
Part III - Byzantium: The Origins
On View for from November 4th through 7th, 2020
Byzantium: The Origins
The Art of Byzantium is one of the most mysterious and fascinating in the European culture. For many centuries the Art of Byzantium was considered barbaric and ultra religious. The Byzantine Empire began in 324 when the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great founded Byzantium, the capital of Eastern Roman Empire. Since then, the art of Byzantium started to separate from classical traditions of Greece and Rome. Constantine the Great chose Christianity to be the official religion of the empire. The goal of the state and its artists was to express Christian ideas through Great art whose purpose was to help people survive, live, and have hope in the times of cruelties and sufferings. The general stylization and flattening of forms, which heightens the expression of intense spirituality – these are the main features of Byzantine Art.
Artists Jenny Belotserkovsky ad Michal Tavrovsky conveyed the spirit of Byzantium using modern art – abstract and precise. They were successful in doing it with great care and awe, following the same tradition – to give people hope, and love, and peace.
Please scroll down to view the exhibited artworks.
The Birth Of The Empire
Work by Jenny Belotserkovsky
2020, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 48x24 inches
Repentance
Work by Michal Tavrovsky
2020, Oil on Canvas, 48x30 inches
Mosaics From The Great Palace
Work by Jenny Belotserkovsky
2020, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 48x24 inches
The Martyrs
Work by Michal Tavrovsky
2020, Oil on Linen, 40x30 inches
Wedding In Ravenna
Joint Work by Michal Tavrovsky and Jenny Belotserkovsky
2020, Acrylic on Canvas, 40x40 inches
Constantinople, 5th Century In Blue
Work by Michal Tavrovsky
2020, Oil on Linen, 30x20 inches
Basilica San Marco
Work by Jenny Belotserkovsky
2020, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 48x24 inches
Archangel Gabriel
Work by Michal Tavrovsky
2020, Oil on Canvas, 30x24 inches
Hagia Sofia
Joint Work by Jenny Belotserkovsky and Michal Tavrovsky
2020, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 40x40 inches
Dream About Byzantium
Work by Michal Tavrovsky
2020, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas, 48x24 inches