Definition of Byzantine style. Meaning of Byzantine style. Synonyms of Byzantine style

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Definition of Byzantine style

Byzantine style
Byzantine By*zan"tine (b[i^]*z[a^]n"t[i^]n), a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also Bizantine.] Byzantine church, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church. See under Greek. Byzantine empire, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from a. d. 364 or a. d. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, a. d. 1453. Byzantine historians, historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. --P. Cyc. Byzantine style (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Note: Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are of endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture.

Meaning of Byzantine style from wikipedia

- Byzantine architecture is the architecture of the Byzantine Empire, or Eastern Roman Empire, usually dated from 330 AD, when Constantine the Great established...
- institutional and public buildings. It incorporates elements of the Byzantine style ****ociated with Eastern and Orthodox Christian architecture dating...
- Byzantine art comprises the body of artistic products of the Eastern Roman Empire, as well as the nations and states that inherited culturally from the...
- quarter of the 19th century and was an eclectic melding of Byzantine elements (Neo-Byzantine architecture in the Russian Empire) and pre-Petrine (Old Russian)...
- also the one who left the Byzantine style ****hest behind him in his later career. There was a substantial demand for Byzantine icons in Europe throughout...
- historians. Although Byzantine mosaics evolved out of earlier ****enistic and Roman practices and styles, craftspeople within the Byzantine Empire made important...
- different styles being evidenced in the upper strata of Byzantine society always with a touch of the ****enic environment. The Byzantines liked colour...
- Italo-Byzantine is a style term in art history, mostly used for medieval paintings produced in Italy under heavy influence from Byzantine art. It initially...
- Byzantine and Islamic art (that of both the Arabs and the Turks) were the dominant styles in the Crusader states, although there were also the styles...
- architecture) Byzantine Revival architecture (revival of Byzantine architecture) Bristol Byzantine Russo-Byzantine architecture Romanian Revival Serbo-Byzantine revival...