Byzantine

Scope note

Refers to the style and period of Christian art that developed in the easstern Mediterranean during the Byzantine Empire (330 - 1453 CE), was carried throughout much of the Christian world, and lasted into the 16th century in eastern Europe. The style is characterized by imperial and religious subject matter, and a movement away from the original Greek naturalistic forms to favor ritualistic stylization, intended to suggest the spiritual. For the style and period of the Italian and western Mediterranean Christian world roughly from the foruth to the mid-eighth century CE, use "Early Christian."

This term has 506 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
School / style
Period
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300020669

Broader Terms used

<Early Christian-Byzantine styles and periods>

Narrower Terms used

<Byzantine regional styles>
Late Byzantine
Latin Empire
Middle Byzantine
Early Byzantine

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

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Textile

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Hyperperon

Maker(s)

Ruler: Andronicus I (1183-85)

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Follis

Maker(s)

State: Roman Empire

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Hyperperon

Maker(s)

Ruler: John II Comnenos (1118-43)

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Follis

Maker(s)

State: Roman Empire

Aspron Trachy

Maker(s)

Ruler: Theodore Comnenus-Ducas (1225, 1227-1230)
Mint: Thessalonica

Trachy

Maker(s)

Ruler: Theodore Komnenos Doukas (1215-30)
Mint: Thessalonica

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Crucifixion

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Rosette Casket

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Christ Pantocrator

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

One of 127 modern fakes or reproductions, Byzantine and Medieval Coin Forgeries:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Romanus IV Diogenes (1068-71)

One of 127 modern fakes or reproductions, Byzantine and Medieval Coin Forgeries:

Maker(s)

Mint: Thessalonica
Ruler: John II Comnenos (1118-43)

One of 127 modern fakes or reproductions, Byzantine and Medieval Coin Forgeries:

Maker(s)

Mint: Nicomedia
Ruler: Philippicus (711-713)

One of 127 modern fakes or reproductions, Byzantine and Medieval Coin Forgeries:

Maker(s)

Mint: Thessalonica
Ruler: John II Comnenos (1118-43)

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Tornese

Maker(s)

Ruler: Andronicus II (1282-1328) (Joint reign)
Ruler: Michael IX Palaiologos (1294-1320) (Inferred)
Mint: Constantinople

Tornese

Maker(s)

Ruler: John V Palaiologos (1341-91)
Mint: Constantinople

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Tornese

Maker(s)

Ruler: John V Palaiologos (1341-91)
Mint: Constantinople

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Sherds

Maker(s)

Potter: Unknown

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Half follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Phocas (602-610)
Mint: Constantinople

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Follis

Maker(s)

Anonymous
Mint: Unknown

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Follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Constantine VII (913-959)
Mint: Constantinople

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Follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Justin I (518-527)
Mint: Constantinople

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Follis

Maker(s)

Anonymous
Mint: Unknown

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Follis

Maker(s)

Ruler: Justinian I (527-565)
Mint: Constantinople

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