expensive than materials for fresco painting, and mosaic making was more laborious than painting frescoes. Therefore mosaics displayed the wealth of the Byzantine Empire. There was also an integration of architecture and mosaic decoration.
Byzantine artists were most likely to work with materials such as gold leaf, tempera, and frescoes, often employing a technique called encaustic that used heated beeswax for painting on wood. They frequently created religious icons and mosaics, using vibrant colors and intricate patterns to convey spiritual themes. Their work emphasized symbolism and the divine, reflecting the cultural and religious values of the Byzantine Empire.
Byzantines used to call them Romans-Romanoi-, it could be more appropriate to call them eastern romans.
Earlier, Latin. But then they started to speak Greek.
they used the water pathway thing
they used the water pathway thing
it shows the different art and culture that the byzantine empire had during this time. technological advancements were used for the construction of this monument
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The Byzantine Empire.
You have to be more specific as to what you mean by the "Byzantine Empire". If you are asking about the eastern part of the Roman empire, which historians have dubbed "Byzantine" (after the city of Byzantium), be aware that there was no such thing. It was the Roman empire-- period. Historians used the term Byzantine when they were referring to the eastern parts of the Roman empire in order to differentiate between the two areas of the empire.
Few artworks from the early Byzantine Empire have survived due to a combination of factors, including the destructive impacts of iconoclasm, which led to the intentional destruction of religious images, and the general fragility of materials used in art, such as frescoes and mosaics. Additionally, many artworks were repurposed or destroyed during periods of political upheaval and invasions. The gradual decline of the empire and changes in artistic styles also contributed to the loss of early Byzantine artifacts.