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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 8068236, member: 95174"]That might be correct but I don't think so. The art work in Byzantium even up to the 15th century was brilliant, to say they lacked the talented engravers is speculation but so is my observation. However, to my defense Plotinus has a feast day in Eastern Orthodox Christianity (I just found that out.) </p><p>I also stumbled on this interesting paragraph on a very dry paper on the subject of his influence on Eastern Orthodox Christianity.</p><p><br /></p><p><i><b>(Remember Byzantium did not go through a dark ages like the west did. It maintained high literacy, even in Latin {because of their fierce pride in being descendants of the Romans, even military communiqués to the Romanians, for example, were in Latin until 1081} classics were studied and known through the schools, and it had almost all the classical and patristic works of antiquity, in sharp contrast to the west.</b></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><u>So when you watch the coinage from Justinian to Constantine XI you will notice no ruler is ever depicted with a realism.</u> A strong part of my argument, look at the beauty of the depiction of Christ in the Anonymous follis series, just goes to show they had the talent to do so. </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>In the Cealtor (December 91) and in Wayne Sayles Ancient Coin Collecting Volume V The Romani/Byzantine Culture there is an excellent article on the "Antithesis Of Portraiture" Also the highlight was a drawing by Chris Connel that showed the Portraits of Christ in John VIII stravation was created by 3 circles, 2 semicircles, and 30 lines. A uniformity regarding the series. (The coin I posted was Manuel II and a half stravation. The nicest example I have ever seen is owned by [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i> </i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 8068236, member: 95174"]That might be correct but I don't think so. The art work in Byzantium even up to the 15th century was brilliant, to say they lacked the talented engravers is speculation but so is my observation. However, to my defense Plotinus has a feast day in Eastern Orthodox Christianity (I just found that out.) I also stumbled on this interesting paragraph on a very dry paper on the subject of his influence on Eastern Orthodox Christianity. [B] [/B][I][B](Remember Byzantium did not go through a dark ages like the west did. It maintained high literacy, even in Latin {because of their fierce pride in being descendants of the Romans, even military communiqués to the Romanians, for example, were in Latin until 1081} classics were studied and known through the schools, and it had almost all the classical and patristic works of antiquity, in sharp contrast to the west.[/B][/I] [I] [U]So when you watch the coinage from Justinian to Constantine XI you will notice no ruler is ever depicted with a realism.[/U] A strong part of my argument, look at the beauty of the depiction of Christ in the Anonymous follis series, just goes to show they had the talent to do so. In the Cealtor (December 91) and in Wayne Sayles Ancient Coin Collecting Volume V The Romani/Byzantine Culture there is an excellent article on the "Antithesis Of Portraiture" Also the highlight was a drawing by Chris Connel that showed the Portraits of Christ in John VIII stravation was created by 3 circles, 2 semicircles, and 30 lines. A uniformity regarding the series. (The coin I posted was Manuel II and a half stravation. The nicest example I have ever seen is owned by [USER=19463]@dougsmit[/USER] [/I][/QUOTE]
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