Question

How does this image show a unique quality of Byzantine culture?

a.) the mosaic portrays Jesus.

b.) the mosaic uses colorful tiles.

c.) the mosaic is a realistic image.

d.) the mosaic depicts Jesus with a golden halo.

Answer 1

b) because a large part of Byzantine artwork was mosaic

Answer 2

The correct option is D

The Byzantine art is an artistic expression that is configured from the fourth century, strongly rooted in the Hellenistic and Eastern world, as a continuation of Early Christian art. From its first moments, Byzantium was considered as the natural continuator of the Roman Empire.

The image corresponds to Christ Pantocrator (Part of the Mosaic of the deesis) The most famous of the Byzantine mosaics (12th century) of the Church of the Sacred Wisdom (Hagia Sofia) preserved despite the Islamic iconoclasm in Istanbul (ancient Constantinople).