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<p>[QUOTE="The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 6444791, member: 118358"]I would argue that distaste comes classical bias. Gibbon ruined Byzantium's reputation with a hatred of Christianity and suspicion of the Greek "other". This view sadly spread across Europe as each nation wanted to see themselves as heir of Rome and the one empire with a legitimate claim was discarded at the wayside. </p><p><br /></p><p>People don't care to learn about the history of Byzantium due to the bias of civilization "ending" with the "fall" of Greece and Rome, only to be saved by the Renaissance. Little do they know, the vast majority of classical greek and roman texts that jumpstarted the Renaissance came from Byzantium. Constantinople served as the safe guard of those classical texts, without which much history and scientific/philosophic progress would have been lost. </p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantium not only preserved those texts but actively contributed to all sorts of classical discussion as well as presenting innovating ideas. One only needs to read Psellus to understand that even in the later periods when Byzantium was racked with strife and conflict, centuries after the fall of the West, educated discussion/debate and allusions the classical texts of antiquity were present as before.</p><p><br /></p><p>...oh dear, Im afraid this has turned into a bit of rant. For that, I am sorry haha. This topic is one I am passionate about as I sadly see the Byzantine empire downtrodden by those whose bias completely clouds their perspective...</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, Byzantine artistry in terms of realism is often of a lower quality than Greek and Western Roman counterparts. However, I would argue the fresh and exciting designs more than off set this. Especially in the period of the trachy, one can enjoy a rebirth in coin design with a mixture of elements from antiquity juxtaposed (and often wonderfully integrated with) late medieval Christianity[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 6444791, member: 118358"]I would argue that distaste comes classical bias. Gibbon ruined Byzantium's reputation with a hatred of Christianity and suspicion of the Greek "other". This view sadly spread across Europe as each nation wanted to see themselves as heir of Rome and the one empire with a legitimate claim was discarded at the wayside. People don't care to learn about the history of Byzantium due to the bias of civilization "ending" with the "fall" of Greece and Rome, only to be saved by the Renaissance. Little do they know, the vast majority of classical greek and roman texts that jumpstarted the Renaissance came from Byzantium. Constantinople served as the safe guard of those classical texts, without which much history and scientific/philosophic progress would have been lost. Byzantium not only preserved those texts but actively contributed to all sorts of classical discussion as well as presenting innovating ideas. One only needs to read Psellus to understand that even in the later periods when Byzantium was racked with strife and conflict, centuries after the fall of the West, educated discussion/debate and allusions the classical texts of antiquity were present as before. ...oh dear, Im afraid this has turned into a bit of rant. For that, I am sorry haha. This topic is one I am passionate about as I sadly see the Byzantine empire downtrodden by those whose bias completely clouds their perspective... Yes, Byzantine artistry in terms of realism is often of a lower quality than Greek and Western Roman counterparts. However, I would argue the fresh and exciting designs more than off set this. Especially in the period of the trachy, one can enjoy a rebirth in coin design with a mixture of elements from antiquity juxtaposed (and often wonderfully integrated with) late medieval Christianity[/QUOTE]
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