[EggsAckley]

I love the Byzantine art. And it's amazing to see how, in time, it moved toward the Renaissance realism.

[MarMema]

....it moved toward the Renaissance realism

Only outside the Orthodox church. Byzantine icons cannot be improved upon, just as Holy Scripture cannot be rewritten in a better way.

[joan]

I find the embroidered works very impressive. These were both done in the 1300's:

Vatican Sakkos. Byzantine (Constantinople or Thessalonike), 14th century. The Vatican Treasury, Vatican City.

Epitaphios of King Stefan Uros II Milutin. Serbia, ca. 1300 (embroidery); 16th century (velvet border). Silk and velvet; embroidery, gold and silver wire and silver thread; 143.5 x 72 cm (56 1/2 x 28 3/8 in.); with a border, 210 x 132 cm (82 5/8 x 52 in.). Museum of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Belgrade (4660).

[kosta50]

And it's amazing to see how, in time, it moved toward the Renaissance realism

The frescoes of today are still the same as the original ones. Where did that second picture originate?

[DTA]

>>>>>And it's amazing to see how, in time, it moved toward the Renaissance realism<<<<

Actually, it was the other way around. Please see this:

"Some scholars date the beginning of the Italian Renaissance from the appearance of Giotto di Bondone in the early 14th century; others regard his prodigious achievements in naturalistic art as an isolated phenomenon. According to the second view, the consistent development of Renaissance style began only with the generation of artists active in Florence at the beginning of the 15th century."

Now see Serbian art around 1310 to 1313:

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