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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Only a Poor Old Man, post: 5302140, member: 111037&quot;]I think the term &#039;stylistic degradation&#039; is unfair here. People didn&#039;t suddenly forget how to draw or sculpt. Priorities simply changed and money was considered a necessary evil. They didn&#039;t really see the point in adapting high art on coins, and this is quite evident in the copper coinage. Realism was frowned upon especially regarding emperors faces for many ideological reasons. Symbolism was the way to go and they excelled in it. The more you study Byzantine art, the more you understand and appreciate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some interesting reading: <a href="https://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Aest/AestSaba.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Aest/AestSaba.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.bu.edu/wcp/Papers/Aest/AestSaba.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And my contributions to the thread:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1223507[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1223508[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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