aestheticgoddess: Byzantine artists used gold backgrounds to remove any specific setting from the events shown and to signify the “unchanging” nature of their faith and their empire. 12th century cathedral of Monreale

aestheticgoddess: Byzantine artists used gold backgrounds to remove any specific setting from the events shown and to signify the “unchanging” nature of their faith and their empire. 12th century cathedral of Monreale

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